GeForce GTX 550 Ti vs GeForce GTX Titan

Intro

Compare those specifications to the GeForce GTX Titan, which has a core clock speed of 837 MHz and a GDDR5 memory speed of 1502 MHz. It also features a 384-bit bus, and uses a 28 nm design. It is made up of 2688 SPUs, 224 Texture Address Units, and 48 Raster Operation Units.

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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 550 Ti		1897 points
	Difference: 8265 (436%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 550 Ti		116 Watts
GeForce GTX Titan		250 Watts
	Difference: 134 Watts (116%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically, the GeForce GTX Titan should be much faster than the GeForce GTX 550 Ti overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX Titan		288384 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 550 Ti		98496 MB/sec
	Difference: 189888 (193%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX Titan should be quite a bit (approximately 551%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 550 Ti. (explain)

GeForce GTX Titan		187488 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 550 Ti		28800 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 158688 (551%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX Titan is a lot (more or less 86%) more effective at AA than the GeForce GTX 550 Ti, and will be able to handle higher resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

GeForce GTX Titan		40176 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 550 Ti		21600 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 18576 (86%)

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.

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Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the max amount of data (counted in megabytes per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface within a second. It's worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR type memory, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that are processed in one second. This is worked out by multiplying the total texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the graphics card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics card can possibly write to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the amount of colour ROPs by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.