GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 vs GeForce GTX Titan Black

Intro

Compare all that to the GeForce GTX Titan Black, which comes with a core clock frequency of 889 MHz and a GDDR5 memory frequency of 1750 MHz. It also features a 384-bit memory bus, and makes use of a 28 nm design. It is made up of 2880 SPUs, 240 TAUs, and 48 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 260 Core 216		202 Watts
GeForce GTX Titan Black		250 Watts
	Difference: 48 Watts (24%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the GeForce GTX Titan Black should in theory be a lot better than the GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX Titan Black		336000 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 260 Core 216		111888 MB/sec
	Difference: 224112 (200%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX Titan Black will be a lot (about 414%) more effective at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 260 Core 216. (explain)

GeForce GTX Titan Black		213360 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 260 Core 216		41472 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 171888 (414%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX Titan Black is the winner, by a large margin. (explain)

GeForce GTX Titan Black		42672 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 260 Core 216		16128 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 26544 (165%)

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 information (in units of MB per second) that can be moved across the external memory interface in a second. The number is calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR type memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics card could possibly write to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.