Graphics card comparison
GeForce GTX TITAN Z vs Radeon R9 Nano
Nvidia
GeForce GTX TITAN Z
6144 Mb GDDR5
Released 28 May 2014
DESKTOP
VS
AMD
Radeon R9 Nano
4096 Mb HBM
Released 27 Aug 2015
DESKTOP
Summary
Gaming performance index
- GeForce GTX TITAN Z115%
- Radeon R9 Nano100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider the GeForce GTX TITAN Z
- 15% 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- Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications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 Nano
- 200 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the GeForce GTX TITAN Z .
- This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support.
- Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute
- Supports FreeSync
- Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
- Supports TrueAudio
- Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications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 Z
The GeForce GTX TITAN Z is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (5 combinations of games and resolutions).
Specifications
Core configuration
| GeForce GTX TITAN Z | Radeon R9 Nano |
|---|
| GPU Name | GK110B (GK110-430-B1) | Fiji (Fiji XT CA) |
| Fab Process | 28 nm | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 561 mm² | 596 mm² |
| Transistors | 7,080 million | 8,900 million |
| Shaders | 2880 | 4096 |
| Compute Units | 15 | 64 |
| Core clock | 705 MHz | 1000 MHz |
| ROPs | 48 | 64 |
| TMUs | 240 | 256 |
Memory configuration
| GeForce GTX TITAN Z | Radeon R9 Nano |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | HBM |
| Bus Width | 384 bit x2 | 4096 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1750 MHz
7000 MHz effective | 500 MHz
1000 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 6144 Mb | 4096 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GTX TITAN Z | Radeon R9 Nano |
|---|
| TDP | 375 watts | 175 watts |
| Release Date | 28 May 2014 | 27 Aug 2015 |
Raw performance comparison
Pixel Rate
- GeForce GTX TITAN Z84.60 GP/s
- Radeon R9 Nano64.00 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Texel Rate
- GeForce GTX TITAN Z338.40 GT/s
- Radeon R9 Nano256.00 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Memory bandwidth
- GeForce GTX TITAN Z672.00 GB/s
- Radeon R9 Nano512.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Single precision performance
- GeForce GTX TITAN Z8122.00 GFLOPs
- Radeon R9 Nano8192.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Game benchmarks
Bioshock Infinite
DX11, Ultra, DDOD, FXAA
- GeForce GTX TITAN Z122
- Radeon R9 Nano95
FPS (higher is better)
Hitman Absolution
DX11, High Quality, 2x MSAA, 16x AF
- GeForce GTX TITAN Z98
- Radeon R9 Nano76
FPS (higher is better)
Thief 2014
DX11, Very High Details
- GeForce GTX TITAN Z71
- Radeon R9 Nano65
FPS (higher is better)
Thief 2014
DX11, Very High Details
- GeForce GTX TITAN Z84
- Radeon R9 Nano85
FPS (higher is better)
Thief 2014
DX11, Very High Details
- GeForce GTX TITAN Z39
- Radeon R9 Nano35
FPS (higher is better)