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GeForce GTX 295 vs Geforce GTX 680
Intro
The GeForce GTX 295 features clock speeds of 576 MHz on the GPU, and 999 MHz on the 896 MB of GDDR3 RAM. It features 240 SPUs along with 80 Texture Address Units and 28 ROPs.Compare all of that to the Geforce GTX 680, which comes with GPU clock speed of 1006 MHz, and 2048 MB of GDDR5 RAM set to run at 1502 MHz through a 256-bit bus. It also is comprised of 1536 Stream Processors, 128 Texture Address Units, and 32 ROPs.
Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks
Power Consumption (Max TDP)
| Geforce GTX 680 |
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195 Watts |
| GeForce GTX 295 |
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289 Watts |
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Memory Bandwidth
In theory, the GeForce GTX 295 will be 16% faster than the Geforce GTX 680 overall, because of its higher data rate. (explain)
| GeForce GTX 295 |
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223776 MB/sec |
| Geforce GTX 680 |
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192256 MB/sec |
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Texel Rate
The Geforce GTX 680 is much (about 40%) more effective at AF than the GeForce GTX 295. (explain)| Geforce GTX 680 |
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128768 Mtexels/sec |
| GeForce GTX 295 |
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92160 Mtexels/sec |
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Pixel Rate
The GeForce GTX 295 is a bit (about 0%) better at FSAA than the Geforce GTX 680, and able to handle higher resolutions more effectively. (explain)| GeForce GTX 295 |
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32256 Mpixels/sec |
| Geforce GTX 680 |
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32192 Mpixels/sec |
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Please note that the above 'benchmarks' are all just theoretical - the results were calculated based on the card's specifications, and real-world performance may (and probably will) vary at least a bit.
One or more cards in this comparison are multi-core. This means that their bandwidth, texel and pixel rates are theoretically doubled - this does not mean the card will actually perform twice as fast, but only that it should in theory be able to. Actual game benchmarks will give a more accurate idea of what it's capable of.
Price Comparison
Please note that the price comparisons are based on search keywords, and might not be the exact same card listed on this page. We have no control over the accuracy of their search results.
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Specifications
| Model | GeForce GTX 295 | Geforce GTX 680 |
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| Manufacturer | nVidia | nVidia |
| Year | January 8, 2009 | March 2012 |
| Code Name | G200b | GK104 |
| Fab Process | 55 nm | 28 nm |
| Bus | PCIe x16 2.0 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Memory | 896 MB (x2) | 2048 MB |
| Core Speed | 576 MHz (x2) | 1006 MHz |
| Shader Speed | 1242 MHz (x2) | 1006 MHz |
| Memory Speed | 999 MHz (1998 MHz effective) (x2) | 1502 MHz (6008 MHz effective) |
| Unified Shaders | 240 (x2) | 1536 |
| Texture Mapping Units | 80 (x2) | 128 |
| Render Output Units | 28 (x2) | 32 |
| Bus Type | GDDR3 | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 448-bit (x2) | 256-bit |
| DirectX Version | DirectX 10 | DirectX 11.1 |
| OpenGL Version | OpenGL 3.1 | OpenGL 4.2 |
| Power (Max TDP) | 289 watts | 195 watts |
| Shader Model | 4.0 | 5.0 |
| Bandwidth | 223776 MB/sec | 192256 MB/sec |
| Texel Rate | 92160 Mtexels/sec | 128768 Mtexels/sec |
| Pixel Rate | 32256 Mpixels/sec | 32192 Mpixels/sec |
Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the largest amount of data (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface within a second. It is calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR memory, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and high resolutions.
Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that are applied per second. This is worked out by multiplying the total texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels per second.
Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the video card could possibly write to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.
Comments
6 Responses to “GeForce GTX 295 vs Geforce GTX 680”Also it comes quite close to the GTX 680's general performance in high resolutions. But keep in mind, that a 680 is a single graphic chip, that needs less power and has the overall way better performance than an older GTX 295.
Theoretical BS.
here is realworld results:
http://www.evga.com/forums/tm.aspx?m=1519228
in general until 2015-2016 would be really good....then you will be able to buy from series : 9xx and 10xx...