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    GeForce GTX 680 vs Radeon HD 7970

    GeForce GTX 680
    Memory: 2048Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
    Release date: 22 Mar 2012
    GeForce GTX 680
    Radeon HD 7970
    Memory: 3072Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
    Release date: 22 Dec 2011
    Radeon HD 7970

    Summary

    Synthetic performance index

    • GeForce GTX 680
      100%
    • Radeon HD 7970
      100%

    Relative performance

    Gaming performance index

    • GeForce GTX 680
      100%
    • Radeon HD 7970
      102%

    Relative performance

    Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 680

    55 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the Radeon HD 7970 .
    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    Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications

    Reasons to consider Radeon HD 7970

    Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute
    Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
    Supports Mantle
    Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications

    No clear winner declared

    These graphics cards seems to have comparable performance based on the game benchmark suite used (63 combinations of games and resolutions).

    Specifications

    Core Configuration

    GeForce GTX 680Radeon HD 7970
    GPU NameGK104 (GK104-400-A2)vsTahiti (Tahiti XT)
    Fab Process28 nmvs28 nm
    Die Size294 mm²vs352 mm²
    Transistors3,540 millionvs4,313 million
    Shaders1536vs2048
    Compute Units8vs32
    Core clock1006 MHzvs925 MHz
    ROPs32vs32
    TMUs128vs128

    Memory Configuration

    GeForce GTX 680Radeon HD 7970
    Memory TypeGDDR5vsGDDR5
    Bus Width256 bitvs384 bit
    Memory Speed1502 MHz
    6008 MHz effective    		vs1375 MHz
    5500 MHz effective
    Memory Size2048 Mbvs3072 Mb

    Additional details

    GeForce GTX 680Radeon HD 7970
    TDP195 wattsvs250 watts
    Release Date22 Mar 2012vs22 Dec 2011

    Raw Performance comparison

    Pixel Rate

    • GeForce GTX 680
      32.20 GP/s
    • Radeon HD 7970
      29.60 GP/s

    GigaPixels - higher is better

    Texel Rate

    • GeForce GTX 680
      129.00 GT/s
    • Radeon HD 7970
      118.00 GT/s

    GigaTexels - higher is better

    Memory bandwidth

    • GeForce GTX 680
      192.00 GB/s
    • Radeon HD 7970
      264.00 GB/s

    GB/s - higher is better

    Single precision performance

    • GeForce GTX 680
      3090.00 GFLOPs
    • Radeon HD 7970
      3789.00 GFLOPs

    GFLOPs - higher is better

    Synthetic benchmarks

    3DMark 11

    • GeForce GTX 680
      10700
    • Radeon HD 7970
      10760

    Points (higher is better)

    Game benchmarks

    Alan Wake

    • GeForce GTX 680
      79.8
    • Radeon HD 7970
      83.2

    FPS (higher is better)

    Batman: Arkham City

    • GeForce GTX 680
      93
    • Radeon HD 7970
      92.4

    FPS (higher is better)

    Battlefield 3

    • GeForce GTX 680
      73.2
    • Radeon HD 7970
      71.8

    FPS (higher is better)

    Battlefield 4

    DX11, Ultra Quality,2x MSAA,16x AF, HBAO

    • GeForce GTX 680
      63
    • Radeon HD 7970
      67

    FPS (higher is better)

    Bioshock Infinite

    DX11, Ultra Quality,DDOD, FX AA

    • GeForce GTX 680
      74
    • Radeon HD 7970
      62

    FPS (higher is better)

    Borderlands 2

    • GeForce GTX 680
      114.5
    • Radeon HD 7970
      74.8

    FPS (higher is better)

    Crysis

    • GeForce GTX 680
      54.9
    • Radeon HD 7970
      55.1

    FPS (higher is better)

    Crysis 2

    • GeForce GTX 680
      68.2
    • Radeon HD 7970
      64.6

    FPS (higher is better)

    Crysis 3

    DX11,Very High Quality, FXAA

    • GeForce GTX 680
      47
    • Radeon HD 7970
      40

    FPS (higher is better)

    Diablo III

    • GeForce GTX 680
      180.6
    • Radeon HD 7970
      153.8

    FPS (higher is better)

    Dragon Age II

    • GeForce GTX 680
      69.2
    • Radeon HD 7970
      60.3

    FPS (higher is better)

    F1 2012

    • GeForce GTX 680
      105.3
    • Radeon HD 7970
      99.9

    FPS (higher is better)

    Max Payne 3

    • GeForce GTX 680
      76.6
    • Radeon HD 7970
      71.7

    FPS (higher is better)

    Medal Of Honor Warfighter

    DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA

    • GeForce GTX 680
      57
    • Radeon HD 7970
      60

    FPS (higher is better)

    Metro 2033

    • GeForce GTX 680
      28.7
    • Radeon HD 7970
      34.6

    FPS (higher is better)

    Metro Last Light

    DX11, AAA standard, 16xAF, Motion Blur normal, Tesselation normal

    • GeForce GTX 680
      47
    • Radeon HD 7970
      43

    FPS (higher is better)

    Sleeping Dogs

    • GeForce GTX 680
      71.2
    • Radeon HD 7970
      77.7

    FPS (higher is better)

    Sniper Elite V2

    • GeForce GTX 680
      64.9
    • Radeon HD 7970
      79.5

    FPS (higher is better)

    STALKER: Call of Pripyat

    • GeForce GTX 680
      97.8
    • Radeon HD 7970
      94

    FPS (higher is better)

    StarCraft II

    • GeForce GTX 680
      222.2
    • Radeon HD 7970
      168.7

    FPS (higher is better)

    The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim

    • GeForce GTX 680
      78.7
    • Radeon HD 7970
      79.4

    FPS (higher is better)

