GeForce GTX 970 vs GeForce GTX Titan X

Intro

Compare all of that to the GeForce GTX Titan X, which uses a 28 nm design. nVidia has set the core speed at 1000 MHz. The GDDR5 RAM runs at a frequency of 1750 MHz on this particular model. It features 3072 SPUs along with 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 970		10867 points
	Difference: 7012 (65%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

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

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GTX Titan X should in theory be much faster than the GeForce GTX 970 overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX Titan X		336000 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 970		224000 MB/sec
	Difference: 112000 (50%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX Titan X is a lot (about 76%) better at texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 970. (explain)

GeForce GTX Titan X		192000 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 970		109200 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 82800 (76%)

Pixel Rate

If using high levels of AA is important to you, then the GeForce GTX Titan X is a better choice, and very much so. (explain)

GeForce GTX Titan X		96000 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 970		67200 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 28800 (43%)

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 largest amount of data (in units of MB per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface in a second. It's worked out by multiplying the bus width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR type memory, the result should 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, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that can be applied in one second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core clock 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 processed in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics card could possibly write to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the number of ROPs by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel 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 max fill rate.