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Intel Core i5-12600K | NVIDIA Titan RTX | 32.00"
After the release of NVIDIA’s Turing architecture GeForce RTX GPUs last year, it became apparent that the company also planned to upgrade its TITAN series. NVIDIA officially unveiled the TITAN RTX in early December last year, and now we have it in for review to put it through its paces.
NVIDIA positions the TITAN RTX ahead of the GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Founders Edition, with an increased number of CUDA cores, texture units, tensor cores and RT cores. The TITAN RTX has the same base clock speed as the RTX 2080 Ti, but it has a 225 MHz higher boost clock speed coupled with an increased memory bus and a 66 GB/s higher memory bandwidth. Moreover, NVIDIA has equipped the TITAN RTX with 24 GB GDDR6 VRAM, which is more than double what the RTX 2080 Ti has. This extra performance also coincides with an additional 30-W power consumption that brings the TITAN RTX up to 280 W, which is almost 100 W higher than the RTX 2070 and 65 W more than the GTX 1080 Ti.
The TITAN RTX has the same radiator design as the RTX 2080 Ti FE, but NVIDIA has finished the former in gold compared to the silver that it has used on its GeForce RTX FE GPUs. Our test unit is exquisitely made with its gold TITAN RTX lettering standing out against its black middle panel. NVIDIA has redesigned the fans compared to those used in the TITAN X too. The company has replaced the single radial fan for two axial fans, with which it has also equipped its GeForce RTX GPUs. NVIDIA states that the two fans are more effective at cooling the TITAN RTX’s vapour chamber than is the single fan in the TITAN X, which should allow the card to run cooler and better maintain its performance when pushed hard.
The TITAN RTX uses two 8-pin power plugs and has numerous ports. NVIDIA has included three DisplayPort 1.4 ports, one HDMI 2.0b, and a USB Type-C port. You can also run two of these monsters together via NVIDIA’s NVLink Bridge if you have around $5,000 to spend on GPUs.
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Specifications | TITAN RTX | TITAN X Pascal | RTX 2080 Ti | RTX 2080 | RTX 2070 | GTX 1080 Ti |
Chip | TU102 | GP102 | TU102 | TU104 | TU106 | GP102 |
FinFET process | 12 nm | 16 nm | 12 nm | 12 nm | 12 nm | 16 nm |
CUDA cores | 4,608 | 3,584 | 4,352 | 2,944 | 2,304 | 3,584 |
Texture Units | 288 | 224 | 272 | 184 | 144 | 224 |
Tensor Cores | 576 | - | 544 | 368 | 288 | - |
RT Cores | 72 | - | 68 | 46 | 36 | - |
GPU base clock | 1,350 MHz | 1,417 MHz | 1,350 MHz | 1,515 MHz | 1,410 MHz | 1,481 MHz |
GPU oost clock | 1,770 MHz | 1,531 MHz | 1,545 MHz | 1,710 MHz | 1,620 MHz | 1,582 MHz |
Memory Bus | 384-bit | 384-bit | 352-bit | 256-bit | 256-bit | 352-bit |
Memory Bandwidth | 672 GB/s | 480.4 GB/s | 616 GB/s | 448 GB/s | 448 GB/s | 484.4 GB/s |
Video memory | 24 GB GDDR6 | 12 GB GDDR5X | 11 GB GDDR6 | 8 GB GDDR6 | 8 GB GDDR6 | 11 GB GDDR5X |
Power consumption | 280 W | 250 W | 250 W | 215 W | 175 W | 215 W |
We have based our test system on the GIGABYTE X470 Aorus Gaming 7 Wi-Fi motherboard that we have paired with an AMD Ryzen 7 2700X APU, which offers good CPU performance for the money. We also chose the Be Quiet Silent Loop 280 mm AIO for cooling and 16 GB of G-Skill DDR4-3400 RAM, while we installed Windows 10 Pro 64-bit on an ADATA SP900 M.2 SSD. We installed the games against which we will benchmark the TITAN RTX on a 2 TB Western Digital HDD and ran our test system on an Acer Predator XB321HK 4K monitor.
We would like to thank AMD for graciously providing us with our test system.
