NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680
VS
AMD Fiji
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680
VS
AMD Fiji

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 and AMD Fiji. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

240
Place in performance rating
not rated
6.60
Value for money (0-100)
no data
Kepler
Architecture
GCN 3.0
GK104
Code name
Fiji
Desktop
Type
Desktop
22 March 2012 (9 years ago)
Release date
no data
$499
Launch price (MSRP)
no data
$210 (0.4x MSRP)
Price now
$26
12.98
Value for money
no data
GK104
GPU code name
Fiji
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 and AMD Fiji based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

1536
Pipelines
4096
1006 MHz
Core clock speed
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1058 MHz
Boost Clock
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3,540 million
Transistor count
8,900 million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
195 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
no data
128.8 billion/sec
Texture fill rate
no data
3,090.4 gflops
Floating-point performance
no data
1536
CUDA cores
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1536
Pipelines / CUDA cores
4096
1058 MHz
Boost clock speed
no data
3,540 million
Number of transistors
8,900 million
195 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
no data

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 and AMD Fiji.

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
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10.0" (25.4 cm)
Length
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Two 6-pin
Supplementary power connectors
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+
SLI options
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PCI Express 3.0
Bus support
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4.376" (11.1 cm)
Height
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Memory

Graphics card memory is used to store calculations. Modern software and 3D games require more and faster memory. The higher these parameters, the more productive the chip. The difference in these characteristics NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 and AMD Fiji can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
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2048 MB
Maximum RAM amount
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256-bit GDDR5
Memory bus width
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6000 MHz
Memory clock speed
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192.2 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
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-
Shared memory
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Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 and AMD Fiji, the size and number of monitors.

One Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One HDMI, One DisplayPort
Display Connectors
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+
G-SYNC support
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4 displays
Multi monitor support
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+
HDCP
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2048x1536
Maximum VGA resolution
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Internal
Audio input for HDMI
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+
HDMI
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Technologies

The difference between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 and AMD Fiji is the additional functionality.

+
3D Vision
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GPU Boost
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+
CUDA
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FXAA
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TXAA
no data
+
Adaptive VSync
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API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 and AMD Fiji. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 (11_0)
DirectX
12 (12_0)
4.2
OpenGL
4.6

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 and AMD Fiji graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 or AMD Fiji good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680
AMD Fiji
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680
AMD Fiji
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680
AMD Fiji
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680
AMD Fiji
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680
AMD Fiji
Legend
5 Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
May Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
30 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 25 frames per second (fps)
40 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 35 frames per second (fps)
60 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 58 frames per second (fps)
May Run Fluently – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards show a smooth frame rate, comfortable for the game.
? Uncertain – Graphics cards testing has shown that a slower card can provide a high and stable frame rate for the same operation.
Uncertain – The work of the video card in the game is still being studied. Interpolation among analogs is not possible.
The value depicts the average frame rate. Hovering over the value, you can get individual results.

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680

24.93% faster in synthetic tests

G-SYNC support

Advantages of AMD Fiji

Cheaper ($26 vs $210 (0.4x MSRP))

More pipelines (4096 vs 1536)

So, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 or AMD Fiji?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 .

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 versus AMD Fiji performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

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