GeForce GTX 680 vs GeForce GTX 780
Summary
GeForce GTX 680
100%
GeForce GTX 780
128%
Relative performance
GeForce GTX 680
100%
GeForce GTX 780
125%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 680 |
| 55 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the GeForce GTX 780 . |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 780 |
| 25% higher gaming performance. |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 780
The GeForce GTX 780 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (13 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| GeForce GTX 680 | | GeForce GTX 780 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | GK104 (GK104-400-A2) | vs | GK110 (GK110-300-A1) |
| Fab Process | 28 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 294 mm² | vs | 561 mm² |
| Transistors | 3,540 million | vs | 7,080 million |
| Shaders | 1536 | vs | 2304 |
| Compute Units | 8 | vs | 12 |
| Core clock | 1006 MHz | vs | 863 MHz |
| ROPs | 32 | vs | 48 |
| TMUs | 128 | vs | 192 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce GTX 680 | | GeForce GTX 780 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 256 bit | vs | 384 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1502 MHz
6008 MHz effective | vs | 1502 MHz
6008 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 2048 Mb | vs | 3072 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GTX 680 | | GeForce GTX 780 | |
|---|
| TDP | 195 watts | vs | 250 watts |
| Release Date | 22 Mar 2012 | vs | 23 May 2013 |
GeForce GTX 680
32.20 GP/s
GeForce GTX 780
41.40 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 680
129.00 GT/s
GeForce GTX 780
166.00 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 680
192.00 GB/s
GeForce GTX 780
288.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce GTX 680
3090.00 GFLOPs
GeForce GTX 780
3977.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
GeForce GTX 680
10700
GeForce GTX 780
13770
Points (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality,2x MSAA,16x AF, HBAO
GeForce GTX 680
63
GeForce GTX 780
79
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality,DDOD, FX AA
GeForce GTX 680
74
GeForce GTX 780
93
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Very High Quality, FXAA
GeForce GTX 680
47
GeForce GTX 780
55
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, High Quality, 2x MSAA, 16x AF
GeForce GTX 680
60
GeForce GTX 780
65
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA
GeForce GTX 680
57
GeForce GTX 780
80
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, AAA standard, 16xAF, Motion Blur normal, Tesselation normal
GeForce GTX 680
47
GeForce GTX 780
58
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA,EP3 Gator Bait
GeForce GTX 680
36
GeForce GTX 780
52
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
GeForce GTX 680
61
GeForce GTX 780
68
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA,EP3 Gator Bait
GeForce GTX 680
27
GeForce GTX 780
36
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra, DDOD, FXAA
GeForce GTX 680
46
GeForce GTX 780
73
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
GeForce GTX 680
42
GeForce GTX 780
47
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, High Quality, 2x MSAA, 16x AF
GeForce GTX 680
41
GeForce GTX 780
54
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
GeForce GTX 680
23
GeForce GTX 780
24
FPS (higher is better)