GeForce GTX 550 Ti vs GeForce GTX Titan X

Intro

Compare those specifications to the GeForce GTX Titan X, which features core clock speeds of 1000 MHz on the GPU, and 1750 MHz on the 12288 MB of GDDR5 RAM. It features 3072 SPUs along with 192 TAUs and 96 Rasterization Operator Units.

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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 550 Ti		1897 points
	Difference: 15982 (842%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 550 Ti		116 Watts
GeForce GTX Titan X		250 Watts
	Difference: 134 Watts (116%)

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the GeForce GTX Titan X should in theory be quite a bit better than the GeForce GTX 550 Ti in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX Titan X		336000 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 550 Ti		98496 MB/sec
	Difference: 237504 (241%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX Titan X should be a lot (about 567%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 550 Ti. (explain)

GeForce GTX Titan X		192000 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 550 Ti		28800 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 163200 (567%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX Titan X is a lot (about 344%) more effective at full screen anti-aliasing than the GeForce GTX 550 Ti, and capable of handling higher screen resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

GeForce GTX Titan X		96000 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 550 Ti		21600 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 74400 (344%)

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 maximum amount of data (counted in MB per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface within a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the bus width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR memory, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the bandwidth is, 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 texture units 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 processed per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics chip 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 card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on 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 get to the max fill rate.