GeForce GTX 590 vs GeForce GTX Titan X

Intro

Compare all of that to the GeForce GTX Titan X, which features GPU core speed of 1000 MHz, and 12288 MB of GDDR5 RAM set to run at 1750 MHz through a 384-bit bus. It also 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 590		6680 points
	Difference: 11199 (168%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX Titan X		250 Watts
GeForce GTX 590		365 Watts
	Difference: 115 Watts (46%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce GTX Titan X should perform a little bit faster than the GeForce GTX 590 in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX Titan X		336000 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 590		328320 MB/sec
	Difference: 7680 (2%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX Titan X should be a lot (about 147%) more effective at AF than the GeForce GTX 590. (explain)

GeForce GTX Titan X		192000 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 590		77696 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 114304 (147%)

Pixel Rate

If running with high levels of AA is important to you, then the GeForce GTX Titan X is a better choice, by far. (explain)

GeForce GTX Titan X		96000 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 590		58272 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 37728 (65%)

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.

One or more cards in this comparison are multi-core. This means that their bandwidth, texel and pixel rates are theoretically doubled - this does not mean the card will actually perform twice as fast, but only that it should in theory be able to. Actual game benchmarks will give a more accurate idea of what it's capable of.

Price Comparison

Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the largest amount of data (in units of MB per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface in one second. The number is worked out by multiplying the interface width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR memory, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

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

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