Unfortunately, we did not have the opportunity to also test the TITAN RTX on an Intel-based system at the time of our review. We should also mention that we chose the Ryzen 7 2700X over the Threadripper 2920X as the former delivered slightly better results when paired with the TITAN RTX than the latter. Please keep in mind that the CPU often bottlenecked our test system when playing games at 1080p and below. You should also expect a comparable Intel 9th generation Core-ix CPU to outperform its AMD counterparts thanks to the former’s higher instructions per cycle (IPC).
Case | Corsair Carbide Air 540 ATX Cube |
GPU | NVIDIA TITAN RTX |
CPU | AMD Ryzen 7 2700X |
CPU coolr | Be Quiet Silent Loop 280 mm |
RAM | G-Skill Sniper X 16 GB DDR4 3,400 MHz |
Motherboard | GIGABYTE X470 Aorus Gaming 7 WiFi |
Monitor | Acer Predator XB321HK 4K |
SSD | ADATA SP900 M.2 SSD |
HDD | 2 TB Western Digital (for games) |
OS | Microsoft Windows 10 Professional 64-bit: Version 1809 |
Driver | NVIDIA 417.35 |
We have mainly relied on 3DMark benchmarks for this section. The TITAN RTX and the Ryzen 7 2700X blow away our comparison test systems, with the Turing GPU finishing 35% ahead of the RTX 2080 and 25% ahead of the TITAN X in Fire Strike Ultra Graphics at 4K. Please keep in mind that we could not include an RTX 2080 Ti in our comparison tables at the time of writing, which may have given the TITAN RTX more of a run for its money than our other comparison GPUs.
Interestingly, the TITAN RTX lost its edge over other NVIDIA GPUs when we ran Cloud Gate at 1,280x720 and only scored 11% more than the RTX 2070. Hence, we would recommend gaming at beyond 1080p if you want to get the most from your TITAN RTX. Additionally, our test GPU completely outclassed the AMD Radeon RX Vega 64 in 3DMark, scoring 59% more in Fire Strike Ultra Graphics at 4K, despite being paired with the same Ryzen 7 2700X APU.
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AMD Radeon RX 580 (Desktop) | |
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While NVIDIA does not explicitly market the TITAN RTX as a gaming GPU on account of its exorbitant cost, it delivers class-leading gaming performance, nonetheless. The TITAN RTX handled all games that we threw at it with ease and is powerful enough to play even the most complex triple-A titles in 4K at high graphics. A few games such as "Kingdom Come: Deliverance" and "Assassin’s Creed Odyssey" averaged less than 60 FPS at these settings, but only marginally so.
The TITAN RTX generally finished around 30% ahead of the GeForce RTX 2080 in our gaming tests, with the Radeon RX Vega 64 even further in the TITAN RTX’s wake. We expect that the GeForce RTX 2080 Ti would typically finish a close second to the TITAN RTX, although it may eclipse in some games thanks to its higher clock speeds.
We also subjected the TITAN RTX to a 10 minute "The Witcher 3" test that we ran on ultra graphics. Predictably, the GPU handled the game without any issues and averaged 129 FPS, with framerates dropping to a minimum of 124 FPS.
Overall, the TITAN RTX delivers exceptional performance in games, although it remains to be seen how much of an effect its Raytracing and DLSS support will have compared to other GPUs although its influence on the performance of the games in the future remains to be seen. Currently few games support these technologies, and the jury is out on their effectiveness in games that do. "Battlefield V" is one such game that supports Raytracing and DLSS and while the TITAN RTX can handle the game in 4K with DXR set to high, dropping the resolution to 1440p resulted in a smoother gaming experience. Ultimately, the visual improvements come at a huge cost in performance right now, which we have also experienced in "Shadow of the Tomb Raider".
