GeForce GTX 1080 vs GeForce GTX 680
Summary
GeForce GTX 1080
281%
GeForce GTX 680
100%
Relative performance
GeForce GTX 1080
288%
GeForce GTX 680
100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 1080 |
| 188% higher gaming performance. |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Pascal), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 1080
The GeForce GTX 1080 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (5 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| GeForce GTX 1080 | | GeForce GTX 680 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | GP104 (GP104-400-A1) | vs | GK104 (GK104-400-A2) |
| Fab Process | 16 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 314 mm² | vs | 294 mm² |
| Transistors | 7,200 million | vs | 3,540 million |
| Shaders | 2560 | vs | 1536 |
| Compute Units | 20 | vs | 8 |
| Core clock | 1607 MHz | vs | 1006 MHz |
| ROPs | 64 | vs | 32 |
| TMUs | 160 | vs | 128 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce GTX 1080 | | GeForce GTX 680 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5X | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 256 bit | vs | 256 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1251 MHz
10008 MHz effective | vs | 1502 MHz
6008 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 8192 Mb | vs | 2048 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GTX 1080 | | GeForce GTX 680 | |
|---|
| TDP | 180 watts | vs | 195 watts |
| Release Date | 27 May 2016 | vs | 22 Mar 2012 |
GeForce GTX 1080
102.80 GP/s
GeForce GTX 680
32.20 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 1080
257.10 GT/s
GeForce GTX 680
129.00 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 1080
320.00 GB/s
GeForce GTX 680
192.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce GTX 1080
8228.00 GFLOPs
GeForce GTX 680
3090.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
GeForce GTX 1080
30160
GeForce GTX 680
10700
Points (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA,EP3 Gator Bait
GeForce GTX 1080
124
GeForce GTX 680
36
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
GeForce GTX 1080
159
GeForce GTX 680
61
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA,EP3 Gator Bait
GeForce GTX 1080
85
GeForce GTX 680
27
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
GeForce GTX 1080
114
GeForce GTX 680
42
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
GeForce GTX 1080
58
GeForce GTX 680
23
FPS (higher is better)