GeForce GTX 970 vs GeForce GTX Titan Black

Intro

Compare all of that to the GeForce GTX Titan Black, which features a clock speed of 889 MHz and a GDDR5 memory frequency of 1750 MHz. It also uses a 384-bit memory bus, and makes use of a 28 nm design. It features 2880 SPUs, 240 Texture Address Units, and 48 ROPs.

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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 970		10867 points
	Difference: 799 (7%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 970		145 Watts
GeForce GTX Titan Black		250 Watts
	Difference: 105 Watts (72%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically, the GeForce GTX Titan Black should be a lot faster than the GeForce GTX 970 in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX Titan Black		336000 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 970		224000 MB/sec
	Difference: 112000 (50%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX Titan Black should be a lot (about 95%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 970. (explain)

GeForce GTX Titan Black		213360 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 970		109200 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 104160 (95%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 970 should be quite a bit (more or less 57%) faster with regards to FSAA than the GeForce GTX Titan Black, and should be able to handle higher screen resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

GeForce GTX 970		67200 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX Titan Black		42672 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 24528 (57%)

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.

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Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the largest amount of information (in units of megabytes per second) that can be moved past the external memory interface in one second. The number is calculated by multiplying the interface width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR type memory, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the faster 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 is calculated by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the video card can possibly record to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.