GeForce GTX 680 Overview

GeForce GTX 680
Memory: 2048Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 22 Mar 2012
GeForce GTX 680

Core Configuration

GPU GK104
Architecture Nvidia_Kepler
Shaders : TMUs : ROPs 1536 : 128 : 32
Raytracing Cores none
Performance 3090.00 GFLOPs

Memory Configuration

Memory Size 2048 Mb
Memory Bus Width 256 bit
Memory Speed 1502 MHz
6008 MHz effective
Memory Bandwidth 192.00 Gb/s

Summary

Relative performance

  • GeForce GTX TITAN X (Pascal)
    363%
  • GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
    359%
  • Geforce GTX TITAN Xp
    337%
  • GeForce RTX 2080
    325%
  • GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
    320%
  • GeForce RTX 2070 Super
    305%
  • GeForce GTX 1080
    288%
  • Radeon RX 5700 XT
    278%
  • Radeon VII
    275%
  • GeForce RTX 2060 Super
    274%
  • GeForce RTX 2070
    271%
  • GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
    253%
  • GeForce GTX 1070
    246%
  • Radeon RX 5700
    246%
  • GeForce GTX TITAN X
    232%
  • GeForce RTX 2060
    231%
  • Radeon R9 295X2
    229%
  • Radeon RX Vega 64
    212%
  • GeForce GTX 980 Ti
    210%
  • GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
    210%
  • Radeon RX Vega 56
    193%
  • Radeon R9 FURY X
    193%
  • Radeon R9 FURY
    180%
  • Radeon R9 Nano
    176%
  • GeForce GTX 1660
    175%
  • GeForce GTX 1060
    164%
  • GeForce GTX 980
    160%
  • Radeon R9 390X
    158%
  • Radeon R9 290X
    154%
  • Radeon RX 480
    148%
  • Radeon RX 580
    141%
  • Radeon R9 290
    140%
  • GeForce GTX 970
    135%
  • GeForce GTX 780 Ti
    133%
  • Radeon RX 570
    132%
  • GeForce GTX TITAN
    129%
  • Radeon RX 470
    127%
  • GeForce GTX 1650
    121%
  • GeForce GTX 780
    121%
  • Radeon R9 280X
    112%
  • Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
    111%
  • Radeon R9 380X
    105%
  • GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
    104%
  • GeForce GTX 770
    103%
  • GeForce GTX 680
    100%
  • GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB
    99%
  • Radeon R9 285
    94%
  • GeForce GTX 1050
    93%
  • Radeon HD 7970
    90%
  • GeForce GTX 960
    90%
  • Radeon R9 380
    88%
  • Radeon HD 7950
    86%
  • GeForce GTX 760
    81%
  • GeForce GTX 950
    80%
  • Radeon R7 370
    80%
  • Radeon R9 270X
    78%
  • Radeon RX 460
    72%
  • GeForce GTX 660 Ti
    71%
  • GeForce GTX 660
    60%
  • GeForce GTX 750 Ti
    55%
  • Radeon R7 260
    48%

Performance summary, based on benchmarks charts.

The GeForce GTX 680 is a graphics card released by Nvidia on 22 Mar 2012. The graphics card houses the GK104 die, based on the Nvidia_Kepler architecture which packs 3,540 million transistors on a 28 nm, 294 mm2 die.

GeForce GTX 680 pros and cons

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



Specifications


Compared to similar performing cards

GeForce GTX 680GeForce GTX 1050 3 GBGeForce GTX 1050 TiGeForce GTX 1050Radeon R9 380X
GeForce GTX 680GeForce GTX 1050 3 GBGeForce GTX 1050 TiGeForce GTX 1050Radeon R9 380X
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Shader units15367687686402048
ROPs3224323232
Graphics processorGK104GP107GP107GP107Antigua
Process size28 nm14 nm14 nm14 nm28 nm
Memory2048 Mb GDDR5 (1502 MHz
6008 MHz effective)
3072 Mb GDDR5 (1752 MHz
7008 MHz effective)
4096 Mb GDDR5 (1752 MHz
7008 MHz effective)
2048 Mb GDDR5 (1752 MHz
7008 MHz effective)
4096 Mb GDDR5 (1425 MHz
5700 MHz effective)
Memory bus width256 bit96 bit128 bit128 bit256 bit
Memory bandwidth192.00 Gb/s84.10 Gb/s112.10 Gb/s112.10 Gb/s182.40 Gb/s
Release date22 Mar 201221 May 201825 Oct 201625 Oct 201619 Nov 2015

Benchmarks

Grand Theft Auto V

  • GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
    65
  • GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB
    62
  • GeForce GTX 680
    61
  • Radeon R9 380X
    60
  • GeForce GTX 1050
    58

FPS (higher is better)

Grand Theft Auto V

  • GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
    43
  • GeForce GTX 680
    42
  • Radeon R9 380X
    42
  • GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB
    41
  • GeForce GTX 1050
    39

FPS (higher is better)

Grand Theft Auto V

  • GeForce GTX 680
    23
  • Radeon R9 380X
    23

FPS (higher is better)

Battlefield Hardline

  • Radeon R9 380X
    43
  • GeForce GTX 680
    36

FPS (higher is better)

Battlefield Hardline

  • Radeon R9 380X
    30
  • GeForce GTX 680
    27

FPS (higher is better)