Radeon R9 390X2 vs GeForce GTX 1080 Ti

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking69not rated
Place by popularity46not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation21.10no data
Power efficiency13.43no data
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)GCN (2012−2015)
GPU code nameGP102no data
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date10 March 2017 (7 years ago)no data (2024 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$699 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores35842
Core clock speed1481 MHzno data
Boost clock speed1582 MHz1000 MHz
Number of transistors11,800 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology16 nmno data
Power consumption (TDP)250 Wattno data
Maximum GPU temperature91 °Cno data
Texture fill rate354.4no data
Floating-point processing power11.34 TFLOPSno data
ROPs88no data
TMUs224no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16no data
Length267 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Recommended system power (PSU)600 Wattno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pinno data
SLI options+-

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR5X512
Maximum RAM amount11 GBno data
Memory bus width352 Bit5400 Bit
Memory clock speed1376 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth484.4 GB/sno data
Shared memory-no data

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPortno data
Multi monitor support+no data
HDMI+-
G-SYNC support+-

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

GPU Boost3.0no data
Ansel+-

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (12_1)GDDR5
Shader Model6.4no data
OpenGL4.5no data
OpenCL1.2no data
Vulkan+-
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 1080 Ti and Radeon R9 390X2. We've got no test results to judge.


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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
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