GeForce GTX 680 vs Radeon HD 8860 OEM
Summary
Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 680 |
| Higher theoretical gaming performance, based on specifications. |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 8860 OEM |
| This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support. |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends GeForce GTX 680
Based on theoretical specifications.
Core Configuration
| GeForce GTX 680 | | Radeon HD 8860 OEM | |
|---|
| GPU Name | GK104 (GK104-400-A2) | vs | Curacao (Curacao PRO) |
| Fab Process | 28 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 294 mm² | vs | 212 mm² |
| Transistors | 3,540 million | vs | 2,800 million |
| Shaders | 1536 | vs | 1280 |
| Compute Units | 8 | vs | 20 |
| Core clock | 1006 MHz | vs | 925 MHz |
| ROPs | 32 | vs | 32 |
| TMUs | 128 | vs | 80 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce GTX 680 | | Radeon HD 8860 OEM | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 256 bit | vs | 256 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1502 MHz
6008 MHz effective | vs | 1400 MHz
5600 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 2048 Mb | vs | 2048 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GTX 680 | | Radeon HD 8860 OEM | |
|---|
| TDP | 195 watts | vs | 175 watts |
| Release Date | 22 Mar 2012 | vs | 8 Jan 2013 |
GeForce GTX 680
32.20 GP/s
Radeon HD 8860 OEM
29.60 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 680
129.00 GT/s
Radeon HD 8860 OEM
74.00 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 680
192.00 GB/s
Radeon HD 8860 OEM
179.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce GTX 680
3090.00 GFLOPs
Radeon HD 8860 OEM
2368.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better