    Total War: Shogun 2

    • GeForce GTX 680
      64
    • Radeon HD 7970
      53.5

    FPS (higher is better)

    Unigine Heaven 2.0

    • GeForce GTX 680
      68.7
    • Radeon HD 7970
      68.7

    FPS (higher is better)

    World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria

    • GeForce GTX 680
      107.3
    • Radeon HD 7970
      94.3

    FPS (higher is better)

    Alan Wake

    • GeForce GTX 680
      49
    • Radeon HD 7970
      59.4

    FPS (higher is better)

    Batman: Arkham City

    • GeForce GTX 680
      57.9
    • Radeon HD 7970
      59.5

    FPS (higher is better)

    Battlefield 3

    • GeForce GTX 680
      45
    • Radeon HD 7970
      45.3

    FPS (higher is better)

    Borderlands 2

    • GeForce GTX 680
      76.9
    • Radeon HD 7970
      66.3

    FPS (higher is better)

    Crysis

    • GeForce GTX 680
      33.5
    • Radeon HD 7970
      34.9

    FPS (higher is better)

    Crysis 2

    • GeForce GTX 680
      40.9
    • Radeon HD 7970
      40.9

    FPS (higher is better)

    Diablo III

    • GeForce GTX 680
      121.2
    • Radeon HD 7970
      111.9

    FPS (higher is better)

    Dragon Age II

    • GeForce GTX 680
      46.5
    • Radeon HD 7970
      42.6

    FPS (higher is better)

    F1 2012

    • GeForce GTX 680
      75
    • Radeon HD 7970
      74.8

    FPS (higher is better)

    Max Payne 3

    • GeForce GTX 680
      51.7
    • Radeon HD 7970
      49.5

    FPS (higher is better)

    Metro 2033

    • GeForce GTX 680
      21.8
    • Radeon HD 7970
      23.5

    FPS (higher is better)

    Sleeping Dogs

    • GeForce GTX 680
      42
    • Radeon HD 7970
      48.9

    FPS (higher is better)

    Sniper Elite V2

    • GeForce GTX 680
      41.4
    • Radeon HD 7970
      53.2

    FPS (higher is better)

    STALKER: Call of Pripyat

    • GeForce GTX 680
      59.7
    • Radeon HD 7970
      60.9

    FPS (higher is better)

    StarCraft II

    • GeForce GTX 680
      158.4
    • Radeon HD 7970
      136.9

    FPS (higher is better)

    The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim

    • GeForce GTX 680
      58.1
    • Radeon HD 7970
      69.6

    FPS (higher is better)

    Total War: Shogun 2

    • GeForce GTX 680
      38.4
    • Radeon HD 7970
      32.8

    FPS (higher is better)

    Unigine Heaven 2.0

    • GeForce GTX 680
      44.8
    • Radeon HD 7970
      48.7

    FPS (higher is better)

    World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria

    • GeForce GTX 680
      75.2
    • Radeon HD 7970
      67

    FPS (higher is better)

    Alan Wake

    • GeForce GTX 680
      32.8
    • Radeon HD 7970
      36.1

    FPS (higher is better)

    Batman: Arkham City

    • GeForce GTX 680
      38.2
    • Radeon HD 7970
      38.3

    FPS (higher is better)

    Battlefield 3

    • GeForce GTX 680
      30.2
    • Radeon HD 7970
      32.2

    FPS (higher is better)

    Borderlands 2

    • GeForce GTX 680
      52.8
    • Radeon HD 7970
      46.1

    FPS (higher is better)

    Crysis

    • GeForce GTX 680
      20.9
    • Radeon HD 7970
      22

    FPS (higher is better)

    Crysis 2

    • GeForce GTX 680
      26.1
    • Radeon HD 7970
      26.2

    FPS (higher is better)

    Dragon Age II

    • GeForce GTX 680
      39.1
    • Radeon HD 7970
      34.6

    FPS (higher is better)

    F1 2012

    • GeForce GTX 680
      60.8
    • Radeon HD 7970
      58.5

    FPS (higher is better)

    Max Payne 3

    • GeForce GTX 680
      37.4
    • Radeon HD 7970
      38

    FPS (higher is better)

    Metro 2033

    • GeForce GTX 680
      15.5
    • Radeon HD 7970
      17.8

    FPS (higher is better)

    Sleeping Dogs

    • GeForce GTX 680
      28.7
    • Radeon HD 7970
      85.1

    FPS (higher is better)

    Sniper Elite V2

    • GeForce GTX 680
      26.9
    • Radeon HD 7970
      35.3

    FPS (higher is better)

    STALKER: Call of Pripyat

    • GeForce GTX 680
      38.3
    • Radeon HD 7970
      38.6

    FPS (higher is better)

    The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim

    • GeForce GTX 680
      43.8
    • Radeon HD 7970
      49.7

    FPS (higher is better)

    Total War: Shogun 2

    • GeForce GTX 680
      22.9
    • Radeon HD 7970
      19.2

    FPS (higher is better)

    Unigine Heaven 2.0

    • GeForce GTX 680
      27.5
    • Radeon HD 7970
      31.2

    FPS (higher is better)

    World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria

    • GeForce GTX 680
      52.9
    • Radeon HD 7970
      43.9

    FPS (higher is better)

    Bioshock Infinite

    DX11, Ultra, DDOD, FXAA

    • GeForce GTX 680
      46
    • Radeon HD 7970
      39

    FPS (higher is better)

    Grand Theft Auto V

    DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA

    • GeForce GTX 680
      42
    • Radeon HD 7970
      39

    FPS (higher is better)

    Grand Theft Auto V

    DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA

    • GeForce GTX 680
      61
    • Radeon HD 7970
      54

    FPS (higher is better)

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