GeForce GTX 1080 vs GeForce GTX Titan

Intro

Compare all that to the GeForce GTX Titan, which features a clock frequency of 837 MHz and a GDDR5 memory speed of 1502 MHz. It also features a 384-bit bus, and makes use of a 28 nm design. It features 2688 SPUs, 224 TAUs, and 48 Raster Operation 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 1080		21942 points
GeForce GTX Titan		10162 points
	Difference: 11780 (116%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1080		180 Watts
GeForce GTX Titan		250 Watts
	Difference: 70 Watts (39%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GTX 1080 should theoretically be a bit faster than the GeForce GTX Titan in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1080		327680 MB/sec
GeForce GTX Titan		288384 MB/sec
	Difference: 39296 (14%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1080 is quite a bit (more or less 37%) more effective at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX Titan. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1080		257120 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX Titan		187488 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 69632 (37%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high screen resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 1080 is a better choice, by far. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1080		102848 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX Titan		40176 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 62672 (156%)

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: Memory bandwidth is the max amount of information (measured in MB per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface within a second. It's calculated by multiplying the interface width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that can be applied per 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 in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the video card can possibly write to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel rate is also dependant on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.