GeForce GTX 950 OEM vs GeForce GTX 680
Summary
Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 950 OEM |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Maxwell), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
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| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends GeForce GTX 680
Based on theoretical specifications.
Core Configuration
| GeForce GTX 950 OEM | | GeForce GTX 680 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | GM206 (GM206 950 OEM) | vs | GK104 (GK104-400-A2) |
| Fab Process | 28 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 228 mm² | vs | 294 mm² |
| Transistors | 2,940 million | vs | 3,540 million |
| Shaders | 1024 | vs | 1536 |
| Compute Units | 8 | vs | 8 |
| Core clock | 924 MHz | vs | 1006 MHz |
| ROPs | 32 | vs | 32 |
| TMUs | 64 | vs | 128 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce GTX 950 OEM | | GeForce GTX 680 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 128 bit | vs | 256 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1253 MHz
5012 MHz effective | vs | 1502 MHz
6008 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 2048 Mb | vs | 2048 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GTX 950 OEM | | GeForce GTX 680 | |
|---|
| TDP | 0 watts | vs | 195 watts |
| Release Date | 14 May 2016 | vs | 22 Mar 2012 |
GeForce GTX 950 OEM
29.57 GP/s
GeForce GTX 680
32.20 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 950 OEM
59.10 GT/s
GeForce GTX 680
129.00 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 950 OEM
80.20 GB/s
GeForce GTX 680
192.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce GTX 950 OEM
1892.40 GFLOPs
GeForce GTX 680
3090.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better