GeForce GTX 970 vs Nvidia Titan Xp

Intro

Compare that to the Nvidia Titan Xp, which has a clock frequency of 1582 MHz and a GDDR5X memory speed of 1426 MHz. It also uses a 384-bit memory bus, and makes use of a 16 nm design. It is comprised of 3840 SPUs, 240 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

Nvidia Titan Xp		27938 points
GeForce GTX 970		10867 points
	Difference: 17071 (157%)

Zcash Mining Hash Rate

Nvidia Titan Xp		810 Sol/s
GeForce GTX 970		262 Sol/s
	Difference: 548 (209%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

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

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the Nvidia Titan Xp should in theory be quite a bit better than the GeForce GTX 970 in general. (explain)

Nvidia Titan Xp		560845 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 970		224000 MB/sec
	Difference: 336845 (150%)

Texel Rate

The Nvidia Titan Xp should be a lot (more or less 248%) more effective at texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 970. (explain)

Nvidia Titan Xp		379680 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 970		109200 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 270480 (248%)

Pixel Rate

The Nvidia Titan Xp will be a lot (more or less 126%) more effective at full screen anti-aliasing than the GeForce GTX 970, and should be able to handle higher resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

Nvidia Titan Xp		151872 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 970		67200 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 84672 (126%)

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: Memory bandwidth is the largest amount of data (in units of MB per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface in a second. It's calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR type RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the bandwidth is, the faster 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 texture map elements (texels) that can be applied in one second. This is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the graphics 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 chip could possibly record to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the number of ROPs by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel 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 reach the maximum fill rate.