Radeon RX Vega 56 vs GeForce GTX TITAN X

Radeon RX Vega 56
Memory: 8192Mb HBM2DESKTOP
Release date: 8 Aug 2017
Radeon RX Vega 56
GeForce GTX TITAN X
Memory: 12288Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 17 Mar 2015
GeForce GTX TITAN X

Summary

Gaming performance index

  • Radeon RX Vega 56
    100%
  • GeForce GTX TITAN X
    101%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider Radeon RX Vega 56

40 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the GeForce GTX TITAN X .
This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support.
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Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications

Reasons to consider GeForce GTX TITAN X

Supports PhysX
Supports G-Sync
Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Maxwell), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications

No clear winner declared

These graphics cards seems to have comparable performance based on the game benchmark suite used (27 combinations of games and resolutions).


Specifications

Core Configuration

Radeon RX Vega 56GeForce GTX TITAN X
GPU NameVega 10 (Vega 10 XL)vsGM200 (GM200-400-A1)
Fab Process14 nmvs28 nm
Die Size484 mm²vs601 mm²
Transistors12,500 millionvs8,000 million
Shaders3584vs3072
Compute Units56vs24
Core clock1156 MHzvs1000 MHz
ROPs64vs96
TMUs224vs192

Memory Configuration

Radeon RX Vega 56GeForce GTX TITAN X
Memory TypeHBM2vsGDDR5
Bus Width2048 bitvs384 bit
Memory Speed800 MHz
1600 MHz effective
vs1753 MHz
7012 MHz effective
Memory Size8192 Mbvs12288 Mb

Additional details

Radeon RX Vega 56GeForce GTX TITAN X
TDP210 wattsvs250 watts
Release Date8 Aug 2017vs17 Mar 2015

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • Radeon RX Vega 56
    94.14 GP/s
  • GeForce GTX TITAN X
    96.00 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • Radeon RX Vega 56
    329.50 GT/s
  • GeForce GTX TITAN X
    192.00 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • Radeon RX Vega 56
    409.60 GB/s
  • GeForce GTX TITAN X
    337.00 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • Radeon RX Vega 56
    10544.00 GFLOPs
  • GeForce GTX TITAN X
    6144.00 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better

Game benchmarks

Dishonored 2

Ultra Quality,DX11, Windows 10 x64

  • Radeon RX Vega 56
    75
  • GeForce GTX TITAN X
    72

FPS (higher is better)

Doom (2016)

Ultra, TSSAA 8tx, ASync on, Vsync off, VULKAN, Windows 10 x64

  • Radeon RX Vega 56
    181
  • GeForce GTX TITAN X
    200

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry Primal

DX11, Very High Settings

  • Radeon RX Vega 56
    100
  • GeForce GTX TITAN X
    84

FPS (higher is better)

Gears of War 4

Ultra Quality,DX12, Windows 10 x64

  • Radeon RX Vega 56
    116
  • GeForce GTX TITAN X
    107

FPS (higher is better)

Ghost Recon - Wildlands

Very high Quality, DX11, Windows 10 x64

  • Radeon RX Vega 56
    75
  • GeForce GTX TITAN X
    69

FPS (higher is better)

Grand Theft Auto V

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

  • Radeon RX Vega 56
    122
  • GeForce GTX TITAN X
    130

FPS (higher is better)

Resident Evil 7

Maximun Quality, DX11, Windows 10 x64

  • Radeon RX Vega 56
    123
  • GeForce GTX TITAN X
    121

FPS (higher is better)

Rise Of The Tomb Raider

DX12, Very High Details, Pure Hair On, HBAO+

  • Radeon RX Vega 56
    112
  • GeForce GTX TITAN X
    106

FPS (higher is better)

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

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

  • Radeon RX Vega 56
    90
  • GeForce GTX TITAN X
    82

FPS (higher is better)

Dishonored 2

Ultra Quality,DX11, Windows 10 x64

  • Radeon RX Vega 56
    53
  • GeForce GTX TITAN X
    54

FPS (higher is better)

Doom (2016)

Ultra, TSSAA 8tx, ASync on, Vsync off, VULKAN, Windows 10 x64

  • Radeon RX Vega 56
    122
  • GeForce GTX TITAN X
    190

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry Primal

DX11, Very High Settings

  • Radeon RX Vega 56
    72
  • GeForce GTX TITAN X
    62

FPS (higher is better)

Gears of War 4

Ultra Quality,DX12, Windows 10 x64

  • Radeon RX Vega 56
    76
  • GeForce GTX TITAN X
    70

FPS (higher is better)

Ghost Recon - Wildlands

Very high Quality, DX11, Windows 10 x64

  • Radeon RX Vega 56
    57
  • GeForce GTX TITAN X
    56

FPS (higher is better)

Grand Theft Auto V

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

  • Radeon RX Vega 56
    81
  • GeForce GTX TITAN X
    94

FPS (higher is better)

Resident Evil 7

Maximun Quality, DX11, Windows 10 x64

  • Radeon RX Vega 56
    79
  • GeForce GTX TITAN X
    77

FPS (higher is better)

Rise Of The Tomb Raider

DX12, Very High Details, Pure Hair On, HBAO+

  • Radeon RX Vega 56
    75
  • GeForce GTX TITAN X
    72

FPS (higher is better)

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

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

  • Radeon RX Vega 56
    67
  • GeForce GTX TITAN X
    64

FPS (higher is better)

Dishonored 2

Ultra Quality,DX11, Windows 10 x64

  • Radeon RX Vega 56
    30
  • GeForce GTX TITAN X
    33

FPS (higher is better)

Doom (2016)

Ultra, TSSAA 8tx, ASync on, Vsync off, VULKAN, Windows 10 x64

  • Radeon RX Vega 56
    63
  • GeForce GTX TITAN X
    97

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry Primal

DX11, Very High Settings

  • Radeon RX Vega 56
    40
  • GeForce GTX TITAN X
    35

FPS (higher is better)

Gears of War 4

Ultra Quality,DX12, Windows 10 x64

  • Radeon RX Vega 56
    38
  • GeForce GTX TITAN X
    35

FPS (higher is better)

Ghost Recon - Wildlands

Very high Quality, DX11, Windows 10 x64

  • Radeon RX Vega 56
    35
  • GeForce GTX TITAN X
    32

FPS (higher is better)

Grand Theft Auto V

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

  • Radeon RX Vega 56
    43
  • GeForce GTX TITAN X
    48

FPS (higher is better)

Resident Evil 7

Maximun Quality, DX11, Windows 10 x64

  • Radeon RX Vega 56
    39
  • GeForce GTX TITAN X
    39

FPS (higher is better)

Rise Of The Tomb Raider

Very High Details, Pure Hair On, FXAA/HBAO+ enabled, 16x AF, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64

  • Radeon RX Vega 56
    40
  • GeForce GTX TITAN X
    38

FPS (higher is better)

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

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

  • Radeon RX Vega 56
    39
  • GeForce GTX TITAN X
    39

FPS (higher is better)