GeForce GTX 550 Ti vs GeForce GTX Titan X

Intro

Compare those specifications to the GeForce GTX Titan X, which has a core clock frequency of 1000 MHz and a GDDR5 memory frequency of 1750 MHz. It also uses a 384-bit bus, and makes use of a 28 nm design. It 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 550 Ti		1897 points
	Difference: 15982 (842%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 550 Ti		116 Watts
GeForce GTX Titan X		250 Watts
	Difference: 134 Watts (116%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce GTX Titan X should be much faster than the GeForce GTX 550 Ti overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX Titan X		336000 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 550 Ti		98496 MB/sec
	Difference: 237504 (241%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX Titan X should be a lot (more or less 567%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 550 Ti. (explain)

GeForce GTX Titan X		192000 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 550 Ti		28800 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 163200 (567%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX Titan X should be much (approximately 344%) better at anti-aliasing than the GeForce GTX 550 Ti, and also will be capable of handling higher resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

GeForce GTX Titan X		96000 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 550 Ti		21600 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 74400 (344%)

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 max amount of information (in units of megabytes per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface within a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the bus width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR type RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the card's 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 amount of texture map elements (texels) that can be applied in one second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total number of texture units by the core speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the graphics card will be at handling 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 card can possibly write to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.