GeForce GTX 1080 vs Radeon R9 295X2

GeForce GTX 1080
Memory: 8192Mb GDDR5XDESKTOP
Release date: 27 May 2016
GeForce GTX 1080
Radeon R9 295X2
Memory: 4096Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 29 Apr 2014
Radeon R9 295X2

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • GeForce GTX 1080
    114%
  • Radeon R9 295X2
    100%

Relative performance

Gaming performance index

  • GeForce GTX 1080
    158%
  • Radeon R9 295X2
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 1080

58% higher gaming performance.
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Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Pascal), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications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Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications

GeForce GTX 1080

HWBench recommends GeForce GTX 1080

The GeForce GTX 1080 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (9 combinations of games and resolutions).


Specifications

Core Configuration

GeForce GTX 1080Radeon R9 295X2
GPU NameGP104 (GP104-400-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 1080Radeon R9 295X2
Memory TypeGDDR5XvsGDDR5
Bus Width256 bitvs512 bit x2
Memory Speed1251 MHz
10008 MHz effective
vs1250 MHz
5000 MHz effective
Memory Size8192 Mbvs4096 Mb

Additional details

GeForce GTX 1080Radeon R9 295X2
TDP180 wattsvs500 watts
Release Date27 May 2016vs29 Apr 2014

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

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

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

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

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

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

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • GeForce GTX 1080
    8228.00 GFLOPs
  • Radeon R9 295X2
    11466.00 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

3DMark 11

  • GeForce GTX 1080
    30160
  • Radeon R9 295X2
    26440

Points (higher is better)

Game benchmarks

Grand Theft Auto V

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

  • GeForce GTX 1080
    159
  • Radeon R9 295X2
    124

FPS (higher is better)

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

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

  • GeForce GTX 1080
    105
  • Radeon R9 295X2
    48

FPS (higher is better)

Thief 2014

DX11, Very High Details

  • GeForce GTX 1080
    125
  • Radeon R9 295X2
    71

FPS (higher is better)

Grand Theft Auto V

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

  • GeForce GTX 1080
    114
  • Radeon R9 295X2
    103

FPS (higher is better)

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

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

  • GeForce GTX 1080
    82
  • Radeon R9 295X2
    39

FPS (higher is better)

Thief 2014

DX11, Very High Details

  • GeForce GTX 1080
    96
  • Radeon R9 295X2
    66

FPS (higher is better)

Grand Theft Auto V

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

  • GeForce GTX 1080
    58
  • Radeon R9 295X2
    55

FPS (higher is better)

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

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

  • GeForce GTX 1080
    48
  • Radeon R9 295X2
    23

FPS (higher is better)

Thief 2014

DX11, Very High Details

  • GeForce GTX 1080
    52
  • Radeon R9 295X2
    43

FPS (higher is better)