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Titan X Pascal

2.5 · 244 votes
Best for 1080p esports gaming

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VRAM
12 GB
CUDA
3,584
FP32
10.97 TF
Bandwidth
480.4 GB/s
TDP
250W
Boost
1531 MHz
Strengths at a Glance

How it stacks up to the flagship

Each metric is shown as a percentage of the GeForce RTX 5090 D, the strongest card we track.

FP32 compute10.97 TFLOPS10%
vs RTX 5090 D: 104.8 TFLOPS
Memory bandwidth480.4 GB/s27%
vs RTX 5090 D: 1790 GB/s
VRAM capacity12 GB38%
vs RTX 5090 D: 32 GB
Shading units3,58416%
vs RTX 5090 D: 21,760
Power efficiency14/10024%
vs RTX 5090 D: 58/100
Synthetic Benchmarks

Estimated benchmark results

Each result is shown as a share of the RTX 5090 D's score in the same test.

3DMark Time Spy11,880pts
vs RTX 5090 D: 36,000 pts
3DMark Port Royal (RT)6,120pts
vs RTX 5090 D: 18,000 pts
Blender (samples/min)1,716spm
vs RTX 5090 D: 5,200 spm
Geekbench Compute81,600pts
vs RTX 5090 D: 240,000 pts

Performance breakdown

Gaming33
Ray tracing34
AI / Compute34
Creator / 3D33
Power efficiency14
Real-World Gaming

FPS Across Resolutions

1080p · Ultra preset1440p · Ultra preset4K · Ultra preset
Cyberpunk 2077avg 36 fps
1080p
55
1440p
36
4K
16
Counter-Strike 2avg 113 fps
1080p
199
1440p
108
4K
32
Fortniteavg 111 fps
1080p
193
1440p
81
4K
58
Battlefield 5avg 94 fps
1080p
133
1440p
81
4K
69
Far Cry 5avg 95 fps
1080p
136
1440p
98
4K
51
Valorantavg 225 fps
1080p
176
1440p
250
4K
249

Average FPS across all PC games

1080p
131fps
1440p
79fps
4K
61fps

Cost per frame

Launch MSRP ($1199) ÷ average FPS — lower is better.

1080p
$9.11
1440p
$15.31
4K
$19.36
Community Feedback

What Owners Say

People love how this card crushes 4K gaming and VR without breaking a sweat, even years later. The main complaint is the high heat output and fan noise under load.

Pros
  • Sips power for its era
  • Twelve gigs still fits modern games
  • Quiet under heavy gaming loads
  • Overclocks well without crashing
Cons
  • No overclocking headroom at all
  • Runs hot under sustained loads
  • No high-bandwidth memory included

Supported technologies

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Full specifications

Graphics processor
Architecture
Pascal
Process node
16 nm
Transistors
11.8 B
SM Count
28
Release date
2016
Launch price
$1199
Core configuration
CUDA Cores
3,584
TMUs
224
ROPs
96
L2 cache
3 MB
Memory
Size
12 GB
Type
GDDR5X
Bus width
384-bit
Bandwidth
480.4 GB/s
Memory clock
1251 MHz
Clocks & throughput
Base clock
1417 MHz
Boost clock
1531 MHz
FP32 (float)
10.97 TFLOPS
FP16 (half)
10.97 TFLOPS
Pixel rate
147 GPixel/s
Texture rate
342.9 GTexel/s
Board & power
TDP
250W
Suggested PSU
500W
Power connectors
1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Bus interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
Length
267 mm
Slot width
2-slot
Display & outputs
Max resolution
7680×4320
Outputs
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort

API and SDK support

DirectX
12 (12_1)
Shader Model
6.4
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
1.2
Vulkan
+
CUDA
+
Verdict

Our verdict on the Titan X Pascal

A 2016 flagship GPU with immense 12GB memory that still runs modern games well but lacks modern features like ray tracing.

Get it if you need a powerful GPU for 4K gaming or creative work and can handle its high power draw. Skip it if you want modern features like ray tracing, as newer cards offer better value.

Buy it if…

  • You do 4K video editing with lots of layers.
  • You play VR games and want max detail.
  • You need a used card for compute work on a budget.
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