GeForce GTX 550 Ti vs Nvidia Titan X

Intro

Compare all that to the Nvidia Titan X, which comes with GPU core speed of 1417 MHz, and 12288 MB of GDDR5X RAM 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 550 Ti		116 Watts
Nvidia Titan X		250 Watts
	Difference: 134 Watts (116%)

Memory Bandwidth

The Nvidia Titan X should in theory be much faster than the GeForce GTX 550 Ti in general. (explain)

Nvidia Titan X		491520 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 550 Ti		98496 MB/sec
	Difference: 393024 (399%)

Texel Rate

The Nvidia Titan X will be a lot (about 1002%) better at texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 550 Ti. (explain)

Nvidia Titan X		317408 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 550 Ti		28800 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 288608 (1002%)

Pixel Rate

The Nvidia Titan X will be much (about 530%) faster with regards to AA than the GeForce GTX 550 Ti, and will be able to handle higher resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

Nvidia Titan X		136032 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 550 Ti		21600 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 114432 (530%)

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 largest amount of information (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface in one second. It is calculated by multiplying the interface width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR type RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the memory bandwidth, the faster 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 per second. This is calculated by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the graphics 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 amount of pixels that the graphics card could possibly write to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the the card's clock speed. 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 lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the max fill rate.