GeForce GTX 1080 Ti vs Radeon R9 295X2

GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
Memory: 11264Mb GDDR5XDESKTOP
Release date: UNRELEASED
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
Radeon R9 295X2
Memory: 4096Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 29 Apr 2014
Radeon R9 295X2

Summary

Gaming performance index

  • GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
    212%
  • Radeon R9 295X2
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 1080 Ti

112% higher gaming performance.
280 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the Radeon R9 295X2 .
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Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Pascal), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications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 295X2

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Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications

GeForce GTX 1080 Ti

HWBench recommends GeForce GTX 1080 Ti

The GeForce GTX 1080 Ti is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (6 combinations of games and resolutions).


Specifications

Core Configuration

GeForce GTX 1080 TiRadeon R9 295X2
GPU NameGP102 (GP102-350-K1-A1)vsVesuvius (Vesuvius XT)
Fab Process16 nmvs28 nm
Die Size471 mm²vs438 mm²
Transistors12,000 millionvs6,200 million
Shaders3584vs2816
Compute Units28vs44
Core clock1480 MHzvs1018 MHz
ROPs88vs64
TMUs224vs176

Memory Configuration

GeForce GTX 1080 TiRadeon R9 295X2
Memory TypeGDDR5XvsGDDR5
Bus Width352 bitvs512 bit x2
Memory Speed1376 MHz
11008 MHz effective
vs1250 MHz
5000 MHz effective
Memory Size11264 Mbvs4096 Mb

Additional details

GeForce GTX 1080 TiRadeon R9 295X2
TDP220 wattsvs500 watts
Release DateUNRELEASEDvs29 Apr 2014

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
    130.20 GP/s
  • Radeon R9 295X2
    130.40 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
    332.00 GT/s
  • Radeon R9 295X2
    358.40 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
    484.00 GB/s
  • Radeon R9 295X2
    640.00 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
    10609.00 GFLOPs
  • Radeon R9 295X2
    11466.00 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better

Game benchmarks

Grand Theft Auto V

DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA

  • GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
    170
  • Radeon R9 295X2
    124

FPS (higher is better)

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA

  • GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
    140
  • Radeon R9 295X2
    48

FPS (higher is better)

Grand Theft Auto V

DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA

  • GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
    144
  • Radeon R9 295X2
    103

FPS (higher is better)

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA

  • GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
    108
  • Radeon R9 295X2
    39

FPS (higher is better)

Grand Theft Auto V

DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA

  • GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
    78
  • Radeon R9 295X2
    55

FPS (higher is better)

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA

  • GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
    66
  • Radeon R9 295X2
    23

FPS (higher is better)