Radeon R9 290X2 vs GeForce GTX TITAN X

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking155not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation8.13no data
Power efficiency9.68no data
ArchitectureMaxwell 2.0 (2014−2019)GCN 2.0 (2013−2017)
GPU code nameGM200Hawaii
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date17 March 2015 (9 years ago)24 June 2014 (10 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$999 $1,399

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 cores30722816
Core clock speed1000 MHz1000 MHz
Boost clock speed1075 MHzno data
Number of transistors8,000 million6,200 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)250 Watt580 Watt
Texture fill rate209.1176.0
Floating-point processing power6.691 TFLOPS5.632 TFLOPS
ROPs9664
TMUs192176

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).

Bus supportPCI Express 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length267 mmno data
Height4.376" (11.1 cm)no data
Width2-slot3-slot
Recommended system power (PSU)600 Wattno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin4x 8-pin
SLI options4x-

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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount12 GB4 GB
Memory bus width384 Bit512 Bit
Memory clock speed7.0 GB/s1350 MHz
Memory bandwidth336.5 GB/s345.6 GB/s

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 ConnectorsDual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.22x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
Multi monitor support4 displaysno data
HDMI++
HDCP+-
Maximum VGA resolution2048x1536no data
Audio input for HDMIInternalno data

Supported technologies

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

GameStream+-
GeForce ShadowPlay+-
GPU Boost2.0no data
GameWorks+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 (12_0)
Shader Model6.46.3
OpenGL4.54.6
OpenCL1.22.0
Vulkan1.1.1261.2.131
CUDA5.2-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 17 March 2015 24 June 2014
Maximum RAM amount 12 GB 4 GB
Power consumption (TDP) 250 Watt 580 Watt

GTX TITAN X has an age advantage of 8 months, a 200% higher maximum VRAM amount, and 132% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX TITAN X and Radeon R9 290X2. We've got no test results to judge.


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