GeForce GTX TITAN vs Radeon R9 280X
Summary
GeForce GTX TITAN
129%
Radeon R9 280X
100%
Relative performance
GeForce GTX TITAN
127%
Radeon R9 280X
100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider GeForce GTX TITAN |
| 27% higher gaming performance. |
| Supports PhysX |
| Supports G-Sync |
| Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty) |
| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications |
Reasons to consider Radeon R9 280X |
| Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute |
| Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty) |
| Supports Mantle |
| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends GeForce GTX TITAN
The GeForce GTX TITAN is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (21 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| GeForce GTX TITAN | | Radeon R9 280X | |
|---|
| GPU Name | GK110 (GK110-400-A1) | vs | Tahiti (Tahiti XTL) |
| Fab Process | 28 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 561 mm² | vs | 352 mm² |
| Transistors | 7,080 million | vs | 4,313 million |
| Shaders | 2688 | vs | 2048 |
| Compute Units | 14 | vs | 32 |
| Core clock | 836 MHz | vs | 850 MHz |
| ROPs | 48 | vs | 32 |
| TMUs | 224 | vs | 128 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce GTX TITAN | | Radeon R9 280X | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 384 bit | vs | 384 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1502 MHz
6008 MHz effective | vs | 1500 MHz
6000 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 6144 Mb | vs | 3072 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GTX TITAN | | Radeon R9 280X | |
|---|
| TDP | 250 watts | vs | 250 watts |
| Release Date | 19 Feb 2013 | vs | 8 Oct 2013 |
GeForce GTX TITAN
46.80 GP/s
Radeon R9 280X
27.20 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce GTX TITAN
187.00 GT/s
Radeon R9 280X
109.00 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce GTX TITAN
288.00 GB/s
Radeon R9 280X
288.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce GTX TITAN
4494.00 GFLOPs
Radeon R9 280X
3482.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
GeForce GTX TITAN
14150
Radeon R9 280X
10960
Points (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xAA
GeForce GTX TITAN
58
Radeon R9 280X
40
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA,EP3 Gator Bait
GeForce GTX TITAN
55
Radeon R9 280X
40
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
GeForce GTX TITAN
71
Radeon R9 280X
63
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
GeForce GTX TITAN
40
Radeon R9 280X
30
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Very High Details
GeForce GTX TITAN
59
Radeon R9 280X
47
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xAA
GeForce GTX TITAN
39
Radeon R9 280X
30
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA,EP3 Gator Bait
GeForce GTX TITAN
41
Radeon R9 280X
33
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra, DDOD, FXAA
GeForce GTX TITAN
74
Radeon R9 280X
48
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
GeForce GTX TITAN
50
Radeon R9 280X
47
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, High Quality, 2x MSAA, 16x AF
GeForce GTX TITAN
60
Radeon R9 280X
51
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
GeForce GTX TITAN
30
Radeon R9 280X
25
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Very High Details
GeForce GTX TITAN
45
Radeon R9 280X
36
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xAA
GeForce GTX TITAN
23
Radeon R9 280X
18
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
GeForce GTX TITAN
19
Radeon R9 280X
16
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Very High Details
GeForce GTX TITAN
24
Radeon R9 280X
18
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality,2x MSAA,16x AF, HBAO
GeForce GTX TITAN
81
Radeon R9 280X
72
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality,DDOD, FX AA
GeForce GTX TITAN
101
Radeon R9 280X
69
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Very High Quality, FXAA
GeForce GTX TITAN
61
Radeon R9 280X
42
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, High Quality, 2x MSAA, 16x AF
GeForce GTX TITAN
66
Radeon R9 280X
69
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA
GeForce GTX TITAN
89
Radeon R9 280X
67
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, AAA standard, 16xAF, Motion Blur normal, Tesselation normal
GeForce GTX TITAN
67
Radeon R9 280X
50
FPS (higher is better)