GeForce GT 340 1GB vs Nvidia Titan X

Intro

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

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GT 340 1GB		69 Watts
Nvidia Titan X		250 Watts
	Difference: 181 Watts (262%)

Memory Bandwidth

The Nvidia Titan X should theoretically be a lot faster than the GeForce GT 340 1GB in general. (explain)

Nvidia Titan X		491520 MB/sec
GeForce GT 340 1GB		54400 MB/sec
	Difference: 437120 (804%)

Texel Rate

The Nvidia Titan X will be much (about 1703%) better at texture filtering than the GeForce GT 340 1GB. (explain)

Nvidia Titan X		317408 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 340 1GB		17600 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 299808 (1703%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high resolution is important to you, then the Nvidia Titan X is a better choice, and very much so. (explain)

Nvidia Titan X		136032 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 340 1GB		4400 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 131632 (2992%)

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 (in units of MB per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface within a second. The number is calculated by multiplying the bus width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR memory, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the faster 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 amount of texture map elements (texels) that are applied per second. This is calculated by multiplying the total texture units by the core speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the video card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics chip could possibly record to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the number of ROPs by the the core 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 rate is also dependant on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.