BenchPair

Titan RTX bottleneck & FPS

Ranked 35 of 126 desktop graphics cards in our database (72th percentile). Paired with a Core i5-10400 it lands near 83 fps at 1080p and 23 fps at 4K in a typical AAA title at high settings.

SpecificationsTuring · 2018
ArchitectureTuring
Shading units4,608
Boost clock1,770 MHz
Memory24 GB
Memory bandwidth672 GB/s
Board power280 W
Released2018
Frame rate by resolutionwith Core i5-10400, high
ResolutionEst. FPSGPU loadLimited by
1920 x 1080 83 99% Balanced
2560 x 1440 49 99% Graphics card
3440 x 1440 37 99% Graphics card
3840 x 2160 23 99% Graphics card
Best matched processors1080p, high

Ranked by how little performance the pairing wastes, not by which processor is fastest. The fastest chip pairs well with everything, which makes it a useless recommendation.

ProcessorEst. FPSUnused
Core i5-10400 83 0.1%
Core i5-10400F 83 0.1%
Ryzen 3 5100 80 3.6%
Core i3-12100 83 4%
Core i3-12100F 83 4%
Ryzen 5 3500X 83 4.1%
Estimated FPS by game1440p, high, Core i5-10400
GameEst. FPSVRAM
Cyberpunk 2077 34 OK
Fortnite 68 OK
Counter-Strike 2 126 OK
Baldur's Gate 3 49 OK
Red Dead Redemption 2 38 OK
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 41 OK

Who a Titan RTX is actually for

This sits in the range where most enthusiast builds land, and it is the range where pairing matters most. Fast enough that a budget processor will hold it back at 1080p; not so fast that it stops caring about resolution. Get the pairing right and very little is wasted.

The sweet spot is 1440p. At that resolution the card is doing enough work to stay busy without the processor needing to be exceptional.

Is 24 GB enough?

At 1440p and high settings, 24 GB clears every title we model with room to spare. Memory is not the constraint on this card, and it is unlikely to become one within its useful life.

A note on age

Released in 2018, this card is 8 years old. Beyond raw speed, older hardware misses features newer engines increasingly assume — mesh shaders, hardware ray tracing, and the newest upscalers. A modern title may run worse than these numbers suggest, or refuse to launch, for reasons the model cannot see.

Where it sits

Ranked 35 of 126 desktop cards we model. Nearest faster: Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB, Radeon RX 9060 XT 8GB. Just below: GeForce RTX 3070 Ti, GeForce RTX 4060 Ti. Full method on the methodology page.