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NVIDIA logo GeForce GTX 680
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AMD logo Radeon HD 7850

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 logo AMD Radeon HD 7850 logo
General information GeForce GTX 680 Radeon HD 7850
Launched Q3 2012 Q2 2012
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory NVIDIA AMD
Motherboard Bus PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Memory 4096 MB 0 % 2048 MB 50 %
Core Clock 1006 MHz 0 % 860 MHz 14.5 %
Effective Clock 6608 MHz 0 % 5000 MHz 24.3 %
DirectX DirectX 11 DirectX 11.2
OpenGL OpenGL 4.5 OpenGL 4.4
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 195 W 0 % 130 W 33.3 %
Length 303 mm 0 % 296 mm 2.3 %
Cooling Fans 5 0 % 2 60 %
Case Slots 3 0 % 2 33.3 %
Performance GeForce GTX 680 Radeon HD 7850
Overall Score 37863 0 % 31559 16.6 %
Future Proof 21 % 0 % 20 % 4.8 %
Benchmark Score 14336 0 % 9960 30.5 %
2D Benchmark Score 535.1 4.7 % 561.7 0 %
Average DirectX performance 45.2 FPS 0 % 32.8 FPS 27.3 %
DirectX 9 performance 88.6 FPS 0 % 73.1 FPS 17.5 %
DirectX 10 performance 22 FPS 0 % 17.2 FPS 22.1 %
DirectX 11 performance 49.3 FPS 0 % 23.2 FPS 53 %
DirectX 12 performance 20.8 FPS 0 % 17.9 FPS 14.1 %
Graphic card computing 2613.1 operations/s 0 % 1660.6 operations/s 36.5 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for GeForce GTX 680, Radeon HD 7850.

Average frames per second GeForce GTX 680 Radeon HD 7850
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 81.0 FPS 64.4 FPS
High settings 145.7 FPS 116.0 FPS
Medium settings 174.9 FPS 139.1 FPS
Low settings 244.8 FPS 194.8 FPS
Difference 0 % 20.4 %

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 7850.

Grand Theft Auto V GeForce GTX 680 Radeon HD 7850
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 62.9 FPS 52.0 FPS
High settings 113.2 FPS 93.6 FPS
Medium settings 135.8 FPS 112.3 FPS
Low settings 190.2 FPS 157.3 FPS
Difference 0 % 17.3 %
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