GeForce GTX 780 vs GeForce GTX TITAN Z

GeForce GTX 780
Memory: 3072Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 23 May 2013
GeForce GTX 780
GeForce GTX TITAN Z
Memory: 6144Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 28 May 2014
GeForce GTX TITAN Z

Summary

Gaming performance index

  • GeForce GTX 780
    100%
  • GeForce GTX TITAN Z
    166%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 780

125 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the GeForce GTX TITAN Z .
Supports PhysX
Supports G-Sync
Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications

Reasons to consider GeForce GTX TITAN Z

66% higher gaming performance.
This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support.
Supports PhysX
Supports G-Sync
Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications

GeForce GTX TITAN Z

HWBench recommends GeForce GTX TITAN Z

The GeForce GTX TITAN Z is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (5 combinations of games and resolutions).


Specifications

Core Configuration

GeForce GTX 780GeForce GTX TITAN Z
GPU NameGK110 (GK110-300-A1)vsGK110B (GK110-430-B1)
Fab Process28 nmvs28 nm
Die Size561 mm²vs561 mm²
Transistors7,080 millionvs7,080 million
Shaders2304vs2880
Compute Units12vs15
Core clock863 MHzvs705 MHz
ROPs48vs48
TMUs192vs240

Memory Configuration

GeForce GTX 780GeForce GTX TITAN Z
Memory TypeGDDR5vsGDDR5
Bus Width384 bitvs384 bit x2
Memory Speed1502 MHz
6008 MHz effective
vs1750 MHz
7000 MHz effective
Memory Size3072 Mbvs6144 Mb

Additional details

GeForce GTX 780GeForce GTX TITAN Z
TDP250 wattsvs375 watts
Release Date23 May 2013vs28 May 2014

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • GeForce GTX 780
    41.40 GP/s
  • GeForce GTX TITAN Z
    84.60 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • GeForce GTX 780
    166.00 GT/s
  • GeForce GTX TITAN Z
    338.40 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • GeForce GTX 780
    288.00 GB/s
  • GeForce GTX TITAN Z
    672.00 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • GeForce GTX 780
    3977.00 GFLOPs
  • GeForce GTX TITAN Z
    8122.00 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better

Game benchmarks

Bioshock Infinite

DX11, Ultra, DDOD, FXAA

  • GeForce GTX 780
    73
  • GeForce GTX TITAN Z
    122

FPS (higher is better)

Hitman Absolution

DX11, High Quality, 2x MSAA, 16x AF

  • GeForce GTX 780
    54
  • GeForce GTX TITAN Z
    98

FPS (higher is better)

Thief 2014

DX11, Very High Details

  • GeForce GTX 780
    43
  • GeForce GTX TITAN Z
    71

FPS (higher is better)

Thief 2014

DX11, Very High Details

  • GeForce GTX 780
    57
  • GeForce GTX TITAN Z
    84

FPS (higher is better)

Thief 2014

DX11, Very High Details

  • GeForce GTX 780
    23
  • GeForce GTX TITAN Z
    39

FPS (higher is better)