GeForce GTX 680 vs Radeon HD 6970

GeForce GTX 680
Radeon HD 6970
1536 Shaders
2GB GDDR5
1110MHz
1536 Shaders
2GB GDDR5
880MHz
FP32
3.41 TFLOPS
FP32
2.7 TFLOPS
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Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.0-Slots
Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.0-Slots
TDP
195W
TDP
250W
Power Connectors
2x 6-Pin
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Power Connectors
1x 6-Pin
1x 8-Pin
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GB5 OpenCL - N/A
0%
GB5 OpenCL - N/A
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GB5 CUDA - N/A
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GB5 CUDA - N/A
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GB5 Metal - N/A
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GB5 Metal - N/A
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GB5 Vulkan - N/A
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GB5 Vulkan - N/A
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OCT 2020.1 - N/A
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OCT 2020.1 - N/A
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OCT Metal - N/A
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OCT Metal - N/A
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Manufacturer
NVIDIA
Manufacturer
AMD
Chip Designer
NVIDIA
Chip Designer
AMD
Architecture
Kepler
Architecture
TeraScale 3
Family
GeForce 600
Family
Radeon HD 6000
Codename
NVE4
GK104
Variant
GK104-400-A2
Codename
Cayman
RV970
Variant
Cayman XT
Market Segment
Desktop
Market Segment
Desktop
Release Date
3/22/2012
Release Date
12/15/2010
Foundry
TSMC
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Foundry
TSMC
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Fabrication Node
28nm
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Fabrication Node
40nm
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Die Size
294 mm²
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Die Size
389 mm²
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Transistor Count
3.5 Billion
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Transistor Count
2.6 Billion
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Transistor Density
12.04M/mm²
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Transistor Density
6.79M/mm²
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Form
PCIe Card
Form
PCIe Card
Shading Units
1536 Shaders
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Shading Units
1536 Shaders
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Texture Mapping Units
128 TMUs
Texture Mapping Units
96 TMUs
Render Output Units
32 ROPs
Render Output Units
32 ROPs
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Streaming Multiprocessors
8 SMs
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Compute Units
24 CUs
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1006MHz Base
1110MHz
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880MHz
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FP32
3.41 TFLOPS
FP32
2.7 TFLOPS
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FP64
0.14 TFLOPS
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FP64
0.68 TFLOPS
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Pixel Fillrate
35.52 GPixel/s
Pixel Fillrate
28.16 GPixel/s
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Texture Fillrate
142.08 GTexel/s
Texture Fillrate
84.48 GTexel/s
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L1
48KB/SM Tex
16KB/SM
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L1
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8KB/CU
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L2
512KB Shared
L2
512KB Shared
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2GB
GDDR5
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2GB
GDDR5
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Bus Width
256Bit
Bus Width
256Bit
Clock
1502MHz
Transfer Rate
6GT/s
Bandwidth
192.3GB/s
Clock
1375MHz
Transfer Rate
5.5GT/s
Bandwidth
176GB/s
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TDP
195W
TDP
250W
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1x DVI-I Dual-Link
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1x DVI-D Dual-Link
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1x DisplayPort 1.2
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1x HDMI 1.4
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2x DVI-I Dual-Link
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2x mini-DisplayPort 1.1
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1x HDMI 1.3
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Max Resolution
4096x2304
Max Resolution
2560x1600
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
Variable Refresh Rate
G-Sync
FreeSync
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Variable Refresh Rate
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Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Not Supported
Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Not Supported
Multi Monitor Support
3
Multi Monitor Support
3
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Model
NVENC 1
No Encoders
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Codec
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AVC (H.264)
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Model
NVDEC 1
Model
UVD 3.1
Codec
MPEG-1
MPEG-2
MPEG-4
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VC-1
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AVC (H.264)
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Codec
MPEG-1
MPEG-2
MPEG-4
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VC-1
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AVC (H.264)
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Direct X
12
Direct 3D
11_0
Direct X
11
Direct 3D
11_0
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
3.0
Vulkan
1.2
OpenGL
4.5
OpenCL
1.2
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Shader Model
6.5
CUDA
3.0
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PureVideo HD
VP5
VDPAU
Feature Set D
Shader Model
5.0
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GFX
5
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1x Fan
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1x Fan
Power Connectors
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2x 6-Pin
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Power Connectors
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1x 6-Pin
1x 8-Pin
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Slots Required
2.0
PCIe Version
3.0
PCIe Lanes
16
Slots Required
2.0
PCIe Version
2.1
PCIe Lanes
16
Multi GPU Support
Supported
Type
4-way SLI
Multi GPU Support
Supported
Type
4-way CrossFireX
Height
111 mm (4.37 in)
Width
256 mm (10.08 in)
Depth
38 mm (1.5 in)
Height
126 mm (4.96 in)
Width
286 mm (11.26 in)
Depth
42 mm (1.65 in)
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