GeForce GTX 680 vs Radeon R9 380X
Summary
GeForce GTX 680
100%
Radeon R9 380X
125%
Relative performance
GeForce GTX 680
100%
Radeon R9 380X
112%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 680 |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 380X |
| 12% higher gaming performance. |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 Radeon R9 380X
The Radeon R9 380X is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (7 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| GeForce GTX 680 | | Radeon R9 380X | |
|---|
| GPU Name | GK104 (GK104-400-A2) | vs | Antigua (Antigua XT) |
| 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 | 2048 |
| Compute Units | 8 | vs | 32 |
| Core clock | 1006 MHz | vs | 970 MHz |
| ROPs | 32 | vs | 32 |
| TMUs | 128 | vs | 128 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce GTX 680 | | Radeon R9 380X | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 256 bit | vs | 256 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1502 MHz
6008 MHz effective | vs | 1425 MHz
5700 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 2048 Mb | vs | 4096 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GTX 680 | | Radeon R9 380X | |
|---|
| TDP | 195 watts | vs | 190 watts |
| Release Date | 22 Mar 2012 | vs | 19 Nov 2015 |
GeForce GTX 680
32.20 GP/s
Radeon R9 380X
31.04 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 680
129.00 GT/s
Radeon R9 380X
124.20 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 680
192.00 GB/s
Radeon R9 380X
182.40 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce GTX 680
3090.00 GFLOPs
Radeon R9 380X
3973.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
GeForce GTX 680
10700
Radeon R9 380X
13410
Points (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA,EP3 Gator Bait
GeForce GTX 680
36
Radeon R9 380X
43
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
GeForce GTX 680
61
Radeon R9 380X
60
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA,EP3 Gator Bait
GeForce GTX 680
27
Radeon R9 380X
30
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra, DDOD, FXAA
GeForce GTX 680
46
Radeon R9 380X
56
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
GeForce GTX 680
42
Radeon R9 380X
42
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, High Quality, 2x MSAA, 16x AF
GeForce GTX 680
41
Radeon R9 380X
56
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
GeForce GTX 680
23
Radeon R9 380X
23
FPS (higher is better)