Radeon Vega Frontier Edition Watercooled 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 efficiency9.31no data
ArchitectureMaxwell 2.0 (2014−2019)GCN 5.0 (2017−2020)
GPU code nameGM200Vega 10
Market segmentDesktopWorkstation
Release date17 March 2015 (9 years ago)13 July 2017 (7 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$999 $1,489

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 cores30724096
Core clock speed1000 MHz1382 MHz
Boost clock speed1075 MHz1600 MHz
Number of transistors8,000 million12,500 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)250 Watt375 Watt
Texture fill rate209.1409.6
Floating-point processing power6.691 TFLOPS13.11 TFLOPS
ROPs9664
TMUs192256

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 mm267 mm
Height4.376" (11.1 cm)no data
Width2-slot2-slot
Recommended system power (PSU)600 Wattno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin2x 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 typeGDDR5HBM2
Maximum RAM amount12 GB16 GB
Memory bus width384 Bit2048 Bit
Memory clock speed7.0 GB/s945 MHz
Memory bandwidth336.5 GB/s483.8 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 1.21x HDMI, 3x 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_1)
Shader Model6.46.4
OpenGL4.54.6
OpenCL1.22.0
Vulkan1.1.1261.1.125
CUDA5.2-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 17 March 2015 13 July 2017
Maximum RAM amount 12 GB 16 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 250 Watt 375 Watt

GTX TITAN X has 50% lower power consumption.

Vega Frontier Edition Watercooled, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years, a 33.3% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX TITAN X and Radeon Vega Frontier Edition Watercooled. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX TITAN X is a desktop card while Radeon Vega Frontier Edition Watercooled is a workstation one.


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NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN X
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