NVIDIA Titan X Pascal vs AMD Radeon RX 480

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Titan X Pascal and AMD Radeon RX 480 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: 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 1 month(s) later
  • Around 27% higher core clock speed: 1417 MHz vs 1120 MHz
  • Around 21% higher boost clock speed: 1531 MHz vs 1266 MHz
  • Around 88% higher texture fill rate: 342.9 GTexel / s vs 182.3 GTexel / s
  • Around 56% higher pipelines: 3584 vs 2304
  • 1892.1x better floating-point performance: 10,974 gflops vs 5.8 TFLOPs
  • 3x more maximum memory size: 12 GB vs 4 GB
  • Around 43% higher memory clock speed: 10008 MHz vs 7000 MHz
  • Around 71% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 67360 vs 39318
  • Around 60% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 165.792 vs 103.851
  • 3.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 2368.267 vs 769.541
  • 2.3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 17.829 vs 7.593
  • Around 66% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 992.132 vs 597.772
  • 2.3x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 9625 vs 4172
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 2 August 2016 vs 29 June 2016
Core clock speed 1417 MHz vs 1120 MHz
Boost clock speed 1531 MHz vs 1266 MHz
Texture fill rate 342.9 GTexel / s vs 182.3 GTexel / s
Pipelines 3584 vs 2304
Floating-point performance 10,974 gflops vs 5.8 TFLOPs
Maximum memory size 12 GB vs 4 GB
Memory clock speed 10008 MHz vs 7000 MHz
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 67360 vs 39318
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 165.792 vs 103.851
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 2368.267 vs 769.541
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 17.829 vs 7.593
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 992.132 vs 597.772
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 9625 vs 4172

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 480

  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 16 nm
  • Around 67% lower typical power consumption: 150 Watt vs 250 Watt
  • 3.2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 67.879 vs 21.354
  • Around 3% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 11172 vs 10841
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3719 vs 3696
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3361 vs 3333
  • Around 3% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 11172 vs 10841
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3719 vs 3696
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3361 vs 3333
Specifications (specs)
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 16 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 150 Watt vs 250 Watt
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 67.879 vs 21.354
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 11172 vs 10841
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3719 vs 3696
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3361 vs 3333
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 11172 vs 10841
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3719 vs 3696
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3361 vs 3333

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Titan X Pascal
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX 480

Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
67360
39318
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
165.792
103.851
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2368.267
769.541
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
17.829
7.593
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
21.354
67.879
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
992.132
597.772
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
10841
11172
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3696
3719
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3333
3361
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
10841
11172
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3696
3719
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3333
3361
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
9625
4172
Name NVIDIA Titan X Pascal AMD Radeon RX 480
Geekbench - OpenCL 67360 39318
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 165.792 103.851
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 2368.267 769.541
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 17.829 7.593
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 21.354 67.879
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 992.132 597.772
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 10841 11172
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3696 3719
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3333 3361
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 10841 11172
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3696 3719
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3333 3361
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 9625 4172
PassMark - G3D Mark 8596
PassMark - G2D Mark 775

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA Titan X Pascal AMD Radeon RX 480

Essentials

Architecture Pascal GCN 4.0
Code name GP102 Ellesmere
Launch date 2 August 2016 29 June 2016
Launch price (MSRP) $1,199 $229
Place in performance rating 341 344
Type Desktop Desktop
Design Radeon RX 400 Series
GCN generation 4th Gen
Price now $299.99
Value for money (0-100) 39.12

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1531 MHz 1266 MHz
Core clock speed 1417 MHz 1120 MHz
Floating-point performance 10,974 gflops 5.8 TFLOPs
Manufacturing process technology 16 nm 14 nm
Pipelines 3584 2304
Texture fill rate 342.9 GTexel / s 182.3 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 250 Watt 150 Watt
Transistor count 11,800 million 5,700 million
Compute units 36
GPU Power 110 Watt
Stream Processors 2304

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 267 mm 241 mm
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin 1x 6-pin
Bridgeless CrossFire
Bus support n / a
Recommended system power (PSU) 500 Watt

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_1) 12
OpenGL 4.6 4.5
Vulkan
Mantle
OpenCL 2.0

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 12 GB 4 GB
Memory bandwidth 480.4 GB / s 224 GB/s
Memory bus width 384 Bit 256 bit
Memory clock speed 10008 MHz 7000 MHz
Memory type GDDR5X GDDR5
Shared memory 0 0

Technologies

4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
AMD Eyefinity
AMD Radeon™ Chill
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
AppAcceleration
CrossFire
DisplayPort 1.3 HBR / 1.4 HDR Ready
Enduro
FreeSync
FRTC
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HD3D
HDMI 2.0b
HDMI 4K Support
LiquidVR
PowerTune
TressFX
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Code Engine (VCE)
Virtual Super Resolution (VSR)
VR Ready
ZeroCore