Polaris 23 vs Titan X Pascal

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in performance ranking	148	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	15.03	no data
Architecture	Pascal (2016−2021)	GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)
GPU code name	GP102	Polaris 23
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	25 July 2016 (7 years ago)	no data
Launch price (MSRP)	$1,199	no data
Current price	$312 (0.3x MSRP)	$9.50

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	3584	640
Core clock speed	1418 MHz	no data
Boost clock speed	1531 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	11,800 million	2,200 million
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	250 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	342.9	no data
Floating-point performance	10,974 gflops	no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	no data
Length	267 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	no data

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	GDDR5X	no data
Maximum RAM amount	12 GB	no data
Memory bus width	384 Bit	no data
Memory clock speed	10000 MHz	no data
Memory bandwidth	480.4 GB/s	no data
Shared memory	-	no data

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	no data
HDMI	+	no data
G-SYNC support	+	no data

API compatibility

List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	12 (12_1)	12 (12_0)
Shader Model	6.4	6.7
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	2.1
Vulkan	+	1.3
CUDA	+	no data

Pros & cons summary

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Chip lithography

16 nm

14 nm

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