GeForce GTX Titan vs GeForce GTX Titan Black

Intro

Compare that to the GeForce GTX Titan Black, which features GPU core speed of 889 MHz, and 6144 MB of GDDR5 memory set to run at 1750 MHz through a 384-bit bus. It also features 2880 Stream Processors, 240 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 Black		11666 points
GeForce GTX Titan		10162 points
	Difference: 1504 (15%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Both cards have the same power consumption.

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the GeForce GTX Titan Black should theoretically be a bit superior to the GeForce GTX Titan overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX Titan Black		336000 MB/sec
GeForce GTX Titan		288384 MB/sec
	Difference: 47616 (17%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX Titan Black is a small bit (approximately 14%) better at AF than the GeForce GTX Titan. (explain)

GeForce GTX Titan Black		213360 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX Titan		187488 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 25872 (14%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX Titan Black should be a bit (more or less 6%) better at AA than the GeForce GTX Titan, and also should be capable of handling higher resolutions without losing too much performance. (explain)

GeForce GTX Titan Black		42672 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX Titan		40176 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 2496 (6%)

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.

Price Comparison

Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the maximum amount of information (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface in a second. It is worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR memory, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the bandwidth is, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the graphics card can possibly write to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the core 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 also depends on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.