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    GeForce GTX 680 vs Radeon HD 7950

    GeForce GTX 680
    Memory: 2048Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
    Release date: 22 Mar 2012
    GeForce GTX 680
    Radeon HD 7950
    Memory: 3072Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
    Release date: 31 Jan 2012
    Radeon HD 7950

    Summary

    Synthetic performance index

    • GeForce GTX 680
      117%
    • Radeon HD 7950
      100%

    Relative performance

    Gaming performance index

    • GeForce GTX 680
      119%
    • Radeon HD 7950
      100%

    Relative performance

    Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 680

    19% 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    Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications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 Radeon HD 7950

    Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute
    Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
    Supports Mantle
    Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications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 (62 combinations of games and resolutions).

    Specifications

    Core Configuration

    GeForce GTX 680Radeon HD 7950
    GPU NameGK104 (GK104-400-A2)vsTahiti (Tahiti PRO)
    Fab Process28 nmvs28 nm
    Die Size294 mm²vs352 mm²
    Transistors3,540 millionvs4,313 million
    Shaders1536vs1792
    Compute Units8vs28
    Core clock1006 MHzvs800 MHz
    ROPs32vs32
    TMUs128vs112

    Memory Configuration

    GeForce GTX 680Radeon HD 7950
    Memory TypeGDDR5vsGDDR5
    Bus Width256 bitvs384 bit
    Memory Speed1502 MHz
    6008 MHz effective    		vs1250 MHz
    5000 MHz effective
    Memory Size2048 Mbvs3072 Mb

    Additional details

    GeForce GTX 680Radeon HD 7950
    TDP195 wattsvs200 watts
    Release Date22 Mar 2012vs31 Jan 2012

    Raw Performance comparison

    Pixel Rate

    • GeForce GTX 680
      32.20 GP/s
    • Radeon HD 7950
      25.60 GP/s

    GigaPixels - higher is better

    Texel Rate

    • GeForce GTX 680
      129.00 GT/s
    • Radeon HD 7950
      89.60 GT/s

    GigaTexels - higher is better

    Memory bandwidth

    • GeForce GTX 680
      192.00 GB/s
    • Radeon HD 7950
      240.00 GB/s

    GB/s - higher is better

    Single precision performance

    • GeForce GTX 680
      3090.00 GFLOPs
    • Radeon HD 7950
      2867.00 GFLOPs

    GFLOPs - higher is better

    Synthetic benchmarks

    3DMark 11

    • GeForce GTX 680
      10700
    • Radeon HD 7950
      9130

    Points (higher is better)

    Game benchmarks

    Alan Wake

    • GeForce GTX 680
      79.8
    • Radeon HD 7950
      69.4

    FPS (higher is better)

    Batman: Arkham City

    • GeForce GTX 680
      93
    • Radeon HD 7950
      80.5

    FPS (higher is better)

    Battlefield 3

    • GeForce GTX 680
      73.2
    • Radeon HD 7950
      59.3

    FPS (higher is better)

    Battlefield 4

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

    • GeForce GTX 680
      63
    • Radeon HD 7950
      62

    FPS (higher is better)

    Borderlands 2

    • GeForce GTX 680
      114.5
    • Radeon HD 7950
      90.7

    FPS (higher is better)

    Crysis

    • GeForce GTX 680
      54.9
    • Radeon HD 7950
      47.3

    FPS (higher is better)

    Crysis 2

    • GeForce GTX 680
      68.2
    • Radeon HD 7950
      55.4

    FPS (higher is better)

    Crysis 3

    DX11,Very High Quality, FXAA

    • GeForce GTX 680
      47
    • Radeon HD 7950
      23

    FPS (higher is better)

    Diablo III

    • GeForce GTX 680
      180.6
    • Radeon HD 7950
      131

    FPS (higher is better)

    Dragon Age II

    • GeForce GTX 680
      69.2
    • Radeon HD 7950
      49.2

    FPS (higher is better)

    F1 2012

    • GeForce GTX 680
      105.3
    • Radeon HD 7950
      84

    FPS (higher is better)

    Max Payne 3

    • GeForce GTX 680
      76.6
    • Radeon HD 7950
      60.1

    FPS (higher is better)

    Metro 2033

    • GeForce GTX 680
      28.7
    • Radeon HD 7950
      30

    FPS (higher is better)

    Sleeping Dogs

    • GeForce GTX 680
      71.2
    • Radeon HD 7950
      64.5

    FPS (higher is better)

    Sniper Elite V2

    • GeForce GTX 680
      64.9
    • Radeon HD 7950
      66.1

    FPS (higher is better)

    STALKER: Call of Pripyat

    • GeForce GTX 680
      97.8
    • Radeon HD 7950
      78.3

    FPS (higher is better)

    StarCraft II

    • GeForce GTX 680
      222.2
    • Radeon HD 7950
      149.3

    FPS (higher is better)

    The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim

    • GeForce GTX 680
      78.7
    • Radeon HD 7950
      75.4

    FPS (higher is better)

    Total War: Shogun 2

    • GeForce GTX 680
      64
    • Radeon HD 7950
      43.1

    FPS (higher is better)

    Unigine Heaven 2.0

    • GeForce GTX 680
      68.7
    • Radeon HD 7950
      57.4

    FPS (higher is better)

    World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria

    • GeForce GTX 680
      107.3
    • Radeon HD 7950
      81.5

    FPS (higher is better)

    Alan Wake

    • GeForce GTX 680
      49
    • Radeon HD 7950
      44.7

    FPS (higher is better)

