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NVIDIA logo GeForce GTX 680
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AMD logo Radeon HD 7970

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 logo AMD Radeon HD 7970 logo
General information GeForce GTX 680 Radeon HD 7970
Launched Q3 2012 Q3 2012
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory NVIDIA AMD
Motherboard Bus PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Memory 4096 MB 0 % 3072 MB 25 %
Core Clock 1006 MHz 0 % 1000 MHz 0.6 %
Effective Clock 6608 MHz 0 % 6600 MHz 0.1 %
DirectX DirectX 11 DirectX 12
OpenGL OpenGL 4.5 OpenGL 4.4
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 195 W 22 % 250 W 0 %
Length 303 mm 5.3 % 320 mm 0 %
Cooling Fans 5 0 % 3 40 %
Case Slots 3 0 % 3 0 %
Performance GeForce GTX 680 Radeon HD 7970
Overall Score 37821 0 % 36808 2.7 %
Future Proof 21 % 0 % 21 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 14305 0 % 13548 5.3 %
2D Benchmark Score 534.7 26.6 % 728.5 0 %
Average DirectX performance 45 FPS 0 % 39.5 FPS 12.2 %
DirectX 9 performance 88.3 FPS 0 % 58.7 FPS 33.5 %
DirectX 10 performance 21.8 FPS 31.5 % 31.9 FPS 0 %
DirectX 11 performance 48.8 FPS 0 % 48.6 FPS 0.3 %
DirectX 12 performance 21 FPS 0 % 18.8 FPS 10.1 %
Graphic card computing 2638.9 operations/s 18.3 % 3231.1 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 7970.

Average frames per second GeForce GTX 680 Radeon HD 7970
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 81.5 FPS 78.9 FPS
High settings 146.8 FPS 142.0 FPS
Medium settings 176.1 FPS 170.3 FPS
Low settings 246.6 FPS 238.5 FPS
Difference 0 % 3.3 %

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 7970.

Grand Theft Auto V GeForce GTX 680 Radeon HD 7970
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 63.1 FPS 61.3 FPS
High settings 113.5 FPS 110.3 FPS
Medium settings 136.2 FPS 132.4 FPS
Low settings 190.7 FPS 185.4 FPS
Difference 0 % 2.8 %
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