GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 vs GeForce GTX Titan Black

Intro

Compare all that to the GeForce GTX Titan Black, which features GPU core speed of 889 MHz, and 6144 MB of GDDR5 RAM running at 1750 MHz through a 384-bit bus. It also features 2880 Stream Processors, 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

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce GTX Titan Black should be 200% quicker than the GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 in general, due to its higher bandwidth. (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 much (approximately 414%) better 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 superior to the GeForce GTX 260 Core 216, and very much so. (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 maximum amount of information (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface in one second. It's calculated by multiplying the bus width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses 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, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that are applied per second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the video card will be at 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 record to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel rate also depends on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.