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Graphics card overview

GeForce GTX 690

Nvidia

GeForce GTX 690

2048 Mb GDDR5 Released 3 May 2012 DESKTOP
GeForce GTX 690

Core configuration

GPUGK104
ArchitectureNvidia_Kepler
Shaders : TMUs : ROPs1536 : 128 : 32
Raytracing Coresnone
Performance5622.00 GFLOPs

Memory configuration

Memory Size2048 Mb
Memory Bus Width256 bit x2
Memory Speed1502 MHz
6008 MHz effective
Memory Bandwidth384.00 Gb/s

Summary

Relative performance

Performance summary, based on benchmarks charts.

The GeForce GTX 690 is a graphics card released by Nvidia on 3 May 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 690 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  • Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications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 690 GeForce GTX 690 GeForce GTX 780 Ti GeForce GTX 780 Ti Compare Radeon R9 290 Radeon R9 290 Compare Radeon R9 290X Radeon R9 290X Compare GeForce GTX 780 GeForce GTX 780 Compare
Shader units 1536 2880 2560 2816 2304
ROPs 32 48 64 64 48
Graphics processor GK104 GK110B Hawaii Hawaii GK110
Process size 28 nm 28 nm 28 nm 28 nm 28 nm
Memory 2048 Mb GDDR5 (1502 MHz
6008 MHz effective)		 3072 Mb GDDR5 (1750 MHz
7000 MHz effective)		 4096 Mb GDDR5 (1250 MHz
5000 MHz effective)		 4096 Mb GDDR5 (1250 MHz
5000 MHz effective)		 3072 Mb GDDR5 (1502 MHz
6008 MHz effective)
Memory bus width 256 bit x2 384 bit 512 bit 512 bit 384 bit
Memory bandwidth 384.00 Gb/s 336.00 Gb/s 320.00 Gb/s 320.00 Gb/s 288.00 Gb/s
Release date 3 May 2012 7 Nov 2013 5 Nov 2013 24 Oct 2013 23 May 2013

Benchmarks

Hitman Absolution

  • Radeon R9 290X 80
  • Radeon R9 290 80
  • GeForce GTX 690 72
  • GeForce GTX 780 Ti 65
  • GeForce GTX 780 65

FPS (higher is better)

Bioshock Infinite

  • GeForce GTX 690 118
  • GeForce GTX 780 Ti 112
  • Radeon R9 290X 95
  • GeForce GTX 780 93
  • Radeon R9 290 90

FPS (higher is better)

Battlefield 4

  • GeForce GTX 690 98
  • Radeon R9 290X 92
  • Radeon R9 290 89
  • GeForce GTX 780 Ti 87
  • GeForce GTX 780 79

FPS (higher is better)

Metro Last Light

  • GeForce GTX 780 Ti 70
  • GeForce GTX 690 68
  • Radeon R9 290X 67
  • Radeon R9 290 63
  • GeForce GTX 780 58

FPS (higher is better)

Crysis 3

  • GeForce GTX 690 78
  • GeForce GTX 780 Ti 62
  • Radeon R9 290X 55
  • GeForce GTX 780 55
  • Radeon R9 290 53

FPS (higher is better)