GeForce GTX 680 vs GeForce GTX 760

GeForce GTX 680
Memory: 2048Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 22 Mar 2012
GeForce GTX 680
GeForce GTX 760
Memory: 2048Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 25 Jun 2013
GeForce GTX 760

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • GeForce GTX 680
    124%
  • GeForce GTX 760
    100%

Relative performance

Gaming performance index

  • GeForce GTX 680
    116%
  • GeForce GTX 760
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 680

16% 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Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications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 760

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Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications

GeForce GTX 680

HWBench recommends GeForce GTX 680

The GeForce GTX 680 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (12 combinations of games and resolutions).


Specifications

Core Configuration

GeForce GTX 680GeForce GTX 760
GPU NameGK104 (GK104-400-A2)vsGK104 (GK104-225-A2)
Fab Process28 nmvs28 nm
Die Size294 mm²vs294 mm²
Transistors3,540 millionvs3,540 million
Shaders1536vs1152
Compute Units8vs6
Core clock1006 MHzvs980 MHz
ROPs32vs32
TMUs128vs96

Memory Configuration

GeForce GTX 680GeForce GTX 760
Memory TypeGDDR5vsGDDR5
Bus Width256 bitvs256 bit
Memory Speed1502 MHz
6008 MHz effective
vs1502 MHz
6008 MHz effective
Memory Size2048 Mbvs2048 Mb

Additional details

GeForce GTX 680GeForce GTX 760
TDP195 wattsvs170 watts
Release Date22 Mar 2012vs25 Jun 2013

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • GeForce GTX 680
    32.20 GP/s
  • GeForce GTX 760
    23.50 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • GeForce GTX 680
    129.00 GT/s
  • GeForce GTX 760
    94.10 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • GeForce GTX 680
    192.00 GB/s
  • GeForce GTX 760
    192.00 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • GeForce GTX 680
    3090.00 GFLOPs
  • GeForce GTX 760
    2258.00 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

3DMark 11

  • GeForce GTX 680
    10700
  • GeForce GTX 760
    8600

Points (higher is better)

Game benchmarks

Battlefield 4

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

  • GeForce GTX 680
    63
  • GeForce GTX 760
    54

FPS (higher is better)

Bioshock Infinite

DX11, Ultra Quality,DDOD, FX AA

  • GeForce GTX 680
    74
  • GeForce GTX 760
    64

FPS (higher is better)

Crysis 3

DX11,Very High Quality, FXAA

  • GeForce GTX 680
    47
  • GeForce GTX 760
    39

FPS (higher is better)

Hitman Absolution

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

  • GeForce GTX 680
    60
  • GeForce GTX 760
    52

FPS (higher is better)

Medal Of Honor Warfighter

DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA

  • GeForce GTX 680
    57
  • GeForce GTX 760
    54

FPS (higher is better)

Metro Last Light

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

  • GeForce GTX 680
    47
  • GeForce GTX 760
    41

FPS (higher is better)

Battlefield Hardline

DX11, Ultra, 4x MSAA, 16x AF, HBAO

  • GeForce GTX 680
    27
  • GeForce GTX 760
    24

FPS (higher is better)

Bioshock Infinite

DX11, Ultra, DDOD, FXAA

  • GeForce GTX 680
    46
  • GeForce GTX 760
    41

FPS (higher is better)

Grand Theft Auto V

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

  • GeForce GTX 680
    42
  • GeForce GTX 760
    31

FPS (higher is better)

Hitman Absolution

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

  • GeForce GTX 680
    41
  • GeForce GTX 760
    37

FPS (higher is better)

Battlefield Hardline

DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA,EP3 Gator Bait

  • GeForce GTX 680
    36
  • GeForce GTX 760
    34

FPS (higher is better)

Grand Theft Auto V

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

  • GeForce GTX 680
    61
  • GeForce GTX 760
    46

FPS (higher is better)