AMD Radeon R7 260 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R7 260 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon R7 260

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 260

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 8 month(s) later
Around 4% higher boost clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 1058 MHz
Around 70% lower typical power consumption: 115 Watt vs 195 Watt
Around 5% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 559 vs 531
Around 24% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 45.294 vs 36.463
2.4x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 240.395 vs 99.577

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	17 December 2013 vs 22 March 2012
Boost clock speed	1100 MHz vs 1058 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	115 Watt vs 195 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	559 vs 531
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	45.294 vs 36.463
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	240.395 vs 99.577

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680

2.7x more texture fill rate: 128.8 billion / sec vs 48 GTexel / s
2x more pipelines: 1536 vs 768
2x better floating-point performance: 3,090.4 gflops vs 1,536 gflops
3.7x more memory clock speed: 6008 MHz vs 1625 MHz
Around 93% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 5581 vs 2892
Around 76% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 46.086 vs 26.189
Around 24% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 989.685 vs 798.239
Around 10% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 4.645 vs 4.223

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	128.8 billion / sec vs 48 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1536 vs 768
Floating-point performance	3,090.4 gflops vs 1,536 gflops
Memory clock speed	6008 MHz vs 1625 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	5581 vs 2892
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	46.086 vs 26.189
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	989.685 vs 798.239
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	4.645 vs 4.223

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R7 260
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2892

5581

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

559

531

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

26.189

46.086

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

798.239

989.685

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

4.223

4.645

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

45.294

36.463

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

240.395

99.577

Name	AMD Radeon R7 260	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680
PassMark - G3D Mark	2892	5581
PassMark - G2D Mark	559	531
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	26.189	46.086
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	798.239	989.685
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	4.223	4.645
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	45.294	36.463
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	240.395	99.577
Geekbench - OpenCL		18388
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		7222
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3666
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3306
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		7222
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3666
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3306
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		2004

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R7 260	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 2.0	Kepler
Code name	Bonaire	GK104
Design	AMD Radeon R7 200 Series
Launch date	17 December 2013	22 March 2012
Launch price (MSRP)	$109	$499
Place in performance rating	559	560
Price now	$89.99	$579.99
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	44.11	12.83
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1100 MHz	1058 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,536 gflops	3,090.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	768	1536
Stream Processors	896
Texture fill rate	48 GTexel / s	128.8 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	115 Watt	195 Watt
Transistor count	2,080 million	3,540 million
Core clock speed		1006 MHz
CUDA cores		1536
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort, One Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One HDMI...
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA
Audio input for HDMI		Internal
G-SYNC support
HDCP
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCIe 3.0	PCI Express 3.0
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	170 mm	10.0" (25.4 cm)
Supplementary power connectors	1 x 6-pin	Two 6-pin
Height		4.376" (11.1 cm)
SLI options		3-way
API support
DirectX	12	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.5	4.2
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	2048 MB
Memory bandwidth	104 GB/s	192.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256-bit GDDR5
Memory clock speed	1625 MHz	6008 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory		0
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
DDMA audio
FreeSync
3D Vision
Adaptive VSync
CUDA
FXAA
GPU Boost
SLI
TXAA