GeForce GTX 690 vs GeForce GTX 780

GeForce GTX 690
Memory: 2048Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 3 May 2012
GeForce GTX 690
GeForce GTX 780
Memory: 3072Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 23 May 2013
GeForce GTX 780

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • GeForce GTX 690
    129%
  • GeForce GTX 780
    100%

Relative performance

Gaming performance index

  • GeForce GTX 690
    124%
  • GeForce GTX 780
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 690

24% 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Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications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 GeForce GTX 780

50 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the GeForce GTX 690 .
This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support.
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Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications

GeForce GTX 690

HWBench recommends GeForce GTX 690

The GeForce GTX 690 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (5 combinations of games and resolutions).


Specifications

Core Configuration

GeForce GTX 690GeForce GTX 780
GPU NameGK104 (GK104-355-A2)vsGK110 (GK110-300-A1)
Fab Process28 nmvs28 nm
Die Size294 mm²vs561 mm²
Transistors3,540 millionvs7,080 million
Shaders1536vs2304
Compute Units8vs12
Core clock915 MHzvs863 MHz
ROPs32vs48
TMUs128vs192

Memory Configuration

GeForce GTX 690GeForce GTX 780
Memory TypeGDDR5vsGDDR5
Bus Width256 bit x2vs384 bit
Memory Speed1502 MHz
6008 MHz effective
vs1502 MHz
6008 MHz effective
Memory Size2048 Mbvs3072 Mb

Additional details

GeForce GTX 690GeForce GTX 780
TDP300 wattsvs250 watts
Release Date3 May 2012vs23 May 2013

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • GeForce GTX 690
    58.60 GP/s
  • GeForce GTX 780
    41.40 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • GeForce GTX 690
    234.00 GT/s
  • GeForce GTX 780
    166.00 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • GeForce GTX 690
    384.00 GB/s
  • GeForce GTX 780
    288.00 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • GeForce GTX 690
    5622.00 GFLOPs
  • GeForce GTX 780
    3977.00 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

3DMark 11

  • GeForce GTX 690
    17860
  • GeForce GTX 780
    13770

Points (higher is better)

Game benchmarks

Battlefield 4

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

  • GeForce GTX 690
    98
  • GeForce GTX 780
    79

FPS (higher is better)

Bioshock Infinite

DX11, Ultra Quality,DDOD, FX AA

  • GeForce GTX 690
    118
  • GeForce GTX 780
    93

FPS (higher is better)

Crysis 3

DX11,Very High Quality, FXAA

  • GeForce GTX 690
    78
  • GeForce GTX 780
    55

FPS (higher is better)

Hitman Absolution

DX11, High Quality, 2x MSAA, 16x AF

  • GeForce GTX 690
    72
  • GeForce GTX 780
    65

FPS (higher is better)

Metro Last Light

DX11, AAA standard, 16xAF, Motion Blur normal, Tesselation normal

  • GeForce GTX 690
    68
  • GeForce GTX 780
    58

FPS (higher is better)