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NVIDIA logo GeForce GTX 680
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AMD logo Radeon HD 5970

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 logo AMD Radeon HD 5970 logo
General information GeForce GTX 680 Radeon HD 5970
Launched Q3 2012 Q3 2012
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory NVIDIA AMD
Motherboard Bus PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Memory 4096 MB 0 % 2048 MB 50 %
Core Clock 1006 MHz 0 % 850 MHz 15.5 %
Effective Clock 6608 MHz 0 % 1000 MHz 84.9 %
DirectX DirectX 11 DirectX 11
OpenGL OpenGL 4.5 OpenGL 4.4
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 195 W 33.7 % 294 W 0 %
Length 303 mm 0.3 % 304 mm 0 %
Cooling Fans 5 0 % 3 40 %
Case Slots 3 0 % 2 33.3 %
Performance GeForce GTX 680 Radeon HD 5970
Overall Score 37863 0 % 24382 35.6 %
Future Proof 21 % 0 % 21 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 14336 0 % 5945 58.5 %
2D Benchmark Score 531.9 0 % 422.4 20.6 %
Average DirectX performance 45.2 FPS 0 % 23.1 FPS 48.9 %
DirectX 9 performance 89.4 FPS 0 % 61.3 FPS 31.5 %
DirectX 10 performance 21.9 FPS 0 % 14.1 FPS 35.7 %
DirectX 11 performance 48.6 FPS 0 % 17 FPS 65 %
DirectX 12 performance 20.8 FPS 0 % 0 FPS 100 %
Graphic card computing 2594.8 operations/s 13 % 2982 operations/s 0 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for GeForce GTX 680, Radeon HD 5970.

Average frames per second GeForce GTX 680 Radeon HD 5970
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 80.9 FPS 45.9 FPS
High settings 145.6 FPS 82.6 FPS
Medium settings 174.7 FPS 99.1 FPS
Low settings 244.6 FPS 138.7 FPS
Difference 0 % 43.3 %

Grand Theft Auto V Frames per second

Comparison of FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) in game Grand Theft Auto V for GeForce GTX 680, Radeon HD 5970.

Grand Theft Auto V GeForce GTX 680 Radeon HD 5970
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 62.7 FPS 39.6 FPS
High settings 112.8 FPS 71.3 FPS
Medium settings 135.4 FPS 85.6 FPS
Low settings 189.6 FPS 119.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 36.8 %
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