GeForce GTX 1080 vs Radeon R9 295X2
Summary
GeForce GTX 1080
114%
Radeon R9 295X2
100%
Relative performance
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| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Pascal), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
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).
Core Configuration
| GeForce GTX 1080 | | Radeon R9 295X2 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | GP104 (GP104-400-A1) | vs | Vesuvius (Vesuvius XT) |
| Fab Process | 16 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 314 mm² | vs | 438 mm² |
| Transistors | 7,200 million | vs | 6,200 million |
| Shaders | 2560 | vs | 2816 |
| Compute Units | 20 | vs | 44 |
| Core clock | 1607 MHz | vs | 1018 MHz |
| ROPs | 64 | vs | 64 |
| TMUs | 160 | vs | 176 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce GTX 1080 | | Radeon R9 295X2 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5X | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 256 bit | vs | 512 bit x2 |
| Memory Speed | 1251 MHz
10008 MHz effective | vs | 1250 MHz
5000 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 8192 Mb | vs | 4096 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GTX 1080 | | Radeon R9 295X2 | |
|---|
| TDP | 180 watts | vs | 500 watts |
| Release Date | 27 May 2016 | vs | 29 Apr 2014 |
GeForce GTX 1080
102.80 GP/s
Radeon R9 295X2
130.40 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 1080
257.10 GT/s
Radeon R9 295X2
358.40 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 1080
320.00 GB/s
Radeon R9 295X2
640.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce GTX 1080
8228.00 GFLOPs
Radeon R9 295X2
11466.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
GeForce GTX 1080
30160
Radeon R9 295X2
26440
Points (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
GeForce GTX 1080
159
Radeon R9 295X2
124
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
GeForce GTX 1080
105
Radeon R9 295X2
48
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Very High Details
GeForce GTX 1080
125
Radeon R9 295X2
71
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
GeForce GTX 1080
114
Radeon R9 295X2
103
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
GeForce GTX 1080
82
Radeon R9 295X2
39
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Very High Details
GeForce GTX 1080
96
Radeon R9 295X2
66
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
GeForce GTX 1080
58
Radeon R9 295X2
55
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
GeForce GTX 1080
48
Radeon R9 295X2
23
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Very High Details
GeForce GTX 1080
52
Radeon R9 295X2
43
FPS (higher is better)