GeForce GT 310 vs Nvidia Titan X

Intro

Compare that to the Nvidia Titan X, which features a GPU core clock speed of 1417 MHz, and 12288 MB of GDDR5X memory running at 1251 MHz through a 384-bit bus. It also is comprised of 3584 SPUs, 224 TAUs, and 96 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GT 310		31 Watts
Nvidia Titan X		250 Watts
	Difference: 219 Watts (706%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the Nvidia Titan X should in theory be a lot better than the GeForce GT 310 overall. (explain)

Nvidia Titan X		491520 MB/sec
GeForce GT 310		16000 MB/sec
	Difference: 475520 (2972%)

Texel Rate

The Nvidia Titan X is quite a bit (about 6636%) better at AF than the GeForce GT 310. (explain)

Nvidia Titan X		317408 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 310		4712 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 312696 (6636%)

Pixel Rate

If running with high levels of AA is important to you, then the Nvidia Titan X is superior to the GeForce GT 310, by far. (explain)

Nvidia Titan X		136032 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 310		2356 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 133676 (5674%)

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 largest amount of information (in units of megabytes per second) that can be moved across the external memory interface in a second. It's worked out by multiplying the bus width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR type memory, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that are processed per second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core speed of the chip. The higher 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 number of pixels that the graphics card can possibly write to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on 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 ability to get to the max fill rate.