GeForce GTX 680 vs Radeon R9 380
Summary
GeForce GTX 680
100%
Radeon R9 380
114%
Relative performance
GeForce GTX 680
114%
Radeon R9 380
100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 680 |
| 14% 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| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 R9 380 |
| This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support. |
| Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute |
| Supports FreeSync |
| Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty) |
| Supports TrueAudio |
| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 game benchmark suite used (5 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| GeForce GTX 680 | | Radeon R9 380 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | GK104 (GK104-400-A2) | vs | Antigua (Antigua PRO) |
| Fab Process | 28 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 294 mm² | vs | 366 mm² |
| Transistors | 3,540 million | vs | 5,000 million |
| Shaders | 1536 | vs | 1792 |
| Compute Units | 8 | vs | 28 |
| Core clock | 1006 MHz | vs | 970 MHz |
| ROPs | 32 | vs | 32 |
| TMUs | 128 | vs | 112 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce GTX 680 | | Radeon R9 380 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 256 bit | vs | 256 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1502 MHz
6008 MHz effective | vs | 1375 MHz
5500 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 2048 Mb | vs | 2048 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GTX 680 | | Radeon R9 380 | |
|---|
| TDP | 195 watts | vs | 190 watts |
| Release Date | 22 Mar 2012 | vs | 18 Jun 2015 |
GeForce GTX 680
32.20 GP/s
Radeon R9 380
31.04 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 680
129.00 GT/s
Radeon R9 380
108.60 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 680
192.00 GB/s
Radeon R9 380
176.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce GTX 680
3090.00 GFLOPs
Radeon R9 380
3476.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
GeForce GTX 680
10700
Radeon R9 380
12280
Points (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA,EP3 Gator Bait
GeForce GTX 680
36
Radeon R9 380
35
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
GeForce GTX 680
61
Radeon R9 380
54
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA,EP3 Gator Bait
GeForce GTX 680
27
Radeon R9 380
25
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
GeForce GTX 680
42
Radeon R9 380
40
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
GeForce GTX 680
23
Radeon R9 380
16
FPS (higher is better)