Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.
AMD Radeon R9 390 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN
Price now
488$
Games supported
86%
- Interface PCIe 3.0 x16
- Core clock speed 837
- Max video memory 6144 MB
- Memory type GDDR5
- Memory clock speed 6.0 Gbps
- Maximum resolution
- Interface PCIe 3.0 x16
- Core clock speed 0
- Max video memory 0
- Memory type GDDR5
- Memory clock speed 1000
- Maximum resolution
Price now
264$
Games supported
92%
General info
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in performance rating | 198 | 177 |
| Value for money | 5.21 | 12.77 |
| Architecture | Kepler (2012−2018) | GCN 2.0 (2013−2017) |
| GPU code name | GK110 | Grenada |
| Market segment | Desktop | Desktop |
| Design | no data | reference |
| Release date | 19 February 2013 (10 years old) | 18 June 2015 (7 years old) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $999 | $329 |
| Current price | $488 (0.5x MSRP) | $264 (0.8x MSRP) |
Value for money
Technical specs
General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 2688 | 2560 |
| CUDA cores | 2688 | no data |
| Core clock speed | 837 MHz | no data |
| Boost clock speed | 876 MHz | 1000 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 7,080 million | 6,200 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 28 nm |
| Thermal design power (TDP) | 250 Watt | 275 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 187.5 billion/sec | 160.0 |
| Floating-point performance | 4,709 gflops | 5,120 gflops |
Dimensions and compatibility
Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).
| Bus support | PCI Express 3.0 | PCIe 3.0 |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Length | 10.5" (26.7 cm) | 275 mm |
| Height | 4.376" (11.1 cm) | no data |
| Width | 2-slot | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | One 8-pin and one 6-pin | 1 x 6-pin, 1 x 8-pin |
| Bridgeless CrossFire | no data | 1 |
Memory
Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated VRAM and use a shared part of system RAM.
| Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| High bandwidth memory (HBM) | no data | - |
| Maximum RAM amount | 6 GB | 0 MB |
| Memory bus width | 384-bit GDDR5 | 512 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 6.0 GB/s | 1000 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 288.4 GB/s | 384 GB/s |
Video outputs and ports
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 Connectors | One Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One HDMI, One DisplayPort | 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort |
| Multi monitor support | 4 displays | no data |
| Eyefinity | no data | 1 |
| Number of Eyefinity displays | no data | 6 |
| HDMI | + | + |
| HDCP | + | no data |
| Maximum VGA resolution | 2048x1536 | no data |
| DisplayPort support | no data | + |
| Audio input for HDMI | Internal | no data |
Technologies
Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.
| AppAcceleration | no data | - |
| CrossFire | no data | 1 |
| Enduro | no data | - |
| FreeSync | no data | 1 |
| HD3D | no data | - |
| PowerTune | no data | + |
| TrueAudio | no data | + |
| ZeroCore | no data | - |
| VCE | no data | + |
| DDMA audio | no data | + |
| Blu Ray 3D | + | no data |
| 3D Gaming | + | no data |
| 3D Vision | + | no data |
| 3D Vision Live | + | no data |
API support
APIs supported, including particular versions of those APIs.
| DirectX | 12 (11_0) | DirectX® 12 |
| Shader Model | 5.1 | 6.3 |
| OpenGL | 4.4 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 2.0 |
| Vulkan | 1.1.126 | + |
| Mantle | no data | + |
| CUDA | + | no data |
Benchmark performance
Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. Note that overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range.
Overall score
This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.
- Passmark
- 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics
- Unigine Heaven 4.0
Passmark
This is probably the most ubiquitous benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.
Benchmark coverage: 24%
Radeon R9 390 outperforms GeForce GTX TITAN by 11% in Passmark.
3DMark Fire Strike Graphics
Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature seemingly made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic enough graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.
Benchmark coverage: 13%
Radeon R9 390 outperforms GeForce GTX TITAN by 22% in 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics.
Unigine Heaven 4.0
This is an old DirectX 11 benchmark, a newer version of Unigine 3.0 with relatively small differences. It displays a fantasy medieval town sprawling over several flying islands. The benchmark is still sometimes used, despite its significant age, as it was released back in 2013.
Benchmark coverage: 1%
GeForce GTX TITAN outperforms Radeon R9 390 by 17% in Unigine Heaven 4.0.
Mining hashrates
Cryptocurrency mining performance of GeForce GTX TITAN and Radeon R9 390. Usually measured in megahashes per second.
| Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) | 243 Mh/s | 593 Mh/s |
| Decred / DCR (Decred) | no data | 0.95 Gh/s |
| Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto) | no data | 29.26 Mh/s |
| Monero / XMR (CryptoNight) | no data | 0.81 kh/s |
| Zcash / ZEC (Equihash) | no data | 380.03 Sol/s |
Gaming performance
Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.
Advantages and disadvantages
| Performance rating | 20.74 | 22.92 |
| Recency | 19 February 2013 | 18 June 2015 |
| Cost | $999 | $329 |
| Memory bus width | 384 | 512 |
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 2688 | 2560 |
| Memory bandwidth | 288.4 | 384 |
| Thermal design power (TDP) | 250 Watt | 275 Watt |
Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, Technical City recommends
since it shows better performance.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
Competitors of GeForce GTX TITAN by AMD
The nearest GeForce GTX TITAN's AMD equivalent is Hawaii, which is faster by 1% and higher by 1 position in our performance rating.
Here are some closest AMD rivals to GeForce GTX TITAN:
Competitors of Radeon R9 390 by NVIDIA
We believe that the nearest equivalent to Radeon R9 390 from NVIDIA is GeForce GTX TITAN BLACK, which is nearly equal in speed and is lower by 1 position in our rating.
Here are some closest NVIDIA rivals to Radeon R9 390:
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