GeForce GTX 980 vs GeForce GTX Titan X

Intro

Compare those specs to the GeForce GTX Titan X, which makes use of a 28 nm design. nVidia has set the core speed at 1000 MHz. The GDDR5 memory works at a frequency of 1750 MHz on this specific model. It features 3072 SPUs as well as 192 TAUs 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

The GeForce GTX Titan X should in theory be quite a bit faster than the GeForce GTX 980 in general. (explain)

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

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX Titan X is a lot (approximately 33%) better at 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 should be quite a bit (approximately 33%) more effective at full screen anti-aliasing than the GeForce GTX 980, and also capable of handling higher screen resolutions without losing too much performance. (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 data (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface in one second. The number 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 bandwidth is, the better 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 is worked out 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 graphics card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied in one second.

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