nvidia
Brand11GB GDDR5X
Memory3584
Cores484.4 GB/s
BandwidthNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
VS
amd
Brand4GB GDDR5
Memory2560
Cores320 GB/s
BandwidthAMD Radeon R9 290
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
11GB GDDR5X 250W $699 Mar 2017
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
$699 • Mar 2017
VS
Radeon R9 290
$399 • Nov 2013
AMD Radeon R9 290
4GB GDDR5 275W $399 Nov 2013
Specs Comparison
| Specification | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti | AMD Radeon R9 290 |
|---|---|---|
| Memory Size | 11 GB | 4 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR5X | GDDR5 |
| TDP | 250 W | 275 W |
| Core Clock | N/A | N/A |
| Boost Clock | 1582 MHz | N/A |
| Memory Bandwidth | 484.4 GB/s | 320 GB/s |
| Process Size | 16nm | 28nm |
| Architecture | Pascal | GCN 2.0 |
| Shading Units | 3584 | 2560 |
| RT Cores | N/A | N/A |
| TMUs | 224 | 160 |
| ROPs | 88 | 64 |
| Memory Bus | 352-bit | 512-bit |
| Memory Clock | 1376 MHz | 1250 MHz |
| Pixel Rate | 139.2 GPixel/s | 60.61 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 484.4 GTexel/s | 320 GTexel/s |
| FP32 Performance | 11.34 GFLOPS | 4.849 GFLOPS |
| L2 Cache | 2.75 MB | 1.00 MB |
| Die Size | 471 mm² | 438 mm² |
| Transistors | 11800 Million | 6200 Million |
| Required PSU | 600 W | 600 W |
| Power Connectors | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin |
| Bus Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| DirectX | 12.1 | 12 |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | N/A |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| Foundry | TSMC | TSMC |
Comparison in Synthetic Benchmarks
3DMark Time Spy
Synthetic DirectX 12 benchmark that measures GPU performance in gaming workloads
Graphics Score
9688 (+174%)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
3535
AMD Radeon R9 290
Geekbench 6
Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs
OpenCL Score
74966 (+80%)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
41610
AMD Radeon R9 290
GFXBench 5.0
Cross-platform 3D graphics benchmark suite that measures GPU performance across different APIs
Aztec Ruins High (FPS)
118.7 FPS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
FPS
AMD Radeon R9 290
PassMark G2D
Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations
G2D Mark
18594 (+128%)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
8150
AMD Radeon R9 290
Game Benchmarks Comparison (252 benchmarks)
Valkyria Chronicles 4
8.5 2018 • Action, RPG, Strategy SEGA
1080p
| high
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (+169%)
AVG 242 FPS
MIN 219 FPS
Radeon R9 290
AVG 90 FPS
MIN 80 FPS
1440p
| high
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (+221%)
AVG 212 FPS
MIN 186 FPS
Radeon R9 290
AVG 66 FPS
MIN 60 FPS
2160p
| high
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (+317%)
AVG 146 FPS
MIN 136 FPS
Radeon R9 290
AVG 35 FPS
MIN 33 FPS
Winner
Loser
Pathfinder Kingmaker
8.5 2018 • Adventure, RPG Owlcat Games
1080p
| high
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (+48%)
AVG 127 FPS
MIN 117 FPS
Radeon R9 290
AVG 86 FPS
MIN 82 FPS
1440p
| high
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (+127%)
AVG 127 FPS
MIN 117 FPS
Radeon R9 290
AVG 56 FPS
MIN 53 FPS
2160p
| high
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (+196%)
AVG 83 FPS
MIN 77 FPS
Radeon R9 290
AVG 28 FPS
MIN 26 FPS
Winner
Loser
Dying Light Bad Blood
7.9 2018 • Action, RPG, Early Access Techland
1080p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (+191%)
AVG 169 FPS
MIN 136 FPS
Radeon R9 290
AVG 58 FPS
MIN 46 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (+180%)
AVG 112 FPS
MIN 92 FPS
Radeon R9 290
AVG 40 FPS
MIN 33 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (+155%)
AVG 56 FPS
MIN 45 FPS
Radeon R9 290
AVG 22 FPS
MIN 18 FPS
Winner
Loser
Immortal Unchained
8.2 2018 • Action, Adventure, RPG Toadman Interactive
1080p
| high
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (+149%)
AVG 182 FPS
MIN 168 FPS
Radeon R9 290
AVG 73 FPS
MIN 66 FPS
1440p
| high
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (+174%)
AVG 126 FPS
MIN 109 FPS
Radeon R9 290
AVG 46 FPS
MIN 42 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (+152%)
AVG 58 FPS
MIN 52 FPS
Radeon R9 290
AVG 23 FPS
MIN 21 FPS
Winner
Loser
Shadows Awakening
8.3 2018 • Action, RPG Games Farm
1080p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (+157%)
AVG 221 FPS
MIN 204 FPS
Radeon R9 290
AVG 86 FPS
MIN 79 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (+140%)
AVG 132 FPS
MIN 120 FPS
Radeon R9 290
AVG 55 FPS
MIN 51 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (+96%)
AVG 51 FPS
MIN 48 FPS
Radeon R9 290
AVG 26 FPS
MIN 25 FPS
Winner
Loser
Strange Brigade
7.6 2018 • Action, Adventure Rebellion
1080p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (+131%)
AVG 166 FPS
MIN 127 FPS
Radeon R9 290
AVG 72 FPS
MIN 53 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (+154%)
AVG 122 FPS
MIN 99 FPS
Radeon R9 290
AVG 48 FPS
MIN 39 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (+106%)
AVG 70 FPS
MIN 59 FPS
Radeon R9 290
AVG 34 FPS
MIN 28 FPS
Winner
Loser
No more benchmarks available for this comparison
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Wins!
Based on 249 benchmarks across 84 games
101
Avg FPS
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
VS
+158.1%
39
Avg FPS
Radeon R9 290
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
NVIDIA • 11GB GDDR5X
247
Wins
101
Avg FPS
85
Min FPS
99%
Win Rate
AMD Radeon R9 290
AMD • 4GB GDDR5
0
Wins
39
Avg FPS
33
Min FPS
0%
Win Rate
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