GeForce GTX 970 vs GeForce GTX Titan X

Intro

Compare all of that to the GeForce GTX Titan X, which has a core clock speed of 1000 MHz and a GDDR5 memory frequency of 1750 MHz. It also makes use of a 384-bit memory bus, and makes use of a 28 nm design. It is comprised of 3072 SPUs, 192 Texture Address Units, and 96 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 X		17879 points
GeForce GTX 970		10867 points
	Difference: 7012 (65%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

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

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the GeForce GTX Titan X should theoretically be a lot superior to the GeForce GTX 970 in general. (explain)

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

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX Titan X will be quite a bit (approximately 76%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 970. (explain)

GeForce GTX Titan X		192000 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 970		109200 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 82800 (76%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX Titan X will be much (more or less 43%) faster with regards to anti-aliasing than the GeForce GTX 970, and capable of handling higher resolutions without losing too much performance. (explain)

GeForce GTX Titan X		96000 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 970		67200 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 28800 (43%)

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 data (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface in a second. It's worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR memory, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the bandwidth is, 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 number of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed per second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total number of texture units by the core 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 in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the graphics card could possibly write to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the amount of colour ROPs by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel fill rate also depends on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.