GeForce GTX Titan vs GeForce GTX Titan Black

Intro

Compare those specifications to the GeForce GTX Titan Black, which has core speeds of 889 MHz on the GPU, and 1750 MHz on the 6144 MB of GDDR5 memory. It features 2880 SPUs along with 240 TAUs and 48 Rasterization Operator 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

The GeForce GTX Titan Black, in theory, should perform a little bit faster than the GeForce GTX Titan in general. (explain)

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

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX Titan Black will be just a bit (approximately 14%) faster with regards to 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

If using lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the GeForce GTX Titan Black is a better choice, but it probably won't make a huge difference. (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: Bandwidth is the maximum amount of data (measured in MB per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface within a second. The number is calculated by multiplying the bus width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. 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 amount of texture map elements (texels) that are applied in one second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total amount 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 texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics card can possibly write to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel rate also depends on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.