GeForce GTX TITAN Z vs Radeon R9 295X2

GeForce GTX TITAN Z
Memory: 6144Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 28 May 2014
GeForce GTX TITAN Z
Radeon R9 295X2
Memory: 4096Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 29 Apr 2014
Radeon R9 295X2

Summary

Gaming performance index

  • GeForce GTX TITAN Z
    108%
  • Radeon R9 295X2
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider GeForce GTX TITAN Z

8% higher gaming performance.
125 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)
Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications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Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications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 TITAN Z

HWBench recommends GeForce GTX TITAN Z

The GeForce GTX TITAN Z is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (5 combinations of games and resolutions).


Specifications

Core Configuration

GeForce GTX TITAN ZRadeon R9 295X2
GPU NameGK110B (GK110-430-B1)vsVesuvius (Vesuvius XT)
Fab Process28 nmvs28 nm
Die Size561 mm²vs438 mm²
Transistors7,080 millionvs6,200 million
Shaders2880vs2816
Compute Units15vs44
Core clock705 MHzvs1018 MHz
ROPs48vs64
TMUs240vs176

Memory Configuration

GeForce GTX TITAN ZRadeon R9 295X2
Memory TypeGDDR5vsGDDR5
Bus Width384 bit x2vs512 bit x2
Memory Speed1750 MHz
7000 MHz effective
vs1250 MHz
5000 MHz effective
Memory Size6144 Mbvs4096 Mb

Additional details

GeForce GTX TITAN ZRadeon R9 295X2
TDP375 wattsvs500 watts
Release Date28 May 2014vs29 Apr 2014

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • GeForce GTX TITAN Z
    84.60 GP/s
  • Radeon R9 295X2
    130.40 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • GeForce GTX TITAN Z
    338.40 GT/s
  • Radeon R9 295X2
    358.40 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • GeForce GTX TITAN Z
    672.00 GB/s
  • Radeon R9 295X2
    640.00 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • GeForce GTX TITAN Z
    8122.00 GFLOPs
  • Radeon R9 295X2
    11466.00 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better

Game benchmarks

Bioshock Infinite

DX11, Ultra, DDOD, FXAA

  • GeForce GTX TITAN Z
    122
  • Radeon R9 295X2
    112

FPS (higher is better)

Hitman Absolution

DX11, High Quality, 2x MSAA, 16x AF

  • GeForce GTX TITAN Z
    98
  • Radeon R9 295X2
    85

FPS (higher is better)

Thief 2014

DX11, Very High Details

  • GeForce GTX TITAN Z
    71
  • Radeon R9 295X2
    66

FPS (higher is better)

Thief 2014

DX11, Very High Details

  • GeForce GTX TITAN Z
    84
  • Radeon R9 295X2
    71

FPS (higher is better)

Thief 2014

DX11, Very High Details

  • GeForce GTX TITAN Z
    39
  • Radeon R9 295X2
    43

FPS (higher is better)