GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB vs GeForce GTX 680
Summary
GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
153%
GeForce GTX 680
100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB |
| 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. |
| Around 53% higher average synthetic performance. |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Pascal), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 3 GB
The GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB is the better performing card based on the synthetic benchmarks used (1 benchmarks).
Core Configuration
| GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB | | GeForce GTX 680 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | GP106 (GP106-300-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 | 1152 | vs | 1536 |
| Compute Units | 9 | vs | 8 |
| Core clock | 1506 MHz | vs | 1006 MHz |
| ROPs | 48 | vs | 32 |
| TMUs | 72 | vs | 128 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB | | 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 | 3072 Mb | vs | 2048 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB | | GeForce GTX 680 | |
|---|
| TDP | 120 watts | vs | 195 watts |
| Release Date | 18 Aug 2016 | vs | 22 Mar 2012 |
GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
72.30 GP/s
GeForce GTX 680
32.20 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
108.40 GT/s
GeForce GTX 680
129.00 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
192.20 GB/s
GeForce GTX 680
192.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
3470.00 GFLOPs
GeForce GTX 680
3090.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
16380
GeForce GTX 680
10700
Points (higher is better)