Graphics card comparison
GeForce GTX TITAN vs Radeon HD 7990
Nvidia
GeForce GTX TITAN
6144 Mb GDDR5
Released 19 Feb 2013
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VS
AMD
Radeon HD 7990
3072 Mb GDDR5
Released 24 Apr 2013
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Summary
Synthetic performance index
- GeForce GTX TITAN100%
- Radeon HD 7990130%
Relative performance
Gaming performance index
- GeForce GTX TITAN100%
- Radeon HD 7990126%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider the GeForce GTX TITAN
- 125 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the Radeon HD 7990 .
- Supports PhysX
- Supports G-Sync
- Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
- Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications
Reasons to consider the Radeon HD 7990
- 26% higher gaming performance.
- Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute
- Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
- Supports Mantle
- Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications
Our verdict
HWSpot recommends the Radeon HD 7990
The Radeon HD 7990 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (5 combinations of games and resolutions).
Specifications
Core configuration
| GeForce GTX TITAN | Radeon HD 7990 |
|---|
| GPU Name | GK110 (GK110-400-A1) | Malta () |
| Fab Process | 28 nm | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 561 mm² | 365 mm² |
| Transistors | 7,080 million | 4,313 million |
| Shaders | 2688 | 2048 |
| Compute Units | 14 | 32 |
| Core clock | 836 MHz | 950 MHz |
| ROPs | 48 | 32 |
| TMUs | 224 | 128 |
Memory configuration
| GeForce GTX TITAN | Radeon HD 7990 |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 384 bit | 384 bit x2 |
| Memory Speed | 1502 MHz
6008 MHz effective | 1500 MHz
6000 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 6144 Mb | 3072 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GTX TITAN | Radeon HD 7990 |
|---|
| TDP | 250 watts | 375 watts |
| Release Date | 19 Feb 2013 | 24 Apr 2013 |
Raw performance comparison
Pixel Rate
- GeForce GTX TITAN46.80 GP/s
- Radeon HD 799060.80 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Texel Rate
- GeForce GTX TITAN187.00 GT/s
- Radeon HD 7990244.00 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Memory bandwidth
- GeForce GTX TITAN288.00 GB/s
- Radeon HD 7990576.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Single precision performance
- GeForce GTX TITAN4494.00 GFLOPs
- Radeon HD 79907782.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Synthetic benchmarks
3DMark 11
- GeForce GTX TITAN14150
- Radeon HD 799018530
Points (higher is better)
Game benchmarks
Battlefield 4
DX11, Ultra Quality,2x MSAA,16x AF, HBAO
- GeForce GTX TITAN81
- Radeon HD 7990128
FPS (higher is better)
Bioshock Infinite
DX11, Ultra Quality,DDOD, FX AA
- GeForce GTX TITAN101
- Radeon HD 7990122
FPS (higher is better)
Crysis 3
DX11,Very High Quality, FXAA
- GeForce GTX TITAN61
- Radeon HD 799079
FPS (higher is better)
Hitman Absolution
DX11, High Quality, 2x MSAA, 16x AF
- GeForce GTX TITAN66
- Radeon HD 799079
FPS (higher is better)
Metro Last Light
DX11, AAA standard, 16xAF, Motion Blur normal, Tesselation normal
- GeForce GTX TITAN67
- Radeon HD 799071
FPS (higher is better)