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Graphics card overview

GeForce GTX 680

Nvidia

GeForce GTX 680

2048 Mb GDDR5 Released 22 Mar 2012 DESKTOP
GeForce GTX 680

Core configuration

GPUGK104
ArchitectureNvidia_Kepler
Shaders : TMUs : ROPs1536 : 128 : 32
Raytracing Coresnone
Performance3090.00 GFLOPs

Memory configuration

Memory Size2048 Mb
Memory Bus Width256 bit
Memory Speed1502 MHz
6008 MHz effective
Memory Bandwidth192.00 Gb/s

Summary

Relative performance

Performance summary, based on benchmarks charts.

The GeForce GTX 680 is a graphics card released by Nvidia on 22 Mar 2012. The graphics card houses the GK104 die, based on the Nvidia_Kepler architecture which packs 3,540 million transistors on a 28 nm, 294 mm² die.

GeForce GTX 680 pros and cons

  • 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  • Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications

Specifications

Compared to similar performing cards
GeForce GTX 680 GeForce GTX 680 GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB Compare GeForce GTX 1050 Ti GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Compare GeForce GTX 1050 GeForce GTX 1050 Compare Radeon R9 380X Radeon R9 380X Compare
Shader units 1536 768 768 640 2048
ROPs 32 24 32 32 32
Graphics processor GK104 GP107 GP107 GP107 Antigua
Process size 28 nm 14 nm 14 nm 14 nm 28 nm
Memory 2048 Mb GDDR5 (1502 MHz
6008 MHz effective)		 3072 Mb GDDR5 (1752 MHz
7008 MHz effective)		 4096 Mb GDDR5 (1752 MHz
7008 MHz effective)		 2048 Mb GDDR5 (1752 MHz
7008 MHz effective)		 4096 Mb GDDR5 (1425 MHz
5700 MHz effective)
Memory bus width 256 bit 96 bit 128 bit 128 bit 256 bit
Memory bandwidth 192.00 Gb/s 84.10 Gb/s 112.10 Gb/s 112.10 Gb/s 182.40 Gb/s
Release date 22 Mar 2012 21 May 2018 25 Oct 2016 25 Oct 2016 19 Nov 2015

Benchmarks

Grand Theft Auto V

  • GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 65
  • GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB 62
  • GeForce GTX 680 61
  • Radeon R9 380X 60
  • GeForce GTX 1050 58

FPS (higher is better)

Grand Theft Auto V

  • GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 43
  • GeForce GTX 680 42
  • Radeon R9 380X 42
  • GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB 41
  • GeForce GTX 1050 39

FPS (higher is better)

Grand Theft Auto V

  • GeForce GTX 680 23
  • Radeon R9 380X 23

FPS (higher is better)

Battlefield Hardline

  • Radeon R9 380X 43
  • GeForce GTX 680 36

FPS (higher is better)

Battlefield Hardline

  • Radeon R9 380X 30
  • GeForce GTX 680 27

FPS (higher is better)