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GeForce GTX Titan X vs Radeon R9 280X
Intro
The GeForce GTX Titan X uses a 28 nm design. nVidia has set the core speed at 1000 MHz. The GDDR5 memory is set to run at a frequency of 1750 MHz on this particular model. It features 3072 SPUs along with 192 Texture Address Units and 96 Rasterization Operator Units.Compare all of that to the Radeon R9 280X, which has a core clock frequency of 850 MHz and a GDDR5 memory speed of 1500 MHz. It also uses a 384-bit bus, and uses a 28 nm design. It is comprised of 2048 SPUs, 128 Texture Address Units, and 32 Raster Operation Units.
Benchmarks
These are real-world performance benchmarks that were submitted by Hardware Compare users. The scores seen here are the average of all benchmarks submitted for each respective test and hardware.
3DMark Fire Strike Graphics Score
| GeForce GTX Titan X |
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17879 points |
| Radeon R9 280X |
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8886 points |
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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks
Both cards have the same power consumption.Memory Bandwidth
Theoretically speaking, the GeForce GTX Titan X should be just a bit faster than the Radeon R9 280X in general. (explain)
| GeForce GTX Titan X |
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336000 MB/sec |
| Radeon R9 280X |
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288000 MB/sec |
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Texel Rate
The GeForce GTX Titan X is much (more or less 76%) more effective at anisotropic filtering than the Radeon R9 280X. (explain)| GeForce GTX Titan X |
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192000 Mtexels/sec |
| Radeon R9 280X |
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108800 Mtexels/sec |
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Pixel Rate
If running with a high resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX Titan X is a better choice, by a large margin. (explain)| GeForce GTX Titan X |
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96000 Mpixels/sec |
| Radeon R9 280X |
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27200 Mpixels/sec |
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Please note that the above 'benchmarks' are all just theoretical - the results were calculated based on the card's specifications, and real-world performance may (and probably will) vary at least a bit.
Price Comparison
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Specifications
| Model | GeForce GTX Titan X | Radeon R9 280X |
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| Manufacturer | nVidia | AMD |
| Year | March 2015 | October 2013 |
| Code Name | GM200 | Tahiti XTL |
| Memory | 12288 MB | 3072 MB |
| Core Speed | 1000 MHz | 850 MHz |
| Memory Speed | 7000 MHz | 6000 MHz |
| Power (Max TDP) | 250 watts | 250 watts |
| Bandwidth | 336000 MB/sec | 288000 MB/sec |
| Texel Rate | 192000 Mtexels/sec | 108800 Mtexels/sec |
| Pixel Rate | 96000 Mpixels/sec | 27200 Mpixels/sec |
| Unified Shaders | 3072 | 2048 |
| Texture Mapping Units | 192 | 128 |
| Render Output Units | 96 | 32 |
| Bus Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 384-bit | 384-bit |
| Fab Process | 28 nm | 28 nm |
| Transistors | 8000 million | 4313 million |
| Bus | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| DirectX Version | DirectX 12.0 | DirectX 11.2 |
| OpenGL Version | OpenGL 4.5 | OpenGL 4.3 |
Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the max amount of data (in units of MB per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface within a second. It is calculated by multiplying the bus width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.
Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that can be applied per second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the graphics card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied per second.
Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the graphics card can possibly write to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the number of ROPs by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel fill rate also depends on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.
GeForce GTX Titan XAmazon.com
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Radeon R9 280XAmazon.com
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Please note that the price comparisons are based on search keywords - sometimes it might show cards with very similar names that are not exactly the same as the one chosen in the comparison. We do try to filter out the wrong results as best we can, though.
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