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    GeForce GTX 680 vs GeForce GTX 660

    GeForce GTX 680
    Memory: 2048Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
    Release date: 22 Mar 2012
    GeForce GTX 680
    GeForce GTX 660
    Memory: 2048Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
    Release date: 6 Sep 2012
    GeForce GTX 660

    Summary

    Synthetic performance index

    • GeForce GTX 680
      157%
    • GeForce GTX 660
      100%

    Relative performance

    Gaming performance index

    • GeForce GTX 680
      147%
    • GeForce GTX 660
      100%

    Relative performance

    Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 680

    47% higher gaming 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    Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications

    Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 660

    55 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the 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    Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications
    GeForce GTX 680

    HWBench recommends GeForce GTX 680

    The GeForce GTX 680 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (65 combinations of games and resolutions).

    Specifications

    Core Configuration

    GeForce GTX 680GeForce GTX 660
    GPU NameGK104 (GK104-400-A2)vsGK106 (GK106-400-A1)
    Fab Process28 nmvs28 nm
    Die Size294 mm²vs221 mm²
    Transistors3,540 millionvs2,540 million
    Shaders1536vs960
    Compute Units8vs5
    Core clock1006 MHzvs980 MHz
    ROPs32vs24
    TMUs128vs80

    Memory Configuration

    GeForce GTX 680GeForce GTX 660
    Memory TypeGDDR5vsGDDR5
    Bus Width256 bitvs192 bit
    Memory Speed1502 MHz
    6008 MHz effective    		vs1502 MHz
    6008 MHz effective
    Memory Size2048 Mbvs2048 Mb

    Additional details

    GeForce GTX 680GeForce GTX 660
    TDP195 wattsvs140 watts
    Release Date22 Mar 2012vs6 Sep 2012

    Raw Performance comparison

    Pixel Rate

    • GeForce GTX 680
      32.20 GP/s
    • GeForce GTX 660
      19.60 GP/s

    GigaPixels - higher is better

    Texel Rate

    • GeForce GTX 680
      129.00 GT/s
    • GeForce GTX 660
      78.40 GT/s

    GigaTexels - higher is better

    Memory bandwidth

    • GeForce GTX 680
      192.00 GB/s
    • GeForce GTX 660
      144.00 GB/s

    GB/s - higher is better

    Single precision performance

    • GeForce GTX 680
      3090.00 GFLOPs
    • GeForce GTX 660
      1882.00 GFLOPs

    GFLOPs - higher is better

    Synthetic benchmarks

    3DMark 11

    • GeForce GTX 680
      10700
    • GeForce GTX 660
      6800

    Points (higher is better)

    Game benchmarks

    Alan Wake

    • GeForce GTX 680
      79.8
    • GeForce GTX 660
      53.7

    FPS (higher is better)

    Batman: Arkham City

    • GeForce GTX 680
      93
    • GeForce GTX 660
      68.5

    FPS (higher is better)

    Battlefield 3

    • GeForce GTX 680
      73.2
    • GeForce GTX 660
      49.7

    FPS (higher is better)

    Battlefield 4

    DX11, Ultra Quality,2x MSAA,16x AF, HBAO

    • GeForce GTX 680
      63
    • GeForce GTX 660
      43

    FPS (higher is better)

    Bioshock Infinite

    DX11, Ultra Quality,DDOD, FX AA

    • GeForce GTX 680
      74
    • GeForce GTX 660
      50

    FPS (higher is better)

    Borderlands 2

    • GeForce GTX 680
      114.5
    • GeForce GTX 660
      88.6

    FPS (higher is better)

    Crysis

    • GeForce GTX 680
      54.9
    • GeForce GTX 660
      38.4

    FPS (higher is better)

    Crysis 2

    • GeForce GTX 680
      68.2
    • GeForce GTX 660
      46.1

    FPS (higher is better)

    Crysis 3

    DX11,Very High Quality, FXAA

    • GeForce GTX 680
      47
    • GeForce GTX 660
      30

    FPS (higher is better)

