Radeon RX 580G vs GeForce GTX TITAN

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking258not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation3.28no data
Power efficiency5.83no data
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)
GPU code nameGK110Polaris 20
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date19 February 2013 (11 years ago)15 October 2018 (6 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$999 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 cores26882304
Core clock speed837 MHz1257 MHz
Boost clock speed876 MHz1330 MHz
Number of transistors7,080 million5,700 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)250 Watt185 Watt
Texture fill rate196.2191.5
Floating-point processing power4.709 TFLOPS6.129 TFLOPS
ROPs4832
TMUs224144

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 mm241 mm
Height4.376" (11.1 cm)no data
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin1x 8-pin

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 amount6 GB8 GB
Memory bus width384-bit GDDR5256 Bit
Memory clock speed6.0 GB/s2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth288.4 GB/s256.0 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 ConnectorsOne Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One HDMI, One DisplayPort1x 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.

Blu Ray 3D+-
3D Gaming+-
3D Vision+-
3D Vision Live+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)12 (12_0)
Shader Model5.16.4
OpenGL4.44.6
OpenCL1.22.0
Vulkan1.1.1261.2.131
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 19 February 2013 15 October 2018
Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 8 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 250 Watt 185 Watt

RX 580G has an age advantage of 5 years, a 33.3% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 35.1% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX TITAN and Radeon RX 580G. We've got no test results to judge.


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