NVIDIA Titan X Pascal vs AMD Radeon E8870

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Titan X Pascal and AMD Radeon E8870 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, PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Titan X Pascal

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 10 month(s) later
  • Around 42% higher core clock speed: 1417 MHz vs 1000 MHz
  • 7.1x more texture fill rate: 342.9 GTexel / s vs 48 GTexel / s
  • 4.7x more pipelines: 3584 vs 768
  • 7.1x better floating-point performance: 10,974 gflops vs 1,536 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 16 nm vs 28 nm
  • 3x more maximum memory size: 12 GB vs 4 GB
  • Around 67% higher memory clock speed: 10008 MHz vs 6000 MHz
  • 4.5x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 165.792 vs 36.948
  • 2.7x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 2368.267 vs 874.689
  • 16.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 17.829 vs 1.11
  • 2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 10841 vs 4620
  • 2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 10841 vs 4620
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 2 August 2016 vs 29 September 2015
Core clock speed 1417 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Texture fill rate 342.9 GTexel / s vs 48 GTexel / s
Pipelines 3584 vs 768
Floating-point performance 10,974 gflops vs 1,536 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 16 nm vs 28 nm
Maximum memory size 12 GB vs 4 GB
Memory clock speed 10008 MHz vs 6000 MHz
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 165.792 vs 36.948
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 2368.267 vs 874.689
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 17.829 vs 1.11
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 10841 vs 4620
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 10841 vs 4620

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon E8870

  • 3.3x lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 250 Watt
  • Around 36% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 5030 vs 3696
  • 5.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 18191 vs 3333
  • Around 36% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 5030 vs 3696
  • 5.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 18191 vs 3333
Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 75 Watt vs 250 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 5030 vs 3696
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 18191 vs 3333
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 5030 vs 3696
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 18191 vs 3333

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Titan X Pascal
GPU 2: AMD Radeon E8870

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
165.792
36.948
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2368.267
874.689
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
17.829
1.11
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
10841
4620
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3696
5030
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3333
18191
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
10841
4620
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3696
5030
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3333
18191
Name NVIDIA Titan X Pascal AMD Radeon E8870
Geekbench - OpenCL 68299
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 165.792 36.948
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 2368.267 874.689
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 17.829 1.11
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 21.354
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 992.132
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 10841 4620
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3696 5030
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3333 18191
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 10841 4620
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3696 5030
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3333 18191
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 9646
PassMark - G3D Mark 3368
PassMark - G2D Mark 708

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA Titan X Pascal AMD Radeon E8870

Essentials

Architecture Pascal GCN 2.0
Code name GP102 Saturn
Launch date 2 August 2016 29 September 2015
Launch price (MSRP) $1,199
Place in performance rating 345 347
Type Desktop Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1531 MHz
Core clock speed 1417 MHz 1000 MHz
Floating-point performance 10,974 gflops 1,536 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 16 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 3584 768
Texture fill rate 342.9 GTexel / s 48 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 250 Watt 75 Watt
Transistor count 11,800 million 2,080 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 MXM-B (3.0)
Length 267 mm
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin None

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_1) 12.0 (12_0)
OpenGL 4.6 4.5
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 12 GB 4 GB
Memory bandwidth 480.4 GB / s 96 GB / s
Memory bus width 384 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 10008 MHz 6000 MHz
Memory type GDDR5X GDDR5
Shared memory 0