Graphics card comparison
GeForce GTX TITAN vs Radeon R9 280X
Nvidia
GeForce GTX TITAN
6144 Mb GDDR5
Released 19 Feb 2013
DESKTOP
VS
AMD
Radeon R9 280X
3072 Mb GDDR5
Released 8 Oct 2013
DESKTOP
Summary
Synthetic performance index
- GeForce GTX TITAN129%
- Radeon R9 280X100%
Relative performance
Gaming performance index
- GeForce GTX TITAN127%
- Radeon R9 280X100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider the GeForce GTX TITAN
- 27% higher gaming performance.
- 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- Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications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 R9 280X
- 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- Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications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 GeForce GTX TITAN
The GeForce GTX TITAN is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (21 combinations of games and resolutions).
Specifications
Core configuration
| GeForce GTX TITAN | Radeon R9 280X |
|---|
| GPU Name | GK110 (GK110-400-A1) | Tahiti (Tahiti XTL) |
| Fab Process | 28 nm | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 561 mm² | 352 mm² |
| Transistors | 7,080 million | 4,313 million |
| Shaders | 2688 | 2048 |
| Compute Units | 14 | 32 |
| Core clock | 836 MHz | 850 MHz |
| ROPs | 48 | 32 |
| TMUs | 224 | 128 |
Memory configuration
| GeForce GTX TITAN | Radeon R9 280X |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 384 bit | 384 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1502 MHz
6008 MHz effective | 1500 MHz
6000 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 6144 Mb | 3072 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GTX TITAN | Radeon R9 280X |
|---|
| TDP | 250 watts | 250 watts |
| Release Date | 19 Feb 2013 | 8 Oct 2013 |
Raw performance comparison
Pixel Rate
- GeForce GTX TITAN46.80 GP/s
- Radeon R9 280X27.20 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Texel Rate
- GeForce GTX TITAN187.00 GT/s
- Radeon R9 280X109.00 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Memory bandwidth
- GeForce GTX TITAN288.00 GB/s
- Radeon R9 280X288.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Single precision performance
- GeForce GTX TITAN4494.00 GFLOPs
- Radeon R9 280X3482.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Synthetic benchmarks
3DMark 11
- GeForce GTX TITAN14150
- Radeon R9 280X10960
Points (higher is better)
Game benchmarks
Anno 2205
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xAA
- GeForce GTX TITAN58
- Radeon R9 280X40
FPS (higher is better)
Battlefield Hardline
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA,EP3 Gator Bait
- GeForce GTX TITAN55
- Radeon R9 280X40
FPS (higher is better)
Grand Theft Auto V
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
- GeForce GTX TITAN71
- Radeon R9 280X63
FPS (higher is better)
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
- GeForce GTX TITAN40
- Radeon R9 280X30
FPS (higher is better)
Thief 2014
DX11, Very High Details
- GeForce GTX TITAN59
- Radeon R9 280X47
FPS (higher is better)
Anno 2205
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xAA
- GeForce GTX TITAN39
- Radeon R9 280X30
FPS (higher is better)
Battlefield Hardline
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA,EP3 Gator Bait
- GeForce GTX TITAN41
- Radeon R9 280X33
FPS (higher is better)
Bioshock Infinite
DX11, Ultra, DDOD, FXAA
- GeForce GTX TITAN74
- Radeon R9 280X48
FPS (higher is better)
Grand Theft Auto V
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
- GeForce GTX TITAN50
- Radeon R9 280X47
FPS (higher is better)
Hitman Absolution
DX11, High Quality, 2x MSAA, 16x AF
- GeForce GTX TITAN60
- Radeon R9 280X51
FPS (higher is better)
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
- GeForce GTX TITAN30
- Radeon R9 280X25
FPS (higher is better)
Thief 2014
DX11, Very High Details
- GeForce GTX TITAN45
- Radeon R9 280X36
FPS (higher is better)
Anno 2205
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xAA
- GeForce GTX TITAN23
- Radeon R9 280X18
FPS (higher is better)
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
- GeForce GTX TITAN19
- Radeon R9 280X16
FPS (higher is better)
Thief 2014
DX11, Very High Details
- GeForce GTX TITAN24
- Radeon R9 280X18
FPS (higher is better)
Battlefield 4
DX11, Ultra Quality,2x MSAA,16x AF, HBAO
- GeForce GTX TITAN81
- Radeon R9 280X72
FPS (higher is better)
Bioshock Infinite
DX11, Ultra Quality,DDOD, FX AA
- GeForce GTX TITAN101
- Radeon R9 280X69
FPS (higher is better)
Crysis 3
DX11,Very High Quality, FXAA
- GeForce GTX TITAN61
- Radeon R9 280X42
FPS (higher is better)
Hitman Absolution
DX11, High Quality, 2x MSAA, 16x AF
- GeForce GTX TITAN66
- Radeon R9 280X69
FPS (higher is better)
Medal Of Honor Warfighter
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA
- GeForce GTX TITAN89
- Radeon R9 280X67
FPS (higher is better)
Metro Last Light
DX11, AAA standard, 16xAF, Motion Blur normal, Tesselation normal
- GeForce GTX TITAN67
- Radeon R9 280X50
FPS (higher is better)