GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB vs GeForce GTX 680

GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB
Memory: 3072Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 21 May 2018
GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB
GeForce GTX 680
Memory: 2048Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 22 Mar 2012
GeForce GTX 680

Summary

Gaming performance index

  • GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB
    100%
  • GeForce GTX 680
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB

120 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Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Pascal), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications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Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications

No clear winner declared

These graphics cards seems to have comparable performance based on the game benchmark suite used (2 combinations of games and resolutions).


Specifications

Core Configuration

GeForce GTX 1050 3 GBGeForce GTX 680
GPU NameGP107 (GP107-301-A1)vsGK104 (GK104-400-A2)
Fab Process14 nmvs28 nm
Die Size132 mm²vs294 mm²
Transistors3,300 millionvs3,540 million
Shaders768vs1536
Compute Units6vs8
Core clock1392 MHzvs1006 MHz
ROPs24vs32
TMUs48vs128

Memory Configuration

GeForce GTX 1050 3 GBGeForce GTX 680
Memory TypeGDDR5vsGDDR5
Bus Width96 bitvs256 bit
Memory Speed1752 MHz
7008 MHz effective
vs1502 MHz
6008 MHz effective
Memory Size3072 Mbvs2048 Mb

Additional details

GeForce GTX 1050 3 GBGeForce GTX 680
TDP75 wattsvs195 watts
Release Date21 May 2018vs22 Mar 2012

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB
    36.43 GP/s
  • GeForce GTX 680
    32.20 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB
    72.86 GT/s
  • GeForce GTX 680
    129.00 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB
    84.10 GB/s
  • GeForce GTX 680
    192.00 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB
    2332.00 GFLOPs
  • GeForce GTX 680
    3090.00 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better

Game benchmarks

Grand Theft Auto V

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

  • GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB
    62
  • GeForce GTX 680
    61

FPS (higher is better)