GeForce GTX 1060 vs Nvidia Titan X

Intro

Compare all that to the Nvidia Titan X, which has a core clock speed of 1417 MHz and a GDDR5X memory speed of 1251 MHz. It also features a 384-bit bus, and uses a 16 nm design. It is made up of 3584 SPUs, 224 Texture Address Units, and 96 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1060		120 Watts
Nvidia Titan X		250 Watts
	Difference: 130 Watts (108%)

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the Nvidia Titan X should in theory be quite a bit better than the GeForce GTX 1060 in general. (explain)

Nvidia Titan X		491520 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1060		196608 MB/sec
	Difference: 294912 (150%)

Texel Rate

The Nvidia Titan X should be much (more or less 163%) more effective at AF than the GeForce GTX 1060. (explain)

Nvidia Titan X		317408 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1060		120480 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 196928 (163%)

Pixel Rate

If using lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the Nvidia Titan X is a better choice, by far. (explain)

Nvidia Titan X		136032 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 1060		72288 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 63744 (88%)

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 maximum amount of data (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface in one second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that can be processed in one second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the video card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the graphics card could possibly write to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.