GeForce GT 230 vs GeForce GTX Titan Black

Intro

Compare that to the GeForce GTX Titan Black, which features core clock 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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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GT 230		65 Watts
GeForce GTX Titan Black		250 Watts
	Difference: 185 Watts (285%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce GTX Titan Black should perform a lot faster than the GeForce GT 230 overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX Titan Black		336000 MB/sec
GeForce GT 230		38400 MB/sec
	Difference: 297600 (775%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX Titan Black is a lot (about 2325%) faster with regards to AF than the GeForce GT 230. (explain)

GeForce GTX Titan Black		213360 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 230		8800 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 204560 (2325%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX Titan Black is superior to the GeForce GT 230, by far. (explain)

GeForce GTX Titan Black		42672 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 230		4400 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 38272 (870%)

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 largest amount of data (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface within a second. It's worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR memory, it must 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 AA, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the graphics card could possibly write to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel fill rate also depends on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.