GeForce GTX 1080 Ti vs Radeon R9 290X
Summary
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
240%
Radeon R9 290X
100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 1080 Ti |
140% higher gaming performance. |
70 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the Radeon R9 290X . |
Supports PhysX |
Supports G-Sync |
Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty) |
Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute |
Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Pascal), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
Reasons to consider Radeon R9 290X |
Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute |
Supports FreeSync |
Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty) |
Supports TrueAudio |
Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
The GeForce GTX 1080 Ti is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (15 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| GeForce GTX 1080 Ti | | Radeon R9 290X | |
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GPU Name | GP102 (GP102-350-K1-A1) | vs | Hawaii (Hawaii XT) |
Fab Process | 16 nm | vs | 28 nm |
Die Size | 471 mm² | vs | 438 mm² |
Transistors | 12,000 million | vs | 6,200 million |
Shaders | 3584 | vs | 2816 |
Compute Units | 28 | vs | 44 |
Core clock | 1480 MHz | vs | 1000 MHz |
ROPs | 88 | vs | 64 |
TMUs | 224 | vs | 176 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce GTX 1080 Ti | | Radeon R9 290X | |
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Memory Type | GDDR5X | vs | GDDR5 |
Bus Width | 352 bit | vs | 512 bit |
Memory Speed | 1376 MHz
11008 MHz effective | vs | 1250 MHz
5000 MHz effective |
Memory Size | 11264 Mb | vs | 4096 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GTX 1080 Ti | | Radeon R9 290X | |
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TDP | 220 watts | vs | 290 watts |
Release Date | UNRELEASED | vs | 24 Oct 2013 |
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
130.20 GP/s
Radeon R9 290X
64.00 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
332.00 GT/s
Radeon R9 290X
176.00 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
484.00 GB/s
Radeon R9 290X
320.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
10609.00 GFLOPs
Radeon R9 290X
5632.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
DX11, Very High Settings
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
118
Radeon R9 290X
68
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
170
Radeon R9 290X
83
FPS (higher is better)
DX12, Very High Details, Pure Hair On, HBAO+
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
175
Radeon R9 290X
60
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
140
Radeon R9 290X
49
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
131
Radeon R9 290X
61
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Very High Settings
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
101
Radeon R9 290X
50
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
144
Radeon R9 290X
58
FPS (higher is better)
DX12, Very High Details, Pure Hair On, HBAO+
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
121
Radeon R9 290X
43
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
108
Radeon R9 290X
39
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
97
Radeon R9 290X
44
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Very High Settings
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
58
Radeon R9 290X
28
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
78
Radeon R9 290X
31
FPS (higher is better)
DX12, Very High Details, Pure Hair On, HBAO+
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
60
Radeon R9 290X
24
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
66
Radeon R9 290X
24
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
56
Radeon R9 290X
25
FPS (higher is better)