Just Cause 4 | |
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AMD Radeon RX Vega 64 | |
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Battlefield V | |
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Call of Duty Black Ops 4 | |
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Assassin´s Creed Odyssey | |
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FIFA 19 | |
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Forza Horizon 4 | |
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F1 2018 | |
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3840x2160 Ultra High Preset AA:T AF:16x | |
NVIDIA Titan RTX | |
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 (Desktop) | |
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AMD Radeon RX Vega 64 | |
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Monster Hunter World | |
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NVIDIA Titan RTX | |
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 (Desktop) | |
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AMD Radeon RX Vega 64 | |
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Far Cry 5 | |
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AMD Radeon RX Vega 64 | |
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AMD Radeon RX Vega 64 | |
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AMD Radeon RX 590 (Desktop) |
The Crew 2 | |
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Assassin´s Creed Origins | |
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AMD Radeon RX Vega 64 | |
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3840x2160 Ultra High Preset | |
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AMD Radeon RX Vega 64 | |
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Kingdom Come: Deliverance | |
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Fortnite | |
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Ghost Recon Wildlands | |
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Rocket League | |
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Deus Ex Mankind Divided | |
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Dirt 4 | |
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Farming Simulator 19 | |
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Hitman 2 | |
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Overwatch | |
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Shadow of the Tomb Raider | |
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Darksiders III | |
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Need for Speed Payback | |
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low | med. | high | ultra | 4K | |
BioShock Infinite (2013) | 311.5 | 287.3 | 262.2 | 212.8 | |
Battlefield 4 (2013) | 200 | 200 | 200 | 200 | 159 |
GTA V (2015) | 171.1 | 166.9 | 146.6 | 125.1 | 140.6 |
The Witcher 3 (2015) | 300 | 270 | 215 | 128 | 102 |
Rainbow Six Siege (2015) | 327 | 281 | 275 | 274 | 177 |
Rise of the Tomb Raider (2016) | 272 | 196 | 189 | 188 | 99 |
Far Cry Primal (2016) | 116 | 104 | 95 | 88 | 88 |
The Division (2016) | 277 | 241 | 188 | 163 | 91 |
Doom (2016) | 147 | 139 | 139 | 144 | 140 |
Overwatch (2016) | 300 | 300 | 300 | 298 | 267 |
Deus Ex Mankind Divided (2016) | 157.8 | 148.1 | 128.7 | 120.7 | 71.6 |
FIFA 17 (2016) | 420 | 411 | 390 | 386 | 355 |
Battlefield 1 (2016) | 193.7 | 179.9 | 166.2 | 154.2 | 111.8 |
Dishonored 2 (2016) | 120 | 119 | 119 | 115 | 104 |
Watch Dogs 2 (2016) | 141 | 125 | 112 | 100 | 70 |
For Honor (2017) | 268 | 245 | 243 | 213 | 101 |
Ghost Recon Wildlands (2017) | 140 | 114 | 112 | 86 | 67 |
Rocket League (2017) | 248 | 248 | 248 | 197 | |
Dirt 4 (2017) | 323 | 254 | 220 | 192 | 124 |
Playerunknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG) (2017) | 206 | 202 | 163 | 136 | 96 |
F1 2017 (2017) | 232 | 188 | 156 | 141 | 101 |
FIFA 18 (2017) | 361 | 356 | 327 | 325 | 302 |
Destiny 2 (2017) | 149 | 154 | 150 | 154 | 94 |
Assassin´s Creed Origins (2017) | 115 | 104 | 102 | 87 | 65 |
Call of Duty WWII (2017) | 255 | 255 | 185 | 179 | 127 |
Need for Speed Payback (2017) | 138 | 128 | 123 | 121 | 90 |
Fortnite (2018) | 274 | 169 | 176 | 134 | 74 |
Final Fantasy XV Benchmark (2018) | 155 | 144 | 112 | 58 | |
Kingdom Come: Deliverance (2018) | 140 | 127 | 101 | 79 | 49 |
Far Cry 5 (2018) | 129 | 115 | 109 | 103 | 75 |
The Crew 2 (2018) | 60 | 60 | 60 | 60 | 60 |
Monster Hunter World (2018) | 148 | 142 | 141 | 136 | 54 |
F1 2018 (2018) | 234 | 206 | 160 | 143 | 99 |
Shadow of the Tomb Raider (2018) | 135 | 122 | 121 | 116 | 59 |
FIFA 19 (2018) | 286 | 281 | 254 | 251 | 213 |
Forza Horizon 4 (2018) | 173 | 153 | 152 | 132 | 90 |
Assassin´s Creed Odyssey (2018) | 114 | 104 | 95 | 79 | 52 |
Call of Duty Black Ops 4 (2018) | 225 | 209 | 205 | 200 | 88 |
Hitman 2 (2018) | 87 | 85 | 78 | 75 | 75 |
Fallout 76 (2018) | 60 | 60 | 60 | 60 | 60 |
Battlefield V (2018) | 169.5 | 163.2 | 163.8 | 160.4 | 97.3 |
Farming Simulator 19 (2018) | 198 | 157 | 131 | 125 | 112 |
Darksiders III (2018) | 214 | 145 | 138 | 131 | 74 |
Just Cause 4 (2018) | 208 | 201 | 156 | 151 | 67 |
NVIDIA has also developed its Asteroids demo to demonstrate the power of its Turing GPUs. The demo is currently only playable on NVIDIA RTX GPUs and has 350,000 asteroids which you fly a spaceship among. The TITAN RTX averages around 50 FPS with the level of detail set to dynamic at 2160p, but framerates do not drop below 40 FPS. We have included a short video of the benchmark below to show how well the TITAN RTX performs.
