GeForce GTX 960 vs GeForce GTX Titan X

Intro

Compare that to the GeForce GTX Titan X, which features GPU clock speed of 1000 MHz, and 12288 MB of GDDR5 memory running at 1750 MHz through a 384-bit bus. It also features 3072 SPUs, 192 TAUs, and 96 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 Titan X		17879 points
GeForce GTX 960		7627 points
	Difference: 10252 (134%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 960		120 Watts
GeForce GTX Titan X		250 Watts
	Difference: 130 Watts (108%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce GTX Titan X should be quite a bit faster than the GeForce GTX 960 in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX Titan X		336000 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 960		112000 MB/sec
	Difference: 224000 (200%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX Titan X will be quite a bit (about 166%) more effective at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 960. (explain)

GeForce GTX Titan X		192000 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 960		72128 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 119872 (166%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high screen resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX Titan X is the winner, by far. (explain)

GeForce GTX Titan X		96000 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 960		36064 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 59936 (166%)

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 data (in units of MB per second) that can be moved across the external memory interface in one second. It's worked out by multiplying the interface width by the speed of its memory. If it uses DDR type RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the bandwidth is, 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 can be processed per second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total number of texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the video card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the graphics card could possibly write to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.