NVIDIA TITAN RTX vs AMD Radeon RX 580X

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA TITAN RTX and AMD Radeon RX 580X videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

NVIDIA TITAN RTX

AMD Radeon RX 580X

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA TITAN RTX

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 month(s) later
Around 7% higher core clock speed: 1350 MHz vs 1257 MHz
Around 32% higher boost clock speed: 1770 MHz vs 1340 MHz
2x more pipelines: 4608 vs 2304
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 12 nm vs 14 nm
Around 75% higher memory clock speed: 14000 MHz vs 8000 MHz
2.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 19986 vs 7798
3.3x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 138072 vs 41822
2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 25820 vs 11616
2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 25820 vs 11616

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	18 December 2018 vs 3 April 2018
Core clock speed	1350 MHz vs 1257 MHz
Boost clock speed	1770 MHz vs 1340 MHz
Pipelines	4608 vs 2304
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm vs 14 nm
Memory clock speed	14000 MHz vs 8000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	19986 vs 7798
Geekbench - OpenCL	138072 vs 41822
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	25820 vs 11616
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	25820 vs 11616

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 580X

Around 51% lower typical power consumption: 185 Watt vs 280 Watt
Around 7% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 885 vs 827
Around 32% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 4909 vs 3707
5.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 18294 vs 3353
Around 32% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 4909 vs 3707
5.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 18294 vs 3353

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	185 Watt vs 280 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	885 vs 827
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	4909 vs 3707
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	18294 vs 3353
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	4909 vs 3707
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	18294 vs 3353

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA TITAN RTX
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX 580X

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

19986

7798

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

827

885

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

138072

41822

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

25820

11616

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3707

4909

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3353

18294

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

25820

11616

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3707

4909

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3353

18294

Name	NVIDIA TITAN RTX	AMD Radeon RX 580X
PassMark - G3D Mark	19986	7798
PassMark - G2D Mark	827	885
Geekbench - OpenCL	138072	41822
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	25820	11616
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3707	4909
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3353	18294
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	25820	11616
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3707	4909
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3353	18294
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	15164

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA TITAN RTX	AMD Radeon RX 580X
Essentials
Architecture	Turing	GCN 4.0
Code name	TU102	Polaris 20
Launch date	18 December 2018	3 April 2018
Launch price (MSRP)	$2,499
Place in performance rating	90	162
Type	Desktop	Desktop, Laptop
Design		Radeon RX 500X Series
GCN generation		4th Gen
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1770 MHz	1340 MHz
Core clock speed	1350 MHz	1257 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm	14 nm
Pipelines	4608	2304
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	280 Watt	185 Watt
Transistor count	18,600 million	5,700 million
Compute units		36
Floating-point performance		6.2 TFLOPs
Pixel fill rate		42.88 GP/s
Render output units		32
Stream Processors		2304
Texture fill rate		192.96 GTexel/s
Texture Units		144
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
DisplayPort count	3
DisplayPort support
HDMI
Dual-link DVI support
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	267 mm	241 mm
Supplementary power connectors	2x 8-pin	1x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0	12
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Vulkan
Memory
Memory bus width	384 Bit	256 bit
Memory clock speed	14000 MHz	8000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount		8 GB
Memory bandwidth		256 GB/s
Technologies
4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
AMD Radeon™ Chill
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
AppAcceleration
FreeSync
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support
TrueAudio
VR Ready