GeForce GTX 1070 vs GeForce GTX 680
Summary
GeForce GTX 1070
231%
GeForce GTX 680
100%
Relative performance
GeForce GTX 1070
246%
GeForce GTX 680
100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 1070 |
| 146% higher gaming performance. |
| 45 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| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Pascal), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 1070
The GeForce GTX 1070 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (5 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| GeForce GTX 1070 | | GeForce GTX 680 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | GP104 (GP104-200-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 | 1920 | vs | 1536 |
| Compute Units | 15 | vs | 8 |
| Core clock | 1506 MHz | vs | 1006 MHz |
| ROPs | 64 | vs | 32 |
| TMUs | 120 | vs | 128 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce GTX 1070 | | GeForce GTX 680 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 256 bit | vs | 256 bit |
| Memory Speed | 2002 MHz
8008 MHz effective | vs | 1502 MHz
6008 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 8192 Mb | vs | 2048 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GTX 1070 | | GeForce GTX 680 | |
|---|
| TDP | 150 watts | vs | 195 watts |
| Release Date | 10 Jun 2016 | vs | 22 Mar 2012 |
GeForce GTX 1070
96.40 GP/s
GeForce GTX 680
32.20 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 1070
180.70 GT/s
GeForce GTX 680
129.00 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 1070
256.30 GB/s
GeForce GTX 680
192.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce GTX 1070
5783.00 GFLOPs
GeForce GTX 680
3090.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
GeForce GTX 1070
24720
GeForce GTX 680
10700
Points (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA,EP3 Gator Bait
GeForce GTX 1070
101
GeForce GTX 680
36
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
GeForce GTX 1070
152
GeForce GTX 680
61
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA,EP3 Gator Bait
GeForce GTX 1070
69
GeForce GTX 680
27
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
GeForce GTX 1070
101
GeForce GTX 680
42
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
GeForce GTX 1070
48
GeForce GTX 680
23
FPS (higher is better)