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 70% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 67348 vs 39538
- 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: 2243 vs 966
| 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 | 67348 vs 39538 |
| 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 | 2243 vs 966 |
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
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| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) |
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| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) |
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| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score |
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| Name | NVIDIA Titan X Pascal | AMD Radeon RX 480 |
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| Geekbench - OpenCL | 67348 | 39538 |
| 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 | 2243 | 966 |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 8578 | |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 774 |
Compare specifications (specs)
| NVIDIA Titan X Pascal | AMD Radeon RX 480 | |
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Essentials |
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| 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 | 359 | 360 |
| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| Display Connectors | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort | 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort |
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| Eyefinity | ||
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| VGA | ||
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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| 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 |
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| Bus support | n / a | |
| Recommended system power (PSU) | 500 Watt | |
API support |
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| DirectX | 12.0 (12_1) | 12 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.5 |
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| Mantle | ||
| OpenCL | 2.0 | |
Memory |
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| 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 |
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| 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 | ||
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| 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 | ||
