GeForce GTX TITAN vs Radeon R9 380X

GeForce GTX TITAN
Memory: 6144Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 19 Feb 2013
GeForce GTX TITAN
Radeon R9 380X
Memory: 4096Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 19 Nov 2015
Radeon R9 380X

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • GeForce GTX TITAN
    105%
  • Radeon R9 380X
    100%

Relative performance

Gaming performance index

  • GeForce GTX TITAN
    112%
  • Radeon R9 380X
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider GeForce GTX TITAN

12% 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Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications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 380X

60 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the GeForce GTX TITAN .
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Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications

GeForce GTX TITAN

HWBench recommends GeForce GTX TITAN

The GeForce GTX TITAN is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (25 combinations of games and resolutions).


Specifications

Core Configuration

GeForce GTX TITANRadeon R9 380X
GPU NameGK110 (GK110-400-A1)vsAntigua (Antigua XT)
Fab Process28 nmvs28 nm
Die Size561 mm²vs366 mm²
Transistors7,080 millionvs5,000 million
Shaders2688vs2048
Compute Units14vs32
Core clock836 MHzvs970 MHz
ROPs48vs32
TMUs224vs128

Memory Configuration

GeForce GTX TITANRadeon R9 380X
Memory TypeGDDR5vsGDDR5
Bus Width384 bitvs256 bit
Memory Speed1502 MHz
6008 MHz effective
vs1425 MHz
5700 MHz effective
Memory Size6144 Mbvs4096 Mb

Additional details

GeForce GTX TITANRadeon R9 380X
TDP250 wattsvs190 watts
Release Date19 Feb 2013vs19 Nov 2015

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • GeForce GTX TITAN
    46.80 GP/s
  • Radeon R9 380X
    31.04 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • GeForce GTX TITAN
    187.00 GT/s
  • Radeon R9 380X
    124.20 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • GeForce GTX TITAN
    288.00 GB/s
  • Radeon R9 380X
    182.40 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • GeForce GTX TITAN
    4494.00 GFLOPs
  • Radeon R9 380X
    3973.00 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

3DMark 11

  • GeForce GTX TITAN
    14150
  • Radeon R9 380X
    13410

Points (higher is better)

Game benchmarks

Anno 2205

DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xAA

  • GeForce GTX TITAN
    58
  • Radeon R9 380X
    41

FPS (higher is better)

Battlefield Hardline

DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA,EP3 Gator Bait

  • GeForce GTX TITAN
    55
  • Radeon R9 380X
    43

FPS (higher is better)

Dishonored 2

Ultra Quality,DX11, Windows 10 x64

  • GeForce GTX TITAN
    41
  • Radeon R9 380X
    34

FPS (higher is better)

Grand Theft Auto V

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

  • GeForce GTX TITAN
    71
  • Radeon R9 380X
    60

FPS (higher is better)

Hitman (2016)

DX12, Ultra Quality, MSAA, 16x AF

  • GeForce GTX TITAN
    42
  • Radeon R9 380X
    58

FPS (higher is better)

Rise Of The Tomb Raider

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

  • GeForce GTX TITAN
    57
  • Radeon R9 380X
    49

FPS (higher is better)

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

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

  • GeForce GTX TITAN
    40
  • Radeon R9 380X
    39

FPS (higher is better)

Thief 2014

DX11, Very High Details

  • GeForce GTX TITAN
    59
  • Radeon R9 380X
    59

FPS (higher is better)

Anno 2205

DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xAA

  • GeForce GTX TITAN
    39
  • Radeon R9 380X
    31

FPS (higher is better)

Battlefield Hardline

DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA,EP3 Gator Bait

  • GeForce GTX TITAN
    41
  • Radeon R9 380X
    30

FPS (higher is better)

Bioshock Infinite

DX11, Ultra, DDOD, FXAA

  • GeForce GTX TITAN
    74
  • Radeon R9 380X
    56

FPS (higher is better)

Dishonored 2

Ultra Quality,DX11, Windows 10 x64

  • GeForce GTX TITAN
    31
  • Radeon R9 380X
    28

FPS (higher is better)

Grand Theft Auto V

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

  • GeForce GTX TITAN
    50
  • Radeon R9 380X
    42

FPS (higher is better)

Hitman (2016)

DX12, Ultra Quality, MSAA, 16x AF

  • GeForce GTX TITAN
    31
  • Radeon R9 380X
    45

FPS (higher is better)

Hitman Absolution

DX11, High Quality, 2x MSAA, 16x AF

  • GeForce GTX TITAN
    60
  • Radeon R9 380X
    56

FPS (higher is better)

Rise Of The Tomb Raider

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

  • GeForce GTX TITAN
    38
  • Radeon R9 380X
    35

FPS (higher is better)

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

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

  • GeForce GTX TITAN
    30
  • Radeon R9 380X
    29

FPS (higher is better)

Thief 2014

DX11, Very High Details

  • GeForce GTX TITAN
    45
  • Radeon R9 380X
    43

FPS (higher is better)

Anno 2205

DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xAA

  • GeForce GTX TITAN
    23
  • Radeon R9 380X
    18

FPS (higher is better)

Battlefield Hardline

DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA,EP3 Gator Bait

  • GeForce GTX TITAN
    21
  • Radeon R9 380X
    15

FPS (higher is better)

Grand Theft Auto V

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

  • GeForce GTX TITAN
    25
  • Radeon R9 380X
    23

FPS (higher is better)

Hitman (2016)

DX12, Ultra Quality, MSAA, 16x AF

  • GeForce GTX TITAN
    17
  • Radeon R9 380X
    23

FPS (higher is better)

Rise Of The Tomb Raider

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

  • GeForce GTX TITAN
    20
  • Radeon R9 380X
    17

FPS (higher is better)

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

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

  • GeForce GTX TITAN
    19
  • Radeon R9 380X
    17

FPS (higher is better)

Thief 2014

DX11, Very High Details

  • GeForce GTX TITAN
    24
  • Radeon R9 380X
    23

FPS (higher is better)