NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 Mac Edition vs NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT Dual
Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 Mac Edition and NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT Dual videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory.
Differences
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 Mac Edition
- Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 9 month(s) later
- 2.9x more core clock speed: 1006 MHz vs 350 MHz
- 5.3x more texture fill rate: 135.4 GTexel / s vs 2x 5.6 GTexel / s billion / sec
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 130 nm
- 4x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 2x 256 MB
- 6x more memory clock speed: 6008 MHz vs 1000 MHz
| Launch date | 3 April 2013 vs 8 June 2004 |
| Core clock speed | 1006 MHz vs 350 MHz |
| Texture fill rate | 135.4 GTexel / s vs 2x 5.6 GTexel / s billion / sec |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm vs 130 nm |
| Maximum memory size | 2 GB vs 2x 256 MB |
| Memory clock speed | 6008 MHz vs 1000 MHz |
Compare specifications (specs)
| NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 Mac Edition | NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT Dual | |
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Essentials |
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| Architecture | Kepler | Curie |
| Code name | GK104 | NV40 A1 |
| Launch date | 3 April 2013 | 8 June 2004 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $599 | |
| Place in performance rating | not rated | not rated |
| Type | Desktop | Desktop |
Technical info |
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| Boost clock speed | 1058 MHz | |
| Core clock speed | 1006 MHz | 350 MHz |
| Floating-point performance | 3,250 gflops | |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 130 nm |
| Pipelines | 1536 | |
| Texture fill rate | 135.4 GTexel / s | 2x 5.6 GTexel / s billion / sec |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 195 Watt | |
| Transistor count | 3,540 million | 222 million |
Video outputs and ports |
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| Display Connectors | 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort | 2x DVI, 1x S-Video |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | PCIe 1.0 x16 |
| Length | 254 mm | |
| Supplementary power connectors | 2x 6-pin | 1x 6-pin |
API support |
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| DirectX | 12.0 (11_0) | 9.0c |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 2.1 |
Memory |
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| Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | 2x 256 MB |
| Memory bandwidth | 192.3 GB / s | 2x 32.0 GB / s |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 2x 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 6008 MHz | 1000 MHz |
| Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR3 |
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