    Diablo III

    • GeForce GTX 680
      180.6
    • GeForce GTX 660
      111.9

    FPS (higher is better)

    Dragon Age II

    • GeForce GTX 680
      69.2
    • GeForce GTX 660
      46.1

    FPS (higher is better)

    F1 2012

    • GeForce GTX 680
      105.3
    • GeForce GTX 660
      70.5

    FPS (higher is better)

    Hitman Absolution

    DX11, High Quality, 2x MSAA, 16x AF

    • GeForce GTX 680
      60
    • GeForce GTX 660
      42

    FPS (higher is better)

    Max Payne 3

    • GeForce GTX 680
      76.6
    • GeForce GTX 660
      51.1

    FPS (higher is better)

    Medal Of Honor Warfighter

    DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA

    • GeForce GTX 680
      57
    • GeForce GTX 660
      39

    FPS (higher is better)

    Metro 2033

    • GeForce GTX 680
      28.7
    • GeForce GTX 660
      21.7

    FPS (higher is better)

    Metro Last Light

    DX11, AAA standard, 16xAF, Motion Blur normal, Tesselation normal

    • GeForce GTX 680
      47
    • GeForce GTX 660
      32

    FPS (higher is better)

    Sleeping Dogs

    • GeForce GTX 680
      71.2
    • GeForce GTX 660
      46.9

    FPS (higher is better)

    Sniper Elite V2

    • GeForce GTX 680
      64.9
    • GeForce GTX 660
      43.9

    FPS (higher is better)

    STALKER: Call of Pripyat

    • GeForce GTX 680
      97.8
    • GeForce GTX 660
      65.7

    FPS (higher is better)

    StarCraft II

    • GeForce GTX 680
      222.2
    • GeForce GTX 660
      166.8

    FPS (higher is better)

    The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim

    • GeForce GTX 680
      78.7
    • GeForce GTX 660
      59.1

    FPS (higher is better)

    Total War: Shogun 2

    • GeForce GTX 680
      64
    • GeForce GTX 660
      41

    FPS (higher is better)

    Unigine Heaven 2.0

    • GeForce GTX 680
      68.7
    • GeForce GTX 660
      46.4

    FPS (higher is better)

    World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria

    • GeForce GTX 680
      107.3
    • GeForce GTX 660
      72

    FPS (higher is better)

    Alan Wake

    • GeForce GTX 680
      49
    • GeForce GTX 660
      32.8

    FPS (higher is better)

    Batman: Arkham City

    • GeForce GTX 680
      57.9
    • GeForce GTX 660
      41.5

    FPS (higher is better)

    Battlefield 3

    • GeForce GTX 680
      45
    • GeForce GTX 660
      30.2

    FPS (higher is better)

    Borderlands 2

    • GeForce GTX 680
      76.9
    • GeForce GTX 660
      54.7

    FPS (higher is better)

    Crysis

    • GeForce GTX 680
      33.5
    • GeForce GTX 660
      23.2

    FPS (higher is better)

    Crysis 2

    • GeForce GTX 680
      40.9
    • GeForce GTX 660
      26.9

    FPS (higher is better)

    Diablo III

    • GeForce GTX 680
      121.2
    • GeForce GTX 660
      75.9

    FPS (higher is better)

    Dragon Age II

    • GeForce GTX 680
      46.5
    • GeForce GTX 660
      30.4

    FPS (higher is better)

    F1 2012

    • GeForce GTX 680
      75
    • GeForce GTX 660
      49.7

    FPS (higher is better)

    Max Payne 3

    • GeForce GTX 680
      51.7
    • GeForce GTX 660
      34.2

    FPS (higher is better)

    Metro 2033

    • GeForce GTX 680
      21.8
    • GeForce GTX 660
      16.9

    FPS (higher is better)

    Sleeping Dogs

    • GeForce GTX 680
      42
    • GeForce GTX 660
      26.9

    FPS (higher is better)

