GeForce GTX Titan vs Radeon RX 580

Intro

Compare all that to the Radeon RX 580, which has a clock speed of 1257 MHz and a GDDR5 memory frequency of 2000 MHz. It also features a 256-bit bus, and uses a 14 nm design. It is comprised of 2304 SPUs, 144 TAUs, and 32 ROPs.

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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

Radeon RX 580		13630 points
GeForce GTX Titan		10162 points
	Difference: 3468 (34%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon RX 580		185 Watts
GeForce GTX Titan		250 Watts
	Difference: 65 Watts (35%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the GeForce GTX Titan should in theory be a small bit better than the Radeon RX 580 overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX Titan		288384 MB/sec
Radeon RX 580		262144 MB/sec
	Difference: 26240 (10%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX Titan will be a small bit (about 4%) more effective at AF than the Radeon RX 580. (explain)

GeForce GTX Titan		187488 Mtexels/sec
Radeon RX 580		181008 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 6480 (4%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon RX 580 should be a small bit (about 0%) better at full screen anti-aliasing than the GeForce GTX Titan, and able to handle higher resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

Radeon RX 580		40224 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX Titan		40176 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 48 (0%)

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.

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Specifications

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

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that are processed per second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The better this number, 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 video card can possibly write to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the number of Render Output Units by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as 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 ability to get to the maximum fill rate.