    Batman: Arkham City

    • GeForce GTX 680
      57.9
    • Radeon HD 7950
      51.1

    FPS (higher is better)

    Battlefield 3

    • GeForce GTX 680
      45
    • Radeon HD 7950
      37.3

    FPS (higher is better)

    Borderlands 2

    • GeForce GTX 680
      76.9
    • Radeon HD 7950
      57.3

    FPS (higher is better)

    Crysis

    • GeForce GTX 680
      33.5
    • Radeon HD 7950
      29.8

    FPS (higher is better)

    Crysis 2

    • GeForce GTX 680
      40.9
    • Radeon HD 7950
      34.7

    FPS (higher is better)

    Diablo III

    • GeForce GTX 680
      121.2
    • Radeon HD 7950
      93.1

    FPS (higher is better)

    Dragon Age II

    • GeForce GTX 680
      46.5
    • Radeon HD 7950
      34.4

    FPS (higher is better)

    F1 2012

    • GeForce GTX 680
      75
    • Radeon HD 7950
      62.6

    FPS (higher is better)

    Max Payne 3

    • GeForce GTX 680
      51.7
    • Radeon HD 7950
      42.1

    FPS (higher is better)

    Metro 2033

    • GeForce GTX 680
      21.8
    • Radeon HD 7950
      21.7

    FPS (higher is better)

    Sleeping Dogs

    • GeForce GTX 680
      42
    • Radeon HD 7950
      40.6

    FPS (higher is better)

    Sniper Elite V2

    • GeForce GTX 680
      41.4
    • Radeon HD 7950
      43.8

    FPS (higher is better)

    STALKER: Call of Pripyat

    • GeForce GTX 680
      59.7
    • Radeon HD 7950
      50

    FPS (higher is better)

    StarCraft II

    • GeForce GTX 680
      158.4
    • Radeon HD 7950
      116.4

    FPS (higher is better)

    The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim

    • GeForce GTX 680
      58.1
    • Radeon HD 7950
      60.7

    FPS (higher is better)

    Total War: Shogun 2

    • GeForce GTX 680
      38.4
    • Radeon HD 7950
      26.5

    FPS (higher is better)

    Unigine Heaven 2.0

    • GeForce GTX 680
      44.8
    • Radeon HD 7950
      40.5

    FPS (higher is better)

    World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria

    • GeForce GTX 680
      75.2
    • Radeon HD 7950
      58.1

    FPS (higher is better)

    Alan Wake

    • GeForce GTX 680
      32.8
    • Radeon HD 7950
      29.8

    FPS (higher is better)

    Batman: Arkham City

    • GeForce GTX 680
      38.2
    • Radeon HD 7950
      33.3

    FPS (higher is better)

    Battlefield 3

    • GeForce GTX 680
      30.2
    • Radeon HD 7950
      26.6

    FPS (higher is better)

    Borderlands 2

    • GeForce GTX 680
      52.8
    • Radeon HD 7950
      39.5

    FPS (higher is better)

    Crysis

    • GeForce GTX 680
      20.9
    • Radeon HD 7950
      18.9

    FPS (higher is better)

    Crysis 2

    • GeForce GTX 680
      26.1
    • Radeon HD 7950
      22.2

    FPS (higher is better)

    Dragon Age II

    • GeForce GTX 680
      39.1
    • Radeon HD 7950
      28

    FPS (higher is better)

    F1 2012

    • GeForce GTX 680
      60.8
    • Radeon HD 7950
      48.7

    FPS (higher is better)

    Max Payne 3

    • GeForce GTX 680
      37.4
    • Radeon HD 7950
      31.9

    FPS (higher is better)

    Metro 2033

    • GeForce GTX 680
      15.5
    • Radeon HD 7950
      16

    FPS (higher is better)

    Sleeping Dogs

    • GeForce GTX 680
      28.7
    • Radeon HD 7950
      71.2

    FPS (higher is better)

    Sniper Elite V2

    • GeForce GTX 680
      26.9
    • Radeon HD 7950
      28.9

    FPS (higher is better)

    STALKER: Call of Pripyat

    • GeForce GTX 680
      38.3
    • Radeon HD 7950
      31.8

    FPS (higher is better)

    The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim

    • GeForce GTX 680
      43.8
    • Radeon HD 7950
      44.3

    FPS (higher is better)

    Total War: Shogun 2

    • GeForce GTX 680
      22.9
    • Radeon HD 7950
      15.4

    FPS (higher is better)

    Unigine Heaven 2.0

    • GeForce GTX 680
      27.5
    • Radeon HD 7950
      26.2

    FPS (higher is better)

    World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria

    • GeForce GTX 680
      52.9
    • Radeon HD 7950
      37.5

    FPS (higher is better)

    Battlefield Hardline

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

    • GeForce GTX 680
      27
    • Radeon HD 7950
      24

    FPS (higher is better)

    Bioshock Infinite

    DX11, Ultra, DDOD, FXAA

    • GeForce GTX 680
      46
    • Radeon HD 7950
      36

    FPS (higher is better)

    Grand Theft Auto V

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

    • GeForce GTX 680
      42
    • Radeon HD 7950
      35

    FPS (higher is better)

    Battlefield Hardline

    DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA,EP3 Gator Bait

    • GeForce GTX 680
      36
    • Radeon HD 7950
      34

    FPS (higher is better)

    Grand Theft Auto V

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

    • GeForce GTX 680
      61
    • Radeon HD 7950
      49

    FPS (higher is better)

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