GeForce GTX 970 vs GeForce GTX Titan

Intro

Compare those specifications to the GeForce GTX Titan, which features a clock frequency of 837 MHz and a GDDR5 memory frequency of 1502 MHz. It also makes use of a 384-bit memory bus, and makes use of a 28 nm design. It is comprised of 2688 SPUs, 224 Texture Address Units, and 48 Raster Operation Units.

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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 970		10867 points
GeForce GTX Titan		10162 points
	Difference: 705 (7%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 970		145 Watts
GeForce GTX Titan		250 Watts
	Difference: 105 Watts (72%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically, the GeForce GTX Titan should perform much faster than the GeForce GTX 970 in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX Titan		288384 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 970		224000 MB/sec
	Difference: 64384 (29%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX Titan is much (about 72%) better at texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 970. (explain)

GeForce GTX Titan		187488 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 970		109200 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 78288 (72%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 970 is much (about 67%) faster with regards to AA than the GeForce GTX Titan, and able to handle higher resolutions without losing too much performance. (explain)

GeForce GTX 970		67200 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX Titan		40176 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 27024 (67%)

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 megabytes per second) that can be moved past the external memory interface within a second. The number is calculated by multiplying the bus width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR type RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that can be processed in one second. This number 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 card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics chip can possibly write to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel output rate also depends on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.