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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680
- Graphics Processor
- GK104
- Cores
- 1536
- TMUs
- 128
- ROPs
- 32
- Memory Size
- 2 GB
- Memory Type
- GDDR5
- Bus Width
- 256 bit
GPU
I/O
Bottom
Cooler
PCB Front
PCB Back
Recommended Gaming Resolutions:
- 1366x768
- 1600x900
- 1920x1080
The GeForce GTX 680 was a high-end graphics card by NVIDIA, launched on March 22nd, 2012. Built on the 28 nm process, and based on the GK104 graphics processor, in its GK104-400-A2 variant, the card supports DirectX 12. Even though it supports DirectX 12, the feature level is only 11_0, which can be problematic with newer DirectX 12 titles. The GK104 graphics processor is an average sized chip with a die area of 294 mm² and 3,540 million transistors. It features 1536 shading units, 128 texture mapping units, and 32 ROPs. NVIDIA has paired 2,048 MB GDDR5 memory with the GeForce GTX 680, which are connected using a 256-bit memory interface. The GPU is operating at a frequency of 1006 MHz, which can be boosted up to 1058 MHz, memory is running at 1502 MHz (6 Gbps effective).
Being a dual-slot card, the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 draws power from 2x 6-pin power connectors, with power draw rated at 195 W maximum. Display outputs include: 2x DVI, 1x HDMI 1.4a, 1x DisplayPort 1.2. GeForce GTX 680 is connected to the rest of the system using a PCI-Express 3.0 x16 interface. The card's dimensions are 256 mm x 111 mm x 38 mm, and it features a dual-slot cooling solution. Its price at launch was 499 US Dollars.
Being a dual-slot card, the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 draws power from 2x 6-pin power connectors, with power draw rated at 195 W maximum. Display outputs include: 2x DVI, 1x HDMI 1.4a, 1x DisplayPort 1.2. GeForce GTX 680 is connected to the rest of the system using a PCI-Express 3.0 x16 interface. The card's dimensions are 256 mm x 111 mm x 38 mm, and it features a dual-slot cooling solution. Its price at launch was 499 US Dollars.
Graphics Processor
Graphics Card
- Release Date
- Mar 22nd, 2012
- Generation
- GeForce 600
- Predecessor
- GeForce 500
- Successor
- GeForce 700
- Production
- End-of-life
- Launch Price
- 499 USD
- Bus Interface
- PCIe 3.0 x16
- Reviews
- 151 in our database
Relative Performance
Based on TPU review data: "Performance Summary" at 1920x1080, 4K for RTX 3080 and faster.
Clock Speeds
- Base Clock
- 1006 MHz
- Boost Clock
- 1058 MHz
- Memory Clock
-
1502 MHz
6 Gbps effective
Memory
- Memory Size
- 2 GB
- Memory Type
- GDDR5
- Memory Bus
- 256 bit
- Bandwidth
- 192.3 GB/s
Render Config
- Shading Units
- 1536
- TMUs
- 128
- ROPs
- 32
- SMX Count
- 8
- L1 Cache
- 16 KB (per SMX)
- L2 Cache
- 512 KB
Theoretical Performance
- Pixel Rate
- 33.86 GPixel/s
- Texture Rate
- 135.4 GTexel/s
- FP32 (float)
- 3.250 TFLOPS
- FP64 (double)
- 135.4 GFLOPS (1:24)
Board Design
- Slot Width
- Dual-slot
- Length
- 256 mm
10.1 inches
- Width
- 111 mm
4.4 inches
- Height
- 38 mm
1.5 inches
- TDP
- 195 W
- Suggested PSU
- 450 W
- Outputs
- 2x DVI
1x HDMI 1.4a
