NVIDIA TITAN RTX vs AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA TITAN RTX and AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. 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, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA TITAN RTX

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 5 month(s) later
  • Around 11% higher boost clock speed: 1770 MHz vs 1600 MHz
  • Around 13% higher pipelines: 4608 vs 4096
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 12 nm vs 14 nm
  • Around 7% lower typical power consumption: 280 Watt vs 300 Watt
  • 7.4x more memory clock speed: 14000 MHz vs 1890 MHz
  • Around 50% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 19986 vs 13327
  • Around 10% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 827 vs 750
  • Around 82% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 138072 vs 75705
  • Around 99% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 25820 vs 12980
  • Around 99% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 25820 vs 12980
  • 2.1x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 15164 vs 7074
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 18 December 2018 vs 27 June 2017
Boost clock speed 1770 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Pipelines 4608 vs 4096
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm vs 14 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 280 Watt vs 300 Watt
Memory clock speed 14000 MHz vs 1890 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 19986 vs 13327
PassMark - G2D Mark 827 vs 750
Geekbench - OpenCL 138072 vs 75705
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 25820 vs 12980
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 25820 vs 12980
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 15164 vs 7074

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition

  • Around 2% higher core clock speed: 1382 MHz vs 1350 MHz
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1382 MHz vs 1350 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3718 vs 3707
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3356 vs 3353
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3718 vs 3707
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3356 vs 3353

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA TITAN RTX
GPU 2: AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
19986
13327
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
827
750
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
138072
75705
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
25820
12980
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3707
3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3353
3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
25820
12980
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3707
3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3353
3356
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
15164
7074
Name NVIDIA TITAN RTX AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition
PassMark - G3D Mark 19986 13327
PassMark - G2D Mark 827 750
Geekbench - OpenCL 138072 75705
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 25820 12980
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3707 3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3353 3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 25820 12980
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3707 3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3353 3356
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 15164 7074
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 190.25
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 3611.018
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 17.789
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 181.113
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1373.944

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA TITAN RTX AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition

Essentials

Architecture Turing GCN 5.0
Code name TU102 Vega 10
Launch date 18 December 2018 27 June 2017
Launch price (MSRP) $2,499 $999
Place in performance rating 90 199
Type Desktop Desktop
Price now $999.99
Value for money (0-100) 14.37

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1770 MHz 1600 MHz
Core clock speed 1350 MHz 1382 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm 14 nm
Pipelines 4608 4096
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 280 Watt 300 Watt
Transistor count 18,600 million 12,500 million
Floating-point performance 13,107 gflops
Texture fill rate 409.6 GTexel / s

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
DisplayPort count 3
DisplayPort support
HDMI

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 267 mm 267 mm
Supplementary power connectors 2x 8-pin 2x 8-pin

API support

DirectX 12.0 12.0 (12_1)
OpenGL 4.6 4.6

Memory

Memory bus width 384 Bit 2048 Bit
Memory clock speed 14000 MHz 1890 MHz
Memory type GDDR6 HBM2
Maximum RAM amount 16 GB
Memory bandwidth 483.8 GB / s