GeForce GTX 295 vs GeForce GTX 680
Summary
GeForce GTX 295
100%
GeForce GTX 680
240%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 295 |
Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Tesla), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
PhysX support, however PhysX performance on newest games may be poor |
Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 680 |
94 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the GeForce GTX 295 . |
This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support. |
Around 140% higher average synthetic performance. |
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Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 680
The GeForce GTX 680 is the better performing card based on the synthetic benchmarks used (1 benchmarks).
Core Configuration
| GeForce GTX 295 | | GeForce GTX 680 | |
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GPU Name | GT200B (G200-400-B3) | vs | GK104 (GK104-400-A2) |
Fab Process | 55 nm | vs | 28 nm |
Die Size | 470 mm² | vs | 294 mm² |
Transistors | 1,400 million | vs | 3,540 million |
Shaders | 240 | vs | 1536 |
Compute Units | 10 | vs | 8 |
Core clock | 576 MHz | vs | 1006 MHz |
ROPs | 28 | vs | 32 |
TMUs | 80 | vs | 128 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce GTX 295 | | GeForce GTX 680 | |
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Memory Type | GDDR3 | vs | GDDR5 |
Bus Width | 448 bit x2 | vs | 256 bit |
Memory Speed | 999 MHz
1998 MHz effective | vs | 1502 MHz
6008 MHz effective |
Memory Size | 896 Mb | vs | 2048 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GTX 295 | | GeForce GTX 680 | |
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TDP | 289 watts | vs | 195 watts |
Release Date | 8 Jan 2009 | vs | 22 Mar 2012 |
GeForce GTX 295
32.20 GP/s
GeForce GTX 680
32.20 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 295
92.20 GT/s
GeForce GTX 680
129.00 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 295
224.00 GB/s
GeForce GTX 680
192.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce GTX 295
1192.40 GFLOPs
GeForce GTX 680
3090.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
GeForce GTX 295
4440
GeForce GTX 680
10700
Points (higher is better)