AMD Radeon R9 370X vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 370X 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: Geekbench - OpenCL, 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), 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), PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 370X

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 5 month(s) later
  • Around 8% lower typical power consumption: 180 Watt vs 195 Watt
  • Around 40% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 25659 vs 18377
  • Around 41% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 65.071 vs 46.086
  • Around 15% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1139.703 vs 989.685
  • Around 16% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 5.39 vs 4.645
  • 2.4x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 88.44 vs 36.463
  • 3.4x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 337.583 vs 99.577
  • Around 16% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 8393 vs 7222
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3704 vs 3666
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3348 vs 3306
  • Around 16% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 8393 vs 7222
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3704 vs 3666
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3348 vs 3306
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 27 August 2015 vs 22 March 2012
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 180 Watt vs 195 Watt
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 25659 vs 18377
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 65.071 vs 46.086
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1139.703 vs 989.685
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 5.39 vs 4.645
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 88.44 vs 36.463
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 337.583 vs 99.577
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 8393 vs 7222
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3704 vs 3666
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3348 vs 3306
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 8393 vs 7222
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3704 vs 3666
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3348 vs 3306

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680

  • Around 3% higher core clock speed: 1006 MHz vs 980 MHz
  • Around 3% higher boost clock speed: 1058 MHz vs 1030 MHz
  • Around 56% higher texture fill rate: 128.8 billion / sec vs 82.4 GTexel / s
  • Around 20% higher pipelines: 1536 vs 1280
  • Around 17% better floating-point performance: 3,090.4 gflops vs 2,637 gflops
  • Around 7% higher memory clock speed: 6008 MHz vs 5600 MHz
Core clock speed 1006 MHz vs 980 MHz
Boost clock speed 1058 MHz vs 1030 MHz
Texture fill rate 128.8 billion / sec vs 82.4 GTexel / s
Pipelines 1536 vs 1280
Floating-point performance 3,090.4 gflops vs 2,637 gflops
Memory clock speed 6008 MHz vs 5600 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 370X
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680

Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
25659
18377
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
65.071
46.086
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1139.703
989.685
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
5.39
4.645
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
88.44
36.463
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
337.583
99.577
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
8393
7222
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3704
3666
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3348
3306
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
8393
7222
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3704
3666
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3348
3306
Name AMD Radeon R9 370X NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680
Geekbench - OpenCL 25659 18377
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 65.071 46.086
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1139.703 989.685
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 5.39 4.645
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 88.44 36.463
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 337.583 99.577
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 8393 7222
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3704 3666
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3348 3306
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 8393 7222
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3704 3666
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3348 3306
PassMark - G3D Mark 5590
PassMark - G2D Mark 532
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 2004

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon R9 370X NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680

Essentials

Architecture GCN 1.0 Kepler
Code name Trinidad GK104
Launch date 27 August 2015 22 March 2012
Launch price (MSRP) $199 $499
Place in performance rating 547 549
Type Desktop Desktop
Price now $579.99
Value for money (0-100) 12.83

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1030 MHz 1058 MHz
Core clock speed 980 MHz 1006 MHz
Floating-point performance 2,637 gflops 3,090.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 1280 1536
Texture fill rate 82.4 GTexel / s 128.8 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 180 Watt 195 Watt
Transistor count 2,800 million 3,540 million
CUDA cores 1536

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort, One Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One HDMI...
Audio input for HDMI Internal
G-SYNC support
HDCP
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Multi monitor support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 221 mm 10.0" (25.4 cm)
Supplementary power connectors 2x 6-pin Two 6-pin
Bus support PCI Express 3.0
Height 4.376" (11.1 cm)
SLI options 3-way

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_1) 12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL 4.5 4.2

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 2048 MB
Memory bandwidth 179.2 GB / s 192.2 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 Bit 256-bit GDDR5
Memory clock speed 5600 MHz 6008 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Shared memory 0

Technologies

3D Vision
Adaptive VSync
CUDA
FXAA
GPU Boost
SLI
TXAA