GeForce GTX 680 vs GeForce GTX TITAN BLACK

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

GeForce GTX TITAN BLACK Memory: 6144Mb GDDR5DESKTOP Release date: 18 Feb 2014

Summary

Synthetic performance index

GeForce GTX 680
100%
GeForce GTX TITAN BLACK
139%

Relative performance

Gaming performance index

GeForce GTX 680
100%
GeForce GTX TITAN BLACK
165%

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 TITAN BLACK .

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Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications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

65% 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Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications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 TITAN BLACK

The GeForce GTX TITAN BLACK is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (2 combinations of games and resolutions).

Specifications

Core Configuration

	GeForce GTX 680		GeForce GTX TITAN BLACK
GPU Name	GK104 (GK104-400-A2)	vs	GK110B (GK110-430-B1)
Fab Process	28 nm	vs	28 nm
Die Size	294 mmÂ²	vs	561 mmÂ²
Transistors	3,540 million	vs	7,080 million
Shaders	1536	vs	2880
Compute Units	8	vs	15
Core clock	1006 MHz	vs	889 MHz
ROPs	32	vs	48
TMUs	128	vs	240

Memory Configuration

	GeForce GTX 680		GeForce GTX TITAN BLACK
Memory Type	GDDR5	vs	GDDR5
Bus Width	256 bit	vs	384 bit
Memory Speed	1502 MHz 6008 MHz effective	vs	1750 MHz 7000 MHz effective
Memory Size	2048 Mb	vs	6144 Mb

Additional details

	GeForce GTX 680		GeForce GTX TITAN BLACK
TDP	195 watts	vs	250 watts
Release Date	22 Mar 2012	vs	18 Feb 2014

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

GeForce GTX 680
32.20 GP/s
GeForce GTX TITAN BLACK
53.30 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

GeForce GTX 680
129.00 GT/s
GeForce GTX TITAN BLACK
213.40 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

GeForce GTX 680
192.00 GB/s
GeForce GTX TITAN BLACK
336.00 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

GeForce GTX 680
3090.00 GFLOPs
GeForce GTX TITAN BLACK
5121.00 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

3DMark 11

GeForce GTX 680
10700
GeForce GTX TITAN BLACK
14880

Points (higher is better)

Game benchmarks

Bioshock Infinite

DX11, Ultra, DDOD, FXAA

GeForce GTX 680
46
GeForce GTX TITAN BLACK
80

FPS (higher is better)

Hitman Absolution

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

GeForce GTX 680
41
GeForce GTX TITAN BLACK
64