Nvidia unveiled the world's most powerful desktop GPU

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      Published Dec 4, 2018

      Nvidia unveiled the world's most powerful desktop GPU

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      I have always had a problem with Nvidia's naming choices for their Titan series. They are the best consumer-oriented graphics card money can buy, so you would think they will name them better. Either way, the Nvidia Titan RTX is a magnificent GPU, until you see the $2500 price tag. Starting off with the specs, it boasts more CUDA cores than the 2080Ti, while still standing below the Titan V. Its got more Tensor Cores, higher Boost clock, better memory bandwidth, and a higher TDP, not to mention the 24GB VRAM onboard. You can check the complete specs below:

      NVIDIA Compute Accelerator Specification Comparison

      Titan RTXTitan VRTX 2080 Ti Founders EditionTesla V100 (PCIe)
      CUDA Cores4608512043525120
      Tensor Cores576640544640
      Core Clock1350MHz1200MHz1350MHz?
      Boost Clock1770MHz1455MHz1635MHz1370MHz
      Memory Clock14Gbps GDDR61.7Gbps HBM214Gbps GDDR61.75Gbps HBM2
      Memory Bus Width384-bit3072-bit352-bit4096-bit
      Memory Bandwidth672GB/sec653GB/sec616GB/sec900GB/sec
      VRAM24GB12GB11GB16GB
      L2 Cache6MB4.5MB5.5MB6MB
      Single Precision16.3 TFLOPS13.8 TFLOPS14.2 TFLOPS14 TFLOPS
      Double Precision0.51 TFLOPS6.9 TFLOPS0.44 TFLOPS7 TFLOPS
      Tensor Performance (FP16 w/FP32 Acc)130 TFLOPS110 TFLOPS57 TFLOPS112 TFLOPS
      GPUTU102 (754mm2)GV100 (815mm2)TU102 (754mm2)GV100 (815mm2)
      Transistor Count18.6B21.1B18.6B21.1B
      TDP280W250W260W250W
      Form FactorPCIePCIePCIePCIe
      CoolingActiveActiveActivePassive
      Manufacturing ProcessTSMC 12nm FFNTSMC 12nm FFNTSMC 12nm FFNTSMC 12nm FFN
      ArchitectureTuringVoltaTuringVolta
      Launch Date12/201812/07/201709/20/2018Q3'17
      Price$2499$2999$1199~$10000
      Source: Anandtech The Titan RTX sits right above the RTX 2080Ti as a more workstation oriented card, while at the same time being flaunting it's ray-tracing performance thanks to it's Turing architecture. As for improvements in raw power, it pushes out 15% better performance in shading texture, computing while pushing out 9% more memory bandwidth and pixel throughput.
      nvidia titan rtx
      Even when compared to the Titan V, an even more expensive card, you are looking at double the amount of VRAM, about 20% improvement in tensor performance, and a well-known advantage over it's Volta architecture. Looking at who the card is for, Nvidia can hope for data scientists, a few content creators, and some really rich gamers. While the port arrangement remains unchanged, we do get a new golden color scheme.

      Article Last updated: December 4, 2018

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