Geforce GTX 680 vs Geforce GTX 760

Intro

Compare those specs to the Geforce GTX 760, which uses a 28 nm design. nVidia has clocked the core speed at 980 MHz. The GDDR5 RAM runs at a speed of 1502 MHz on this model. It features 1152 SPUs as well as 96 Texture Address Units and 32 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Benchmarks

These are real-world performance benchmarks that were submitted by Hardware Compare users. The scores seen here are the average of all benchmarks submitted for each respective test and hardware.

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics Score

Geforce GTX 680		7650 points
Geforce GTX 760		5923 points
	Difference: 1727 (29%)

Ethereum Mining Hash Rate

Geforce GTX 680		16 Mh/s
Geforce GTX 760		13 Mh/s
	Difference: 3 (23%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Geforce GTX 760		170 Watts
Geforce GTX 680		195 Watts
	Difference: 25 Watts (15%)

Memory Bandwidth

Both cards have the exact same memory bandwidth, so theoretically they should have identical performance. (explain)

Texel Rate

The Geforce GTX 680 is quite a bit (more or less 37%) more effective at AF than the Geforce GTX 760. (explain)

Geforce GTX 680		128768 Mtexels/sec
Geforce GTX 760		94080 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 34688 (37%)

Pixel Rate

The Geforce GTX 680 will be a small bit (about 3%) more effective at anti-aliasing than the Geforce GTX 760, and also will be capable of handling higher resolutions more effectively. (explain)

Geforce GTX 680		32192 Mpixels/sec
Geforce GTX 760		31360 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 832 (3%)

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.

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Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the max amount of data (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface in one second. It is calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR type memory, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that are processed in one second. This is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the video card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics card can possibly write to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the number of Render Output Units by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel fill rate also depends on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.