NVIDIA TITAN Xp Collector's Edition Galactic Empire vs AMD Radeon R9 290X2

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA TITAN Xp Collector's Edition Galactic Empire and AMD Radeon R9 290X2 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: Geekbench - OpenCL, 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), 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA TITAN Xp Collector's Edition Galactic Empire

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 4 month(s) later
  • Around 41% higher core clock speed: 1405 MHz vs 1000 MHz
  • Around 8% better floating-point performance: 12,150 gflops vs 2x 5,632 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 16 nm vs 28 nm
  • 2.3x lower typical power consumption: 250 Watt vs 580 Watt
  • Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 12 GB vs 2x 4 GB
  • 2.1x more memory clock speed: 11408 MHz vs 5400 MHz
  • Around 22% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 23.759 vs 19.441
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 4 November 2017 vs 24 June 2014
Core clock speed 1405 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Floating-point performance 12,150 gflops vs 2x 5,632 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 16 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 250 Watt vs 580 Watt
Maximum memory size 12 GB vs 2x 4 GB
Memory clock speed 11408 MHz vs 5400 MHz
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 23.759 vs 19.441

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 290X2

  • 5.7x more texture fill rate: 2x 176.0 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 379.7 GTexel / s
  • Around 47% higher pipelines: 2x 2816 vs 3840
Texture fill rate 2x 176.0 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 379.7 GTexel / s
Pipelines 2x 2816 vs 3840

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA TITAN Xp Collector's Edition Galactic Empire
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 290X2

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
23.759
19.441
Name NVIDIA TITAN Xp Collector's Edition Galactic Empire AMD Radeon R9 290X2
Geekbench - OpenCL 65520
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 146.609
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 4303.239
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 23.759 19.441
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 163.551
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1382.954
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 16138
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3714
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3355
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 16138
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3714
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3355
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 10139

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA TITAN Xp Collector's Edition Galactic Empire AMD Radeon R9 290X2

Essentials

Architecture Pascal GCN 2.0
Code name GP102 Hawaii
Launch date 4 November 2017 24 June 2014
Launch price (MSRP) $1,199 $1,399
Place in performance rating 215 282
Type Desktop Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1582 MHz
Core clock speed 1405 MHz 1000 MHz
Floating-point performance 12,150 gflops 2x 5,632 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 16 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 3840 2x 2816
Texture fill rate 379.7 GTexel / s 2x 176.0 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 250 Watt 580 Watt
Transistor count 11,800 million 6,200 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 267 mm
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin 4x 8-pin

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_1) 12.0 (12_0)
OpenGL 4.6 4.6

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 12 GB 2x 4 GB
Memory bandwidth 547.6 GB / s 2x 345.6 GB / s
Memory bus width 384 Bit 2x 512 Bit
Memory clock speed 11408 MHz 5400 MHz
Memory type GDDR5X GDDR5