NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 vs NVIDIA GeForce 6500

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 and NVIDIA GeForce 6500 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.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680

NVIDIA GeForce 6500

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 5 month(s) later
2.5x more core clock speed: 1006 MHz vs 400 MHz
80.5x more texture fill rate: 128.8 billion / sec vs 1.6 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 110 nm
16x more maximum memory size: 2048 MB vs 128 MB
9x more memory clock speed: 6008 MHz vs 666 MHz
147x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 5587 vs 38
Around 77% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 532 vs 300

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	22 March 2012 vs 1 October 2005
Core clock speed	1006 MHz vs 400 MHz
Texture fill rate	128.8 billion / sec vs 1.6 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 110 nm
Maximum memory size	2048 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	6008 MHz vs 666 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	5587 vs 38
PassMark - G2D Mark	532 vs 300

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 6500

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

5587

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

532

300

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680	NVIDIA GeForce 6500
PassMark - G3D Mark	5587	38
PassMark - G2D Mark	532	300
Geekbench - OpenCL	18388
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	46.086
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	989.685
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	4.645
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	36.463
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	99.577
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)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680	NVIDIA GeForce 6500
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	Curie
Code name	GK104	NV44 A2
Launch date	22 March 2012	1 October 2005
Launch price (MSRP)	$499
Place in performance rating	552	553
Price now	$579.99
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	12.83
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1058 MHz
Core clock speed	1006 MHz	400 MHz
CUDA cores	1536
Floating-point performance	3,090.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	110 nm
Pipelines	1536
Texture fill rate	128.8 billion / sec	1.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	195 Watt
Transistor count	3,540 million	75 million
Video outputs and ports
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 VGA, 1x S-Video
G-SYNC support
HDCP
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI Express 3.0
Height	4.376" (11.1 cm)
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	10.0" (25.4 cm)
SLI options	3-way
Supplementary power connectors	Two 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.2	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2048 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	192.2 GB / s	10.66 GB / s
Memory bus width	256-bit GDDR5	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	6008 MHz	666 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR2
Shared memory	0
Technologies
3D Vision
Adaptive VSync
CUDA
FXAA
GPU Boost
SLI
TXAA