GeForce GTX 580 vs GeForce GTX 680
Summary
GeForce GTX 580
100%
GeForce GTX 680
162%
Relative performance
GeForce GTX 580
100%
GeForce GTX 680
157%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 580 |
| Supports PhysX |
| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 680 |
| 57% higher gaming performance. |
| 49 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the GeForce GTX 580 . |
| 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) |
| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 game benchmark suite used (4 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| GeForce GTX 580 | | GeForce GTX 680 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | GF110 (GF110-375-A1) | vs | GK104 (GK104-400-A2) |
| Fab Process | 40 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 520 mm² | vs | 294 mm² |
| Transistors | 3,000 million | vs | 3,540 million |
| Shaders | 512 | vs | 1536 |
| Compute Units | 16 | vs | 8 |
| Core clock | 772 MHz | vs | 1006 MHz |
| ROPs | 48 | vs | 32 |
| TMUs | 64 | vs | 128 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce GTX 580 | | GeForce GTX 680 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 384 bit | vs | 256 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1002 MHz
4008 MHz effective | vs | 1502 MHz
6008 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 1536 Mb | vs | 2048 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GTX 580 | | GeForce GTX 680 | |
|---|
| TDP | 244 watts | vs | 195 watts |
| Release Date | 9 Nov 2010 | vs | 22 Mar 2012 |
GeForce GTX 580
24.70 GP/s
GeForce GTX 680
32.20 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 580
49.40 GT/s
GeForce GTX 680
129.00 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 580
192.00 GB/s
GeForce GTX 680
192.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce GTX 580
1581.00 GFLOPs
GeForce GTX 680
3090.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
GeForce GTX 580
6600
GeForce GTX 680
10700
Points (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra, DDOD, FXAA
GeForce GTX 580
29
GeForce GTX 680
46
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality,DDOD, FX AA
GeForce GTX 580
47
GeForce GTX 680
74
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Very High Quality, FXAA
GeForce GTX 580
27
GeForce GTX 680
47
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, AAA standard, 16xAF, Motion Blur normal, Tesselation normal
GeForce GTX 580
34
GeForce GTX 680
47
FPS (higher is better)