GeForce GTX TITAN BLACK vs Radeon R9 280X
Summary
GeForce GTX TITAN BLACK
135%
Radeon R9 280X
100%
Relative performance
GeForce GTX TITAN BLACK
142%
Radeon R9 280X
100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider GeForce GTX TITAN BLACK |
| 42% higher gaming performance. |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 280X |
| Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute |
| Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty) |
| Supports Mantle |
| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends GeForce GTX TITAN BLACK
The GeForce GTX TITAN BLACK is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (5 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| GeForce GTX TITAN BLACK | | Radeon R9 280X | |
|---|
| GPU Name | GK110B (GK110-430-B1) | vs | Tahiti (Tahiti XTL) |
| Fab Process | 28 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 561 mm² | vs | 352 mm² |
| Transistors | 7,080 million | vs | 4,313 million |
| Shaders | 2880 | vs | 2048 |
| Compute Units | 15 | vs | 32 |
| Core clock | 889 MHz | vs | 850 MHz |
| ROPs | 48 | vs | 32 |
| TMUs | 240 | vs | 128 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce GTX TITAN BLACK | | Radeon R9 280X | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 384 bit | vs | 384 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1750 MHz
7000 MHz effective | vs | 1500 MHz
6000 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 6144 Mb | vs | 3072 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GTX TITAN BLACK | | Radeon R9 280X | |
|---|
| TDP | 250 watts | vs | 250 watts |
| Release Date | 18 Feb 2014 | vs | 8 Oct 2013 |
GeForce GTX TITAN BLACK
53.30 GP/s
Radeon R9 280X
27.20 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce GTX TITAN BLACK
213.40 GT/s
Radeon R9 280X
109.00 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce GTX TITAN BLACK
336.00 GB/s
Radeon R9 280X
288.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce GTX TITAN BLACK
5121.00 GFLOPs
Radeon R9 280X
3482.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
GeForce GTX TITAN BLACK
14880
Radeon R9 280X
10960
Points (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra, DDOD, FXAA
GeForce GTX TITAN BLACK
80
Radeon R9 280X
48
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, High Quality, 2x MSAA, 16x AF
GeForce GTX TITAN BLACK
64
Radeon R9 280X
51
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Very High Details
GeForce GTX TITAN BLACK
49
Radeon R9 280X
36
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Very High Details
GeForce GTX TITAN BLACK
65
Radeon R9 280X
47
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Very High Details
GeForce GTX TITAN BLACK
26
Radeon R9 280X
18
FPS (higher is better)