NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680
VS
ATI Radeon HD 4850 X2
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680
VS
ATI Radeon HD 4850 X2

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 and ATI Radeon HD 4850 X2. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

240
Place in performance rating
612
6.60
Value for money (0-100)
no data
Kepler
Architecture
TeraScale
GK104
Code name
R700
Desktop
Type
Desktop
22 March 2012 (9 years ago)
Release date
7 November 2008 (13 years ago)
$499
Launch price (MSRP)
$420
$210 (0.4x MSRP)
Price now
no data
12.98
Value for money
no data
GK104
GPU code name
R700
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 and ATI Radeon HD 4850 X2 based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

1536
Pipelines
800
1006 MHz
Core clock speed
625 MHz
1058 MHz
Boost Clock
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3,540 million
Transistor count
956 million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
55 nm
195 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
250 Watt
128.8 billion/sec
Texture fill rate
25.00
3,090.4 gflops
Floating-point performance
2x 1,000.0 gflops
1536
CUDA cores
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1536
Pipelines / CUDA cores
800
1058 MHz
Boost clock speed
no data
3,540 million
Number of transistors
956 million
195 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
250 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 and ATI Radeon HD 4850 X2.

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
10.0" (25.4 cm)
Length
267 mm
Two 6-pin
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
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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 ATI Radeon HD 4850 X2 can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR3
2048 MB
Maximum RAM amount
512 MB
256-bit GDDR5
Memory bus width
256 Bit
6000 MHz
Memory clock speed
1990 MHz
192.2 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
63.68 GB/s
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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 ATI Radeon HD 4850 X2, the size and number of monitors.

One Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One HDMI, One DisplayPort
Display Connectors
4x DVI, 1x S-Video
+
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
no data
+
HDMI
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Technologies

The difference between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 and ATI Radeon HD 4850 X2 is the additional functionality.

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

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 and ATI Radeon HD 4850 X2. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 (11_0)
DirectX
10.1 (10_1)
4.2
OpenGL
3.3

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 and ATI Radeon HD 4850 X2 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 ATI Radeon HD 4850 X2 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680
ATI Radeon HD 4850 X2
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680
ATI Radeon HD 4850 X2
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680
ATI Radeon HD 4850 X2
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680
ATI Radeon HD 4850 X2
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680
ATI Radeon HD 4850 X2
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

20.69% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (1536 vs 800)

Finer manufacturing process technology (28 nm vs 55 nm)

Less power consumption (195 Watt vs 250 Watt)

More maximum RAM amount (2048 MB vs 512 MB)

More memory bandwidth (192.2 GB/s vs 63.68 GB/s)

G-SYNC support

Advantages of ATI Radeon HD 4850 X2

There is no accountable advantage

So, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 or ATI Radeon HD 4850 X2?

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

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 versus ATI Radeon HD 4850 X2 performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

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