GeForce GTX 680 vs Radeon R7 250X
Summary
GeForce GTX 680
266%
Radeon R7 250X
100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 680 |
Around 166% higher average synthetic 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Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 R7 250X |
115 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the GeForce GTX 680 . |
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Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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
The GeForce GTX 680 is the better performing card based on the synthetic benchmarks used (1 benchmarks).
Core Configuration
| GeForce GTX 680 | | Radeon R7 250X | |
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GPU Name | GK104 (GK104-400-A2) | vs | Cape Verde (Cape Verde XT) |
Fab Process | 28 nm | vs | 28 nm |
Die Size | 294 mm² | vs | 123 mm² |
Transistors | 3,540 million | vs | 1,500 million |
Shaders | 1536 | vs | 640 |
Compute Units | 8 | vs | 10 |
Core clock | 1006 MHz | vs | 950 MHz |
ROPs | 32 | vs | 16 |
TMUs | 128 | vs | 40 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce GTX 680 | | Radeon R7 250X | |
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Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
Bus Width | 256 bit | vs | 128 bit |
Memory Speed | 1502 MHz
6008 MHz effective | vs | 1125 MHz
4500 MHz effective |
Memory Size | 2048 Mb | vs | 1024 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GTX 680 | | Radeon R7 250X | |
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TDP | 195 watts | vs | 80 watts |
Release Date | 22 Mar 2012 | vs | 13 Feb 2014 |
GeForce GTX 680
32.20 GP/s
Radeon R7 250X
15.20 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 680
129.00 GT/s
Radeon R7 250X
38.00 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 680
192.00 GB/s
Radeon R7 250X
72.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce GTX 680
3090.00 GFLOPs
Radeon R7 250X
1216.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
GeForce GTX 680
10700
Radeon R7 250X
4020
Points (higher is better)