Radeon R9 380X vs Titan X Pascal

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Aggregate performance score

Titan X Pascal
2016
12 GB GDDR5X, 250 Watt
33.73
+110%

Titan X Pascal outperforms Radeon R9 380X by a whopping 110% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking144313
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation14.877.08
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)GCN 3.0 (2014−2017)
GPU code nameGP102Antigua
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Designno datareference
Release date25 July 2016 (7 years ago)19 November 2015 (8 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$1,199 $229
Current price$312 (0.3x MSRP)$11.81 (0.1x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Titan X Pascal has 110% better value for money than R9 380X.

Detailed specifications

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 cores35842048
Compute unitsno data32
Core clock speed1418 MHzno data
Boost clock speed1531 MHz970 MHz
Number of transistors11,800 million5,000 million
Manufacturing process technology16 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)250 Watt190 Watt
Texture fill rate342.9124.2
Floating-point performance10,974 gflops3,973 gflops

Form factor & 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).

Bus supportno dataPCIe 3.0
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length267 mm221 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Form factorno datafull height / full length
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin​2 x 6-pin
Bridgeless CrossFireno data1

VRAM capacity and type

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 typeGDDR5XGDDR5
High bandwidth memory (HBM)no data-
Maximum RAM amount12 GB4 GB
Memory bus width384 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed10000 MHz970 MHz
Memory bandwidth480.4 GB/s182.4 GB/s
Shared memory-no data

Connectivity and outputs

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 DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
Eyefinityno data1
Number of Eyefinity displaysno data6
HDMI++
DisplayPort supportno data+
G-SYNC support+no data

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

AppAccelerationno data-
CrossFireno data1
Endurono data-
FRTCno data1
FreeSyncno data1
HD3Dno data+
LiquidVRno data1
PowerTuneno data+
TrueAudiono data+
ZeroCoreno data+
VCEno data+
DDMA audiono data+

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)DirectX® 12
Shader Model6.46.3
OpenGL4.64.5
OpenCL1.22.0
Vulkan++
Mantleno data+
CUDA+no 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 X Pascal 33.73
+110%
R9 380X 16.04

Titan X Pascal outperforms Radeon R9 380X by 110% based on our aggregate 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 X Pascal 13026
+110%
R9 380X 6194

Titan X Pascal outperforms Radeon R9 380X by 110% 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 made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

Titan X Pascal 27316
+187%
R9 380X 9510

Titan X Pascal outperforms Radeon R9 380X by 187% in 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics.

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 HD124
+125%
55−60
−125%
1440p73
+143%
30−35
−143%
4K59
+119%
27−30
−119%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 79
+126%
35−40
−126%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 104
+131%
45−50
−131%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 95
+111%
45−50
−111%
Battlefield 5 174
+118%
80−85
−118%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 108
+116%
50−55
−116%
Cyberpunk 2077 78
+123%
35−40
−123%
Far Cry 5 121
+120%
55−60
−120%
Far Cry New Dawn 138
+112%
65−70
−112%
Forza Horizon 4 127
+112%
60−65
−112%
Hitman 3 104
+131%
45−50
−131%
Horizon Zero Dawn 275
+112%
130−140
−112%
Metro Exodus 143
+120%
65−70
−120%
Red Dead Redemption 2 125
+127%
55−60
−127%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 251
+128%
110−120
−128%
Watch Dogs: Legion 104
+131%
45−50
−131%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 87
+118%
40−45
−118%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 85
+113%
40−45
−113%
Battlefield 5 165
+120%
75−80
−120%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 98
+118%
45−50
−118%
Cyberpunk 2077 69
+130%
30−33
−130%
Far Cry 5 92
+130%
40−45
−130%
Far Cry New Dawn 108
+116%
50−55
−116%
Forza Horizon 4 225
+125%
100−105
−125%
Hitman 3 84
+140%
35−40
−140%
Horizon Zero Dawn 275
+112%
130−140
−112%
Metro Exodus 142
+118%
65−70
−118%
Red Dead Redemption 2 120
+118%
55−60
−118%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 194
+116%
90−95
−116%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 184
+116%
85−90
−116%
Watch Dogs: Legion 216
+116%
100−105
−116%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 67
+123%
30−33
−123%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 63
+133%
27−30
−133%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 75
+114%
35−40
−114%
Cyberpunk 2077 59
+119%
27−30
−119%
Far Cry 5 67
+123%
30−33
−123%
Forza Horizon 4 112
+124%
50−55
−124%
Horizon Zero Dawn 150
+114%
70−75
−114%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 167
+123%
75−80
−123%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 95
+111%
45−50
−111%
Watch Dogs: Legion 64
+113%
30−33
−113%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 118
+115%
55−60
−115%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 60−65
+113%
30−33
−113%
Far Cry New Dawn 113
+126%
50−55
−126%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 35−40
+125%
16−18
−125%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 51
+113%
24−27
−113%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 94
+135%
40−45
−135%
Cyberpunk 2077 38
+111%
18−20
−111%
Far Cry 5 101
+124%
45−50
−124%
Forza Horizon 4 65−70
+130%
30−33
−130%
Hitman 3 66
+120%
30−33
−120%
Horizon Zero Dawn 118
+115%
55−60
−115%
Metro Exodus 101
+124%
45−50
−124%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 122
+122%
55−60
−122%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 45−50
+119%
21−24
−119%
Watch Dogs: Legion 46
+119%
21−24
−119%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 92
+130%
40−45
−130%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 63
+133%
27−30
−133%
Far Cry New Dawn 48
+129%
21−24
−129%
Hitman 3 39
+117%
18−20
−117%
Horizon Zero Dawn 40−45
+128%
18−20
−128%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 42
+133%
18−20
−133%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 68
+127%
30−33
−127%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 38
+111%
18−20
−111%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 32
+129%
14−16
−129%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 34
+113%
16−18
−113%
Cyberpunk 2077 18
+125%
8−9
−125%
Far Cry 5 33
+136%
14−16
−136%
Forza Horizon 4 73
+143%
30−33
−143%
Horizon Zero Dawn 70
+133%
30−33
−133%
Metro Exodus 56
+133%
24−27
−133%
Watch Dogs: Legion 26
+117%
12−14
−117%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 47
+124%
21−24
−124%

This is how Titan X Pascal and R9 380X compete in popular games:

  • Titan X Pascal is 125% faster in 1080p
  • Titan X Pascal is 143% faster in 1440p
  • Titan X Pascal is 119% faster in 4K

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 33.73 16.04
Recency 25 July 2016 19 November 2015
Cost $1199 $229
Maximum RAM amount 12 GB 4 GB
Chip lithography 16 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 250 Watt 190 Watt

The Titan X Pascal is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon R9 380X in performance tests.


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