NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 vs AMD Radeon HD 7950
Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 and AMD Radeon HD 7950 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, 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.
Differences
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680
- Videocard is newer: launch date 1 month(s) later
- Around 44% higher texture fill rate: 128.8 billion / sec vs 89.6 GTexel / s
- Around 8% better floating-point performance: 3,090.4 gflops vs 2,867 gflops
- Around 54% lower typical power consumption: 195 Watt vs 300 Watt
- 4.8x more memory clock speed: 6008 MHz vs 1250 MHz
- Around 5% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 2004 vs 1914
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Launch date | 22 March 2012 vs 31 January 2012 |
| Texture fill rate | 128.8 billion / sec vs 89.6 GTexel / s |
| Floating-point performance | 3,090.4 gflops vs 2,867 gflops |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 195 Watt vs 300 Watt |
| Memory clock speed | 6008 MHz vs 1250 MHz |
| Benchmarks | |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 2004 vs 1914 |
Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7950
- Around 18% higher boost clock speed: 1250 MHz vs 1058 MHz
- Around 17% higher pipelines: 1792 vs 1536
- Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 3 GB vs 2048 MB
- 4.5x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 82144 vs 18376
- Around 38% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 63.74 vs 46.086
- Around 19% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1177.395 vs 989.685
- Around 22% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 5.685 vs 4.645
- Around 90% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 69.23 vs 36.463
- 3.5x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 343.81 vs 99.577
- Around 11% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 7988 vs 7222
- Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3699 vs 3666
- Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3359 vs 3306
- Around 11% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 7988 vs 7222
- Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3699 vs 3666
- Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3359 vs 3306
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Boost clock speed | 1250 MHz vs 1058 MHz |
| Pipelines | 1792 vs 1536 |
| Maximum memory size | 3 GB vs 2048 MB |
| Benchmarks | |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 82144 vs 18376 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 63.74 vs 46.086 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 1177.395 vs 989.685 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 5.685 vs 4.645 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 69.23 vs 36.463 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 343.81 vs 99.577 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 7988 vs 7222 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3699 vs 3666 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3359 vs 3306 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 7988 vs 7222 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3699 vs 3666 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3359 vs 3306 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 7950
| Geekbench - OpenCL |
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| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) |
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| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) |
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| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) |
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| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) |
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| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score |
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| Name | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 | AMD Radeon HD 7950 |
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| PassMark - G3D Mark | 5590 | |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 531 | |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 18376 | 82144 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 46.086 | 63.74 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 989.685 | 1177.395 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 4.645 | 5.685 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 36.463 | 69.23 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 99.577 | 343.81 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 7222 | 7988 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3666 | 3699 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3306 | 3359 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 7222 | 7988 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3666 | 3699 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3306 | 3359 |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 2004 | 1914 |
Compare specifications (specs)
| NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 | AMD Radeon HD 7950 | |
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Essentials |
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| Architecture | Kepler | GCN 1.0 |
| Code name | GK104 | Tahiti |
| Launch date | 22 March 2012 | 31 January 2012 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $499 | $449 |
| Place in performance rating | 544 | 503 |
| Price now | $579.99 | |
| Type | Desktop | Desktop |
| Value for money (0-100) | 12.83 | |
| Design | AMD Radeon HD 7000 Series | |
Technical info |
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| Boost clock speed | 1058 MHz | 1250 MHz |
| Core clock speed | 1006 MHz | |
| CUDA cores | 1536 | |
| Floating-point performance | 3,090.4 gflops | 2,867 gflops |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 28 nm |
| Pipelines | 1536 | 1792 |
| Texture fill rate | 128.8 billion / sec | 89.6 GTexel / s |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 195 Watt | 300 Watt |
| Transistor count | 3,540 million | 4,313 million |
| Compute units | 28 | |
| Stream Processors | 1792 | |
Video outputs and ports |
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| Audio input for HDMI | Internal | |
| Display Connectors | 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort, One Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One HDMI... | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort |
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| HDCP | ||
| HDMI | ||
| Maximum VGA resolution | 2048x1536 | |
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| Eyefinity | ||
| Number of Eyefinity displays | 6 | |
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Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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| Bus support | PCI Express 3.0 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Height | 4.376" (11.1 cm) | |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Length | 10.0" (25.4 cm) | 267 mm |
| SLI options | 3-way | |
| Supplementary power connectors | Two 6-pin | 2x 6-pin |
API support |
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| DirectX | 12.0 (11_0) | 11 |
| OpenGL | 4.2 | 4.5 |
Memory |
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| Maximum RAM amount | 2048 MB | 3 GB |
| Memory bandwidth | 192.2 GB / s | 240 GB/s |
| Memory bus width | 256-bit GDDR5 | 384 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 6008 MHz | 1250 MHz |
| Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Shared memory | 0 | |
Technologies |
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| Adaptive VSync | ||
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| FXAA | ||
| GPU Boost | ||
| SLI | ||
| TXAA | ||
| AMD Eyefinity | ||
| AppAcceleration | ||
| CrossFire | ||
| FreeSync | ||
| PowerTune | ||
| ZeroCore | ||
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