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TITAN X Pascal bottleneck & FPS

Ranked 57 of 126 desktop graphics cards in our database (55th percentile). Paired with a Core i3-8350K it lands near 57 fps at 1080p and 12 fps at 4K in a typical AAA title at high settings.

SpecificationsPascal · 2016
ArchitecturePascal
Shading units3,584
Boost clock1,531 MHz
Memory12 GB
Memory bandwidth480.4 GB/s
Board power250 W
Released2016
Frame rate by resolutionwith Core i3-8350K, high
ResolutionEst. FPSGPU loadLimited by
1920 x 1080 57 99% Balanced
2560 x 1440 34 99% Graphics card
3440 x 1440 26 99% Graphics card
3840 x 2160 12 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 i3-8350K 57 2.8%
Core i3-8300 54 4.8%
Core i3-9100 57 7.4%
Core i3-9100F 57 7.4%
Core i3-8100F 53 7.4%
Core i3-8100 53 7.4%
Estimated FPS by game1440p, high, Core i3-8350K
GameEst. FPSVRAM
Cyberpunk 2077 23 OK
Fortnite 47 OK
Counter-Strike 2 95 OK
Baldur's Gate 3 34 OK
Red Dead Redemption 2 26 OK
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 28 OK

Who a TITAN X Pascal is actually for

This is mainstream 1080p hardware. At that resolution it is usually the component doing the limiting, which is good news for pairing — it will not be held back by a modest processor, so there is no need to spend heavily on the chip beside it.

Pushing it to 1440p is possible in lighter titles, but expect to drop settings in demanding ones.

Is 12 GB enough?

At 1440p and high settings, 12 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 2016, this card is 10 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 57 of 126 desktop cards we model. Nearest faster: GeForce RTX 3060 Ti, Arc 5 B580. Just below: GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER, Radeon RX 6650 XT. Full method on the methodology page.