The TITAN RTX would also appear to be well-suited for as a workstation GPU considering how powerful it is. Unfortunately, NVIDIA does not certify the GPU’s GeForce drivers for professional applications, which puts the TITAN RTX at a disadvantage compared to current Quadro GPUs. The TITAN RTX performed well in SPECviewperf benchmarks though compared to the Quadro M5000M and outperformed its predecessor, the TITAN X. The GeForce RTX 2080 and RTX 2070 are generally on par with the Radeon RX Vega 64 in these benchmarks, although they occasionally outperform the TITAN RTX.
However, the TITAN RTX will be no match for Quadro RTX series GPUs, which also use a TU102 chip and are equipped with up to 24 GB of VRAM. The TITAN RTX costs about as much as the Quadro RTX 5000, which you can currently pre-order from NVIDIA for $2,300. It is a bargain compared to the Quadro RTX 6000 though, which NVIDIA sells for $6,300.
NVIDIA Titan RTX Nvidia Titan RTX, AMD Ryzen 7 2700X | NVIDIA Titan X Pascal NVIDIA Titan X Pascal, AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 (Desktop) Asus ROG Strix RTX 2080 OC, AMD Ryzen 7 2700X | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 (Desktop) Asus ROG Strix RTX 2070 OC, AMD Ryzen 7 2700X | AMD Radeon RX Vega 64 AMD Threadripper 2920X, AMD Radeon RX Vega 64, AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2920X | AMD Radeon RX 580 (Desktop) Asus ROG Strix RX 580 8 GB, AMD Ryzen 7 2700X | NVIDIA Quadro M5000M MSI WT72-6QM, Intel Xeon E3-1505M v5 | |
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SPECviewperf 12 | |||||||
1900x1060 Solidworks (sw-03) | 139.6 | 77.1 | 69.5 | 61 | 74.6 | 66 | 101 |
1900x1060 Siemens NX (snx-02) | 256.3 | 206.8 | 11.74 | 8.56 | 22.74 | 21.27 | 86.9 |
1900x1060 Showcase (showcase-01) | 191.6 | 137 | 137.9 | 128.2 | 110.9 | 72.3 | 44.14 |
1900x1060 Medical (medical-01) | 87 | 79.6 | 45.26 | 41.41 | 46.31 | 31.76 | 31.35 |
1900x1060 Maya (maya-04) | 132.8 | 79.7 | 150.4 | 148.6 | 76.1 | 61.5 | 69.6 |
1900x1060 Energy (energy-01) | 28.12 | 19.78 | 12.38 | 11.61 | 12.16 | 6.02 | 6.86 |
1900x1060 Creo (creo-01) | 106.3 | 75.4 | 52.1 | 45.56 | 53.5 | 45 | 81.3 |
1900x1060 Catia (catia-04) | 178.1 | 100.3 | 107.5 | 83 | 151.3 | 109.1 | 94.4 |
1900x1060 3ds Max (3dsmax-05) | 268.2 | 151.9 | 176.2 | 166.5 | 136.1 | 115.5 | |
SPECviewperf 13 | |||||||
Solidworks (sw-04) | 132.9 | 82.1 | 95.4 | 78.8 | |||
Siemens NX (snx-03) | 462.4 | 370.9 | 41.07 | 38.19 | |||
Showcase (showcase-02) | 192 | 136.8 | 110.9 | 72.2 | |||
Medical (medical-02) | 89.3 | 71.4 | 34.83 | 26.86 | |||
Maya (maya-05) | 367.8 | 236.5 | 200.7 | 147.4 | |||
Energy (energy-02) | 51.9 | 32.46 | 22.77 | 8.45 | |||
Creo (creo-02) | 307.6 | 185.2 | 109.2 | 80.1 | |||
Catia (catia-05) | 260.4 | 161.4 | 228.3 | 158 | |||
3ds Max (3dsmax-06) | 268.7 | 153.4 | 140.6 | 115.7 | |||
Total Average (Program / Settings) |
NVIDIA has done an excellent job of redesigning the TITAN RTX’s radiator. Our GPU is quieter when idling than the rest of the components in our test system, while the fans only spin up moderately when we are pushing the card hard. In short, the fan experience is worlds apart from the TITAN X. The two axial fans are not only considerably quieter than the single radial fan in the TITAN X, but they are also more effective.