    Sniper Elite V2

    • GeForce GTX 680
      41.4
    • GeForce GTX 660
      27.9

    FPS (higher is better)

    STALKER: Call of Pripyat

    • GeForce GTX 680
      59.7
    • GeForce GTX 660
      40.6

    FPS (higher is better)

    StarCraft II

    • GeForce GTX 680
      158.4
    • GeForce GTX 660
      109.5

    FPS (higher is better)

    The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim

    • GeForce GTX 680
      58.1
    • GeForce GTX 660
      42.6

    FPS (higher is better)

    Total War: Shogun 2

    • GeForce GTX 680
      38.4
    • GeForce GTX 660
      24.6

    FPS (higher is better)

    Unigine Heaven 2.0

    • GeForce GTX 680
      44.8
    • GeForce GTX 660
      30.4

    FPS (higher is better)

    World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria

    • GeForce GTX 680
      75.2
    • GeForce GTX 660
      49.9

    FPS (higher is better)

    Alan Wake

    • GeForce GTX 680
      32.8
    • GeForce GTX 660
      21.8

    FPS (higher is better)

    Batman: Arkham City

    • GeForce GTX 680
      38.2
    • GeForce GTX 660
      26.8

    FPS (higher is better)

    Battlefield 3

    • GeForce GTX 680
      30.2
    • GeForce GTX 660
      20

    FPS (higher is better)

    Borderlands 2

    • GeForce GTX 680
      52.8
    • GeForce GTX 660
      36.6

    FPS (higher is better)

    Crysis

    • GeForce GTX 680
      20.9
    • GeForce GTX 660
      14.5

    FPS (higher is better)

    Crysis 2

    • GeForce GTX 680
      26.1
    • GeForce GTX 660
      17.8

    FPS (higher is better)

    Dragon Age II

    • GeForce GTX 680
      39.1
    • GeForce GTX 660
      25.5

    FPS (higher is better)

    F1 2012

    • GeForce GTX 680
      60.8
    • GeForce GTX 660
      40.3

    FPS (higher is better)

    Max Payne 3

    • GeForce GTX 680
      37.4
    • GeForce GTX 660
      24.5

    FPS (higher is better)

    Metro 2033

    • GeForce GTX 680
      15.5
    • GeForce GTX 660
      12

    FPS (higher is better)

    Sleeping Dogs

    • GeForce GTX 680
      28.7
    • GeForce GTX 660
      17.6

    FPS (higher is better)

    Sniper Elite V2

    • GeForce GTX 680
      26.9
    • GeForce GTX 660
      18.1

    FPS (higher is better)

    STALKER: Call of Pripyat

    • GeForce GTX 680
      38.3
    • GeForce GTX 660
      25.4

    FPS (higher is better)

    The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim

    • GeForce GTX 680
      43.8
    • GeForce GTX 660
      32.3

    FPS (higher is better)

    Total War: Shogun 2

    • GeForce GTX 680
      22.9
    • GeForce GTX 660
      14.9

    FPS (higher is better)

    Unigine Heaven 2.0

    • GeForce GTX 680
      27.5
    • GeForce GTX 660
      19.8

    FPS (higher is better)

    World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria

    • GeForce GTX 680
      52.9
    • GeForce GTX 660
      35.9

    FPS (higher is better)

    Bioshock Infinite

    DX11, Ultra, DDOD, FXAA

    • GeForce GTX 680
      46
    • GeForce GTX 660
      31

    FPS (higher is better)

    Grand Theft Auto V

    DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA

    • GeForce GTX 680
      42
    • GeForce GTX 660
      25

    FPS (higher is better)

    Hitman Absolution

    DX11, High Quality, 2x MSAA, 16x AF

    • GeForce GTX 680
      41
    • GeForce GTX 660
      27

    FPS (higher is better)

    Grand Theft Auto V

    DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA

    • GeForce GTX 680
      61
    • GeForce GTX 660
      37

    FPS (higher is better)

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