GeForce GTX 1080 11Gbps vs Radeon R9 295X2

GeForce GTX 1080 11Gbps
Memory: 8192Mb GDDR5XDESKTOP
Release date: 20 Apr 2017
GeForce GTX 1080 11Gbps
Radeon R9 295X2
Memory: 4096Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 29 Apr 2014
Radeon R9 295X2

Summary

Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 1080 11Gbps

320 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the Radeon R9 295X2 .
This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support.
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Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Pascal), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications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Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications

No clear winner declared

We have no data to declare a winner at this time.


Specifications

Core Configuration

GeForce GTX 1080 11GbpsRadeon R9 295X2
GPU NameGP104 (GP104-410-A1)vsVesuvius (Vesuvius XT)
Fab Process16 nmvs28 nm
Die Size314 mm²vs438 mm²
Transistors7,200 millionvs6,200 million
Shaders2560vs2816
Compute Units20vs44
Core clock1607 MHzvs1018 MHz
ROPs64vs64
TMUs160vs176

Memory Configuration

GeForce GTX 1080 11GbpsRadeon R9 295X2
Memory TypeGDDR5XvsGDDR5
Bus Width256 bitvs512 bit x2
Memory Speed1376 MHz
11008 MHz effective
vs1250 MHz
5000 MHz effective
Memory Size8192 Mbvs4096 Mb

Additional details

GeForce GTX 1080 11GbpsRadeon R9 295X2
TDP180 wattsvs500 watts
Release Date20 Apr 2017vs29 Apr 2014

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • GeForce GTX 1080 11Gbps
    110.90 GP/s
  • Radeon R9 295X2
    130.40 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • GeForce GTX 1080 11Gbps
    277.30 GT/s
  • Radeon R9 295X2
    358.40 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • GeForce GTX 1080 11Gbps
    352.30 GB/s
  • Radeon R9 295X2
    640.00 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • GeForce GTX 1080 11Gbps
    8873.00 GFLOPs
  • Radeon R9 295X2
    11466.00 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better