GeForce GTX Titan Black vs Geforce GTX 690

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Geforce GTX 690, which comes with a clock frequency of 915 MHz and a GDDR5 memory frequency of 1502 MHz. It also makes use of a 256-bit bus, and makes use of a 28 nm design. It features 1536 SPUs, 128 TAUs, and 32 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 690		13111 points
GeForce GTX Titan Black		11666 points
	Difference: 1445 (12%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX Titan Black		250 Watts
Geforce GTX 690		300 Watts
	Difference: 50 Watts (20%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the Geforce GTX 690 will be 14% quicker than the GeForce GTX Titan Black overall, because of its greater data rate. (explain)

Geforce GTX 690		384512 MB/sec
GeForce GTX Titan Black		336000 MB/sec
	Difference: 48512 (14%)

Texel Rate

The Geforce GTX 690 is a bit (more or less 10%) better at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX Titan Black. (explain)

Geforce GTX 690		234240 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX Titan Black		213360 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 20880 (10%)

Pixel Rate

If using lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the Geforce GTX 690 is superior to the GeForce GTX Titan Black, by a large margin. (explain)

Geforce GTX 690		58560 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX Titan Black		42672 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 15888 (37%)

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.

One or more cards in this comparison are multi-core. This means that their bandwidth, texel and pixel rates are theoretically doubled - this does not mean the card will actually perform twice as fast, but only that it should in theory be able to. Actual game benchmarks will give a more accurate idea of what it's capable of.

Price Comparison

Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the max amount of information (counted in megabytes per second) that can be moved past the external memory interface in one second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that can be applied in one second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the video card could possibly record to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel rate also depends on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.