AMD Radeon VII vs NVIDIA TITAN RTX

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Combined performance score

TITAN RTX
48.66
+13%

TITAN RTX outperforms Radeon VII by 13% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in performance ranking5775
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money11.3165.93
ArchitectureTuring (2018−2021)Vega (2017−2021)
GPU code nameTU102Vega 20
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date18 December 2018 (5 years old)7 February 2019 (5 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$2,499 $699
Current price$1035 (0.4x MSRP)$160 (0.2x MSRP)
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Radeon VII has 483% better value for money than TITAN RTX.

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 cores46083840
Core clock speed1350 MHz1400 MHz
Boost clock speed1770 MHz1750 MHz
Number of transistors18,600 million13,230 million
Manufacturing process technology12 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)280 Watt295 Watt
Texture fill rate509.8420.0

Size and compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length267 mm305 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors2x 8-pin2x 8-pin

Memory

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR6HBM2
Maximum RAM amount24 GB16 GB
Memory bus width384 Bit4096 Bit
Memory clock speed14000 MHz1000 MHz
Memory bandwidth672.0 GB/s1024 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 Connectors1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
HDMI++

API support

List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_1)12 (12_1)
Shader Model6.56.4
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.02.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.2.131
CUDA7.5no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. 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.

TITAN RTX 48.66
+13%
Radeon VII 43.07

TITAN RTX outperforms Radeon VII by 13% in our combined benchmark results.


Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of 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: 25%

TITAN RTX 18858
+13%
Radeon VII 16690

TITAN RTX outperforms Radeon VII by 13% in Passmark.

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

TITAN RTX 99561
+60.3%
Radeon VII 62128

TITAN RTX outperforms Radeon VII by 60% in 3DMark Vantage Performance.

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

TITAN RTX 49596
+30.9%
Radeon VII 37881

TITAN RTX outperforms Radeon VII by 31% in 3DMark 11 Performance GPU.

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 made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

TITAN RTX 35821
+30.5%
Radeon VII 27449

TITAN RTX outperforms Radeon VII by 31% in 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics.

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

TITAN RTX 177477
+21.5%
Radeon VII 146094

TITAN RTX outperforms Radeon VII by 21% in 3DMark Cloud Gate GPU.

3DMark Ice Storm GPU

Ice Storm Graphics is an obsolete benchmark, part of 3DMark suite. Ice Storm was used to measure entry level laptops and Windows-based tablets performance. It utilizes DirectX 11 feature level 9 to display a battle between two space fleets near a frozen planet in 1280x720 resolution. Discontinued in January 2020, it is now superseded by 3DMark Night Raid.

Benchmark coverage: 8%

TITAN RTX 534822
+24.3%
Radeon VII 430170

TITAN RTX outperforms Radeon VII by 24% in 3DMark Ice Storm GPU.

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD162
+33.9%
121
−33.9%
1440p107
+40.8%
76
−40.8%
4K77
+35.1%
57
−35.1%

Performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 79
+2.6%
75−80
−2.6%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 104
+36.8%
76
−36.8%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 104
+5.1%
99
−5.1%
Battlefield 5 163
+19.9%
136
−19.9%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 213
+43.9%
148
−43.9%
Cyberpunk 2077 79
+2.6%
75−80
−2.6%
Far Cry 5 165
+66.7%
99
−66.7%
Far Cry New Dawn 135
+42.1%
95
−42.1%
Forza Horizon 4 187
+14.7%
163
−14.7%
Hitman 3 222
+60.9%
130−140
−60.9%
Horizon Zero Dawn 142
+17.4%
121
−17.4%
Red Dead Redemption 2 133
+5.6%
126
−5.6%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 174
+45%
120
−45%
Watch Dogs: Legion 112
−0.9%
113
+0.9%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 95
+35.7%
70
−35.7%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 88
+7.3%
82
−7.3%
Battlefield 5 164
+19.7%
137
−19.7%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 180
+41.7%
127
−41.7%
Cyberpunk 2077 79
+2.6%
75−80
−2.6%
Far Cry 5 156
+64.2%
95
−64.2%
Far Cry New Dawn 129
+40.2%
92
−40.2%
Forza Horizon 4 186
+18.5%
157
−18.5%
Hitman 3 206
+49.3%
130−140
−49.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn 118
+22.9%
96
−22.9%
Metro Exodus 134
+52.3%
88
−52.3%
Red Dead Redemption 2 93
+32.9%
70
−32.9%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 165
+46%
113
−46%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 267
+92.1%
139
−92.1%
Watch Dogs: Legion 97
−2.1%
99
+2.1%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 79
+25.4%
63
−25.4%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 80
+11.1%
72
−11.1%
Battlefield 5 160
+26%
127
−26%
Cyberpunk 2077 78
+1.3%
75−80
−1.3%
Far Cry 5 146
+60.4%
91
−60.4%
Far Cry New Dawn 117
+41%
83
−41%
Forza Horizon 4 175
+34.6%
130
−34.6%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 139
+85.3%
75
−85.3%
Watch Dogs: Legion 86
+36.5%
63
−36.5%

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 131
+44%
91
−44%
Hitman 3 145
+76.8%
80−85
−76.8%
Horizon Zero Dawn 90
+25%
72
−25%
Metro Exodus 85
+51.8%
56
−51.8%
Red Dead Redemption 2 63
+37%
46
−37%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 121
+80.6%
65−70
−80.6%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 50−55
+12.8%
45−50
−12.8%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 66
+15.8%
57
−15.8%
Battlefield 5 95−100
+10.2%
85−90
−10.2%
Cyberpunk 2077 66
+83.3%
35−40
−83.3%
Far Cry 5 134
+67.5%
80−85
−67.5%
Far Cry New Dawn 114
+37.3%
83
−37.3%
Forza Horizon 4 157
+70.7%
90−95
−70.7%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 75−80
+18.5%
65−70
−18.5%
Watch Dogs: Legion 70
+45.8%
48
−45.8%

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 79
+51.9%
52
−51.9%
Hitman 3 82
+86.4%
40−45
−86.4%
Horizon Zero Dawn 27
+28.6%
21
−28.6%
Metro Exodus 55
+48.6%
37
−48.6%
Red Dead Redemption 2 41
+36.7%
30
−36.7%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 66
+50%
44
−50%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 103
+90.7%
54
−90.7%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 52
+18.2%
44
−18.2%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 43
+22.9%
35
−22.9%
Battlefield 5 97
+32.9%
73
−32.9%
Cyberpunk 2077 33
+106%
16−18
−106%
Far Cry 5 80
+35.6%
59
−35.6%
Far Cry New Dawn 82
+34.4%
61
−34.4%
Forza Horizon 4 114
+48.1%
77
−48.1%
Watch Dogs: Legion 43
+48.3%
29
−48.3%

This is how TITAN RTX and Radeon VII compete in popular games:

1080p resolution:

  • TITAN RTX is 33.9% faster than Radeon VII

1440p resolution:

  • TITAN RTX is 40.8% faster than Radeon VII

4K resolution:

  • TITAN RTX is 35.1% faster than Radeon VII

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

  • in Cyberpunk 2077, with 4K resolution and the Ultra Preset, the TITAN RTX is 106% faster than the Radeon VII.
  • in Watch Dogs: Legion, with 1080p resolution and the High Preset, the Radeon VII is 2.1% faster than the TITAN RTX.

All in all, in popular games:

  • TITAN RTX is ahead in 66 tests (97%)
  • Radeon VII is ahead in 2 tests (3%)

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 48.66 43.07
Recency 18 December 2018 7 February 2019
Cost $2499 $699
Maximum RAM amount 24 GB 16 GB
Chip lithography 12 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 280 Watt 295 Watt

The TITAN RTX is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon VII in performance tests.


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