GeForce GTX Titan Black vs Radeon R9 270X

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon R9 270X, which features core speeds of 1000 MHz on the GPU, and 1400 MHz on the 2048 MB of GDDR5 memory. It features 1280 SPUs as well as 80 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

GeForce GTX Titan Black		11666 points
Radeon R9 270X		6590 points
	Difference: 5076 (77%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon R9 270X		180 Watts
GeForce GTX Titan Black		250 Watts
	Difference: 70 Watts (39%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the GeForce GTX Titan Black should in theory be a lot better than the Radeon R9 270X overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX Titan Black		336000 MB/sec
Radeon R9 270X		179200 MB/sec
	Difference: 156800 (88%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX Titan Black will be a lot (more or less 167%) better at AF than the Radeon R9 270X. (explain)

GeForce GTX Titan Black		213360 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R9 270X		80000 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 133360 (167%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX Titan Black should be quite a bit (more or less 33%) better at anti-aliasing than the Radeon R9 270X, and will be able to handle higher screen resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

GeForce GTX Titan Black		42672 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R9 270X		32000 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 10672 (33%)

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: Bandwidth is the maximum amount of information (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface in one second. It's worked out by multiplying the bus width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and high resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics card can 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 ROPs by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called 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 get to the maximum fill rate.