The TITAN RTX also maintains its 1,770 MHz base clock speed without thermal throttling; it is only held back by its power target. The TITAN RTX suffers from coil whine like almost all modern graphics cards, which we can hear when games are running at 200 FPS and higher. Moreover, the coil whine gets louder as frame rates increase. Fortunately, activating G-Sync or V-Sync reduces the intensity of the whining somewhat.
We also subjected the TITAN RTX to a stress test, during which GPU core temperatures reached a maximum of 78 °C (~172 °F). It should be noted that the card starts to thermal throttle at 89 °C (~192 °F) to prevent it from overheating. Our test GPU averaged around 1,800 MHz during a FurMark stress test though, which is above NVIDIA’s stated boost clock speed. The two fans only span at 2,200 RPM too, such is the effectiveness of the TITAN RTX’s cooling. 2,200 RPM represents approximately 59% fan speed, for reference.
Increasing the power target to 114% caused the clock speed to rise to 1,860 MHz, although the core temperatures also rose by a further 4 °C (~8 °F) to 82 °C (~180 °F). The additional 14% power target also causes power consumption to spike to 320 W for just the GPU. The increased power consumption is around 40 W, or around 15%, higher than consumption at stock levels.
Our test system consumed a minimum of 432 W while playing "The Witcher 3" at 1,920x1,080, which peaked at 452 W. Please keep in mind that we measured this directly from the socket and it does not include how much power our test monitor also consumes.
Power Consumption - 1920x1080 The Witcher 3 ultra (external Monitor) | |
AMD Ryzen 7 2700X | |
AMD Ryzen 7 2700X (Idle: 74.3 W) | |
Intel Core i9-7900X (99 fps, Idle: 63.4 W) | |
AMD Ryzen 7 2700X | |
Intel Core i7-4790K (Idle: 71.1 W) | |
AMD Ryzen 7 2700X | |
Intel Core i7-4790K (Idle: 68.3 W) | |
Intel Core i7-4790K (Idle: 68 W) |
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The NVIDIA TITAN RTX is currently the fastest graphics card that money can buy. However, you must game in at least 2160p and high graphics to exploit its potential. The TITAN RTX is simply not worth the money if you only game at 1080p. The TITAN RTX will only be available from NVIDIA too, so you will not be able to buy a cheaper or overclocked third-party card. By contrast, there are already third-party RTX 2080 Ti GPUs that can consume up to 380 W, and which will outperform the TITAN RTX. Moreover, NVIDIA’s new TITAN GPU is currently around double the cost of a TITAN X, which puts its improved performance into perspective.
The NVIDIA TITAN RTX is the GPU to get if you want the best that money can buy. It cannot outperform a much cheaper and overclocked RTX 2080 Ti though, despite costing several hundred $ more.
The TITAN RTX looks and performs like a premium GPU, while its new cooling solution is whisper quiet. However, it is not first on our list of GPUs that we would recommend to gamers. The TITAN RTX is too expensive and does not set itself apart from the RTX 2080 Ti. It is not ideally suited as a workstation GPU either, although its 24 GB of GDDR6 VRAM would come in usual and it is much cheaper than a comparable Quadro RTX card. In short, the TITAN RTX will suit a niche crowd of gamers, but there are better value GPUs on the market that deliver comparable performance.
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