GeForce GTX 590 vs GeForce GTX Titan

Intro

Compare those specifications to the GeForce GTX Titan, which uses a 28 nm design. nVidia has clocked the core speed at 837 MHz. The GDDR5 memory runs at a frequency of 1502 MHz on this particular card. It features 2688 SPUs along with 224 TAUs and 48 Rasterization Operator Units.

Display Graphs

Hide Graphs

Benchmarks

These are real-world performance benchmarks that were submitted by Hardware Compare users. The scores seen here are the average of all benchmarks submitted for each respective test and hardware.

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics Score

GeForce GTX Titan		10162 points
GeForce GTX 590		6680 points
	Difference: 3482 (52%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX Titan		250 Watts
GeForce GTX 590		365 Watts
	Difference: 115 Watts (46%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GTX 590 should theoretically be a small bit faster than the GeForce GTX Titan overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 590		328320 MB/sec
GeForce GTX Titan		288384 MB/sec
	Difference: 39936 (14%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX Titan will be a lot (about 141%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 590. (explain)

GeForce GTX Titan		187488 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 590		77696 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 109792 (141%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 590 will be a lot (about 45%) more effective at AA than the GeForce GTX Titan, and should be able to handle higher screen resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

GeForce GTX 590		58272 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX Titan		40176 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 18096 (45%)

Please note that the above 'benchmarks' are all just theoretical - the results were calculated based on the card's specifications, and real-world performance may (and probably will) vary at least a bit.

One or more cards in this comparison are multi-core. This means that their bandwidth, texel and pixel rates are theoretically doubled - this does not mean the card will actually perform twice as fast, but only that it should in theory be able to. Actual game benchmarks will give a more accurate idea of what it's capable of.

Price Comparison

Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the max amount of data (measured in MB per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface in a second. It is calculated by multiplying the interface width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR memory, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed per second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total number of texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the video card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics card can possibly record to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the number of colour ROPs by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.