BenchPair

TITAN Xp bottleneck & FPS

Ranked 48 of 126 desktop graphics cards in our database (62th percentile). Paired with a Core i3-9300 it lands near 63 fps at 1080p and 13 fps at 4K in a typical AAA title at high settings.

SpecificationsPascal · 2017
ArchitecturePascal
Shading units3,840
Boost clock1,582 MHz
Memory12 GB
Memory bandwidth547.6 GB/s
Board power250 W
Released2017
Frame rate by resolutionwith Core i3-9300, high
ResolutionEst. FPSGPU loadLimited by
1920 x 1080 63 98% Balanced
2560 x 1440 37 98% Graphics card
3440 x 1440 28 99% Graphics card
3840 x 2160 13 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 i3-9300 63 0.1%
Core i3-9320 63 2.2%
Core i3-9100 62 2.4%
Core i3-9100F 62 2.4%
Core i3-9350K 63 6.4%
Core i3-9350KF 63 6.4%
Estimated FPS by game1440p, high, Core i3-9300
GameEst. FPSVRAM
Cyberpunk 2077 26 OK
Fortnite 52 OK
Counter-Strike 2 102 OK
Baldur's Gate 3 37 OK
Red Dead Redemption 2 29 OK
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 31 OK

Who a TITAN Xp 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 2017, this card is 9 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 48 of 126 desktop cards we model. Nearest faster: Radeon RX 7650 GRE, Radeon RX 7600. Just below: Radeon RX 5700 XT 50th Anniversary Edition, Radeon RX 5700 XT. Full method on the methodology page.