GeForce GTX 980 vs GeForce GTX Titan X

Intro

Compare those specs to the GeForce GTX Titan X, which comes with a core clock frequency of 1000 MHz and a GDDR5 memory frequency of 1750 MHz. It also uses a 384-bit memory bus, and uses a 28 nm design. It is made up of 3072 SPUs, 192 Texture Address Units, and 96 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 X		17879 points
GeForce GTX 980		13552 points
	Difference: 4327 (32%)

Grand Theft Auto V | 1920x1080 | Very High

GeForce GTX Titan X		82 FPS
GeForce GTX 980		63 FPS
	Difference: 19 (30%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 980		165 Watts
GeForce GTX Titan X		250 Watts
	Difference: 85 Watts (52%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce GTX Titan X should be 50% faster than the GeForce GTX 980 overall, due to its higher data rate. (explain)

GeForce GTX Titan X		336000 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 980		224000 MB/sec
	Difference: 112000 (50%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX Titan X will be quite a bit (about 33%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 980. (explain)

GeForce GTX Titan X		192000 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 980		144128 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 47872 (33%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX Titan X will be quite a bit (more or less 33%) better at AA than the GeForce GTX 980, and also able to handle higher resolutions more effectively. (explain)

GeForce GTX Titan X		96000 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 980		72064 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 23936 (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.

Price Comparison

Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the maximum amount of information (counted in MB per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface in a second. It's worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR type memory, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the bandwidth is, 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 amount of texture map elements (texels) that are processed per second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total number of 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 processed in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics card could possibly write to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel rate is also dependant on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the max fill rate.