Graphics card comparison
Radeon RX 480 vs GeForce GTX TITAN Z
AMD
Radeon RX 480
8192 Mb GDDR5
Released 29 Jun 2016
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VS
Nvidia
GeForce GTX TITAN Z
6144 Mb GDDR5
Released 28 May 2014
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Summary
Gaming performance index
- Radeon RX 480100%
- GeForce GTX TITAN Z123%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider the Radeon RX 480
- 225 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- Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications
Reasons to consider the GeForce GTX TITAN Z
- 23% 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- Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications
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 (3 combinations of games and resolutions).
Specifications
Core configuration
| Radeon RX 480 | GeForce GTX TITAN Z |
|---|
| GPU Name | Ellesmere (Ellesmere XT) | GK110B (GK110-430-B1) |
| Fab Process | 14 nm | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 232 mm² | 561 mm² |
| Transistors | 5,700 million | 7,080 million |
| Shaders | 2304 | 2880 |
| Compute Units | 36 | 15 |
| Core clock | 1120 MHz | 705 MHz |
| ROPs | 32 | 48 |
| TMUs | 144 | 240 |
Memory configuration
| Radeon RX 480 | GeForce GTX TITAN Z |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 256 bit | 384 bit x2 |
| Memory Speed | 2000 MHz
8000 MHz effective | 1750 MHz
7000 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 8192 Mb | 6144 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon RX 480 | GeForce GTX TITAN Z |
|---|
| TDP | 150 watts | 375 watts |
| Release Date | 29 Jun 2016 | 28 May 2014 |
Raw performance comparison
Pixel Rate
- Radeon RX 48040.50 GP/s
- GeForce GTX TITAN Z84.60 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Texel Rate
- Radeon RX 480182.30 GT/s
- GeForce GTX TITAN Z338.40 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Memory bandwidth
- Radeon RX 480256.00 GB/s
- GeForce GTX TITAN Z672.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Single precision performance
- Radeon RX 4805834.00 GFLOPs
- GeForce GTX TITAN Z8122.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Game benchmarks
Thief 2014
DX11, Very High Details
- Radeon RX 48077
- GeForce GTX TITAN Z84
FPS (higher is better)
Thief 2014
DX11, Very High Details
- Radeon RX 48056
- GeForce GTX TITAN Z71
FPS (higher is better)
Thief 2014
DX11, Very High Details
- Radeon RX 48029
- GeForce GTX TITAN Z39
FPS (higher is better)