NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960A vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960A 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, 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 960A

• Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 11 month(s) later
• Around 2% higher core clock speed: 1029 MHz vs 1006 MHz
• Around 3% higher boost clock speed: 1085 MHz vs 1058 MHz
• 2.6x lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 195 Watt
• Around 8% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 49.772 vs 46.086
• Around 37% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 49.875 vs 36.463
• Around 80% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 179.567 vs 99.577
• Around 59% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 5834 vs 3666
• 2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 7859 vs 3306
• Around 59% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 5834 vs 3666
• 2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 7859 vs 3306

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680

• 3x more texture fill rate: 128.8 billion / sec vs 43.4 GTexel / s
• 2.4x more pipelines: 1536 vs 640
• 2.2x better floating-point performance: 3,090.4 gflops vs 1,389 gflops
• Around 20% higher memory clock speed: 6008 MHz vs 5012 MHz
• Around 61% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 5587 vs 3465
• Around 71% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 532 vs 312
• Around 47% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 18388 vs 12495
• Around 31% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 989.685 vs 757.295
• Around 27% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 4.645 vs 3.67
• Around 40% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 7222 vs 5157
• Around 40% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 7222 vs 5157

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960A
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680

PassMark - G3D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	3465 5587
PassMark - G2D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	312 532
Geekbench - OpenCL	GPU 1 GPU 2	12495 18388
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	49.772 46.086
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	757.295 989.685
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3.67 4.645
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	49.875 36.463
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	179.567 99.577
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	5157 7222
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	5834 3666
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	7859 3306
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	5157 7222
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	5834 3666
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	7859 3306

Compare specifications (specs)