GeForce GTX 1060 vs GeForce GTX 680
Summary
GeForce GTX 1060
162%
GeForce GTX 680
100%
Relative performance
GeForce GTX 1060
164%
GeForce GTX 680
100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 1060 |
| 64% higher gaming performance. |
| 75 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the GeForce GTX 680 . |
| This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support. |
| Supports PhysX |
| Supports G-Sync |
| Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty) |
| Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute |
| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Pascal), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 680 |
| Supports PhysX |
| Supports G-Sync |
| Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty) |
| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends GeForce GTX 1060
The GeForce GTX 1060 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (5 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| GeForce GTX 1060 | | GeForce GTX 680 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | GP106 (GP106-400-A1) | vs | GK104 (GK104-400-A2) |
| Fab Process | 16 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 200 mm² | vs | 294 mm² |
| Transistors | 4,400 million | vs | 3,540 million |
| Shaders | 1280 | vs | 1536 |
| Compute Units | 10 | vs | 8 |
| Core clock | 1506 MHz | vs | 1006 MHz |
| ROPs | 48 | vs | 32 |
| TMUs | 80 | vs | 128 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce GTX 1060 | | GeForce GTX 680 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 192 bit | vs | 256 bit |
| Memory Speed | 2002 MHz
8008 MHz effective | vs | 1502 MHz
6008 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 6144 Mb | vs | 2048 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GTX 1060 | | GeForce GTX 680 | |
|---|
| TDP | 120 watts | vs | 195 watts |
| Release Date | 10 Jul 2016 | vs | 22 Mar 2012 |
GeForce GTX 1060
72.30 GP/s
GeForce GTX 680
32.20 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 1060
120.50 GT/s
GeForce GTX 680
129.00 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 1060
192.20 GB/s
GeForce GTX 680
192.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce GTX 1060
3855.00 GFLOPs
GeForce GTX 680
3090.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
GeForce GTX 1060
17380
GeForce GTX 680
10700
Points (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA,EP3 Gator Bait
GeForce GTX 1060
73
GeForce GTX 680
36
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
GeForce GTX 1060
90
GeForce GTX 680
61
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA,EP3 Gator Bait
GeForce GTX 1060
49
GeForce GTX 680
27
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
GeForce GTX 1060
63
GeForce GTX 680
42
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
GeForce GTX 1060
32
GeForce GTX 680
23
FPS (higher is better)