GeForce GTX 1660 Ti vs GeForce GTX 680
Summary
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
210%
GeForce GTX 680
100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 1660 Ti |
| 110% higher gaming performance. |
| 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. |
| Supports PhysX |
| Supports G-Sync |
| Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty) |
| Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute |
| Supports DirectX Raytracing (DXR) |
| Supports Deep Learning Super-Sampling (DLSS) |
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| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 1660 Ti
The GeForce GTX 1660 Ti is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (3 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| GeForce GTX 1660 Ti | | GeForce GTX 680 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | TU116 (TU116-400-A1) | vs | GK104 (GK104-400-A2) |
| Fab Process | 12 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 284 mm² | vs | 294 mm² |
| Transistors | 6,600 million | vs | 3,540 million |
| Shaders | 1536 | vs | 1536 |
| Compute Units | 24 | vs | 8 |
| Core clock | 1500 MHz | vs | 1006 MHz |
| ROPs | 48 | vs | 32 |
| TMUs | 96 | vs | 128 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce GTX 1660 Ti | | GeForce GTX 680 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 192 bit | vs | 256 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1500 MHz
12000 MHz effective | vs | 1502 MHz
6008 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 6144 Mb | vs | 2048 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GTX 1660 Ti | | GeForce GTX 680 | |
|---|
| TDP | 120 watts | vs | 195 watts |
| Release Date | 22 Feb 2019 | vs | 22 Mar 2012 |
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
84.96 GP/s
GeForce GTX 680
32.20 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
169.90 GT/s
GeForce GTX 680
129.00 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
288.00 GB/s
GeForce GTX 680
192.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
5437.00 GFLOPs
GeForce GTX 680
3090.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
124
GeForce GTX 680
61
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
94
GeForce GTX 680
42
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
47
GeForce GTX 680
23
FPS (higher is better)