GeForce GTX 560 vs Nvidia Titan X

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Nvidia Titan X, which features a GPU core clock speed of 1417 MHz, and 12288 MB of GDDR5X memory set to run at 1251 MHz through a 384-bit bus. It also is comprised of 3584 Stream Processors, 224 TAUs, and 96 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 560		150 Watts
Nvidia Titan X		250 Watts
	Difference: 100 Watts (67%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the Nvidia Titan X should be quite a bit faster than the GeForce GTX 560 in general. (explain)

Nvidia Titan X		491520 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 560		128128 MB/sec
	Difference: 363392 (284%)

Texel Rate

The Nvidia Titan X should be much (more or less 600%) more effective at texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 560. (explain)

Nvidia Titan X		317408 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 560		45360 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 272048 (600%)

Pixel Rate

The Nvidia Titan X is a lot (more or less 425%) faster with regards to FSAA than the GeForce GTX 560, and will be capable of handling higher resolutions without losing too much performance. (explain)

Nvidia Titan X		136032 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 560		25920 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 110112 (425%)

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 max amount of information (counted in megabytes per second) that can be moved across the external memory interface in one second. The number is calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR type RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If 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 high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed in one second. This figure is calculated 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 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 can possibly record to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.