GeForce GTX 980 vs GeForce GTX Titan

Intro

Compare those specifications to the GeForce GTX Titan, which uses a 28 nm design. nVidia has set the core speed at 837 MHz. The GDDR5 memory works at a speed of 1502 MHz on this specific model. It features 2688 SPUs along with 224 TAUs and 48 Rasterization Operator Units.

Display Graphs

Hide Graphs

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 980		13552 points
GeForce GTX Titan		10162 points
	Difference: 3390 (33%)

Grand Theft Auto V | 1920x1080 | Very High

GeForce GTX 980		63 FPS
GeForce GTX Titan		52 FPS
	Difference: 11 (21%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 980		165 Watts
GeForce GTX Titan		250 Watts
	Difference: 85 Watts (52%)

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the GeForce GTX Titan should in theory be much better than the GeForce GTX 980 overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX Titan		288384 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 980		224000 MB/sec
	Difference: 64384 (29%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX Titan will be a lot (approximately 30%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 980. (explain)

GeForce GTX Titan		187488 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 980		144128 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 43360 (30%)

Pixel Rate

If running with lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 980 is superior to the GeForce GTX Titan, and very much so. (explain)

GeForce GTX 980		72064 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX Titan		40176 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 31888 (79%)

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 max amount of data (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface in one second. It's worked out by multiplying the interface width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that are processed in one second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core 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 processed in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the graphics card can possibly write to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the number of Render Output Units by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the max fill rate.