1x DisplayPort 1.2
- Power Connectors
- 2x 6-pin
- Board Number
- P2002 SKU 0
Graphics Features
- DirectX
- 12 (11_0)
- OpenGL
- 4.6
- OpenCL
- 3.0
- Vulkan
- 1.2.175
- CUDA
- 3.0
- Shader Model
- 6.5 (5.1)
GK104 GPU Notes
| NVENC: 1st Gen NVDEC: 1st Gen PureVideo HD: VP5 VDPAU: Feature Set D L1 Cache is configurable from 16 KB up to 48 KB per SMX Latest Drivers: Windows XP / Server 2003 x64: Quadro Release R319 U2 (321.01) Windows Vista: GeForce Release 365.19 Quadro Release R346 U7 (348.40) / R352 BETA (352.86) Windows 7 / 8 / 8.1 / 10 / 11 (x32 / x64): GeForce Release 391.35 / 475.06 Quadro Release R390 U9 (392.37) / R470 U16 (474.82) Data Center Release 427.11 Tesla Release 441.22 Windows 10 / 11 x64: GeForce Release 475.06 Quadro Release R470 U16 (474.82) Data Center Release 474.82 |
Retail boards based on this design (92)
| Name | GPU Clock | Boost Clock | Memory Clock | Other Changes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1006 MHz | 1058 MHz | 1502 MHz | ||
| 1006 MHz | 1058 MHz | 1502 MHz | 267 mm/10.5 inches | |
| 1006 MHz | 1058 MHz | 1502 MHz | ||
| 1006 MHz | 1058 MHz | 1502 MHz | 300 mm/11.8 inches, Triple-slot | |
| 1006 MHz | 1058 MHz | 1502 MHz | 4 GB, 272 mm/10.7 inches | |
| 1020 MHz | 1084 MHz | 1502 MHz | 300 mm/11.8 inches, Triple-slot | |
| 1137 MHz | 1202 MHz | 1502 MHz | 300 mm/11.8 inches, Triple-slot | |
| 1006 MHz | 1058 MHz | 1502 MHz | 272 mm/10.7 inches | |
| 1006 MHz | 1058 MHz | 1502 MHz | 1x DVI 1x HDMI 2x mini-DisplayPort | |
| 1006 MHz | 1058 MHz | 1502 MHz | ||
| 1006 MHz | 1058 MHz | 1502 MHz | 4 GB | |
| 1110 MHz | 1176 MHz | 1602 MHz | 290 mm/11.4 inches, Triple-slot | |
| 1032 MHz | 1124 MHz | 1502 MHz | 4 GB, 290 mm/11.4 inches, Triple-slot, 2x DVI 1x DisplayPort 1x mini-HDMI | |
| 1006 MHz | 1058 MHz | 1502 MHz | 306 mm/12 inches, Quad-slot, 1x DVI 1x HDMI 1x DisplayPort | |
| 1006 MHz | 1058 MHz | 1502 MHz | ||
| 1006 MHz | 1058 MHz | 1502 MHz | ||
| 1006 MHz | 1058 MHz | 1502 MHz | 4 GB | |
| 1124 MHz | 1189 MHz | 1570 MHz | ||
| 1124 MHz | 1189 MHz | 1570 MHz | 4 GB | |
| 1006 MHz | 1058 MHz | 1502 MHz | ||
| 1006 MHz | 1058 MHz | 1502 MHz | ||
| 1110 MHz | 1176 MHz | 1502 MHz | 4 GB, 267 mm/10.5 inches | |
| 1150 MHz | 1215 MHz | 1552 MHz | 4 GB, 279 mm/11 inches | |
| 1006 MHz | 1058 MHz | 1502 MHz | 4 GB, 267 mm/10.5 inches | |
| 1084 MHz | 1150 MHz | 1552 MHz | 267 mm/10.5 inches | |
| 1006 MHz | 1058 MHz | 1502 MHz | 267 mm/10.5 inches | |
| 1084 MHz | 1150 MHz | 1502 MHz | 4 GB, 267 mm/10.5 inches | |
| 1006 MHz | 1058 MHz | 1502 MHz | 4 GB, 267 mm/10.5 inches | |
| 1150 MHz | 1215 MHz | 1575 MHz | 279 mm/11 inches | |
| 1084 MHz | 1150 MHz | 1552 MHz | ||
| 1098 MHz | 1163 MHz | 1552 MHz | ||
| 1084 MHz | 1150 MHz | 1552 MHz | ||
| 1006 MHz | 1058 MHz | 1502 MHz | ||
| 1058 MHz | 1124 MHz | 1552 MHz | ||
| 1020 MHz | 1084 MHz | 1502 MHz | 4 GB | |
| 1006 MHz | 1058 MHz | 1502 MHz | ||
| 1084 MHz | 1150 MHz | 1575 MHz | ||
| 1006 MHz | 1058 MHz | 1502 MHz | 4 GB | |
| 1006 MHz | 1058 MHz | 1502 MHz | ||
| 1110 MHz | 1176 MHz | 1502 MHz | 1x DisplayPort 3x mini-HDMI | |
| 1110 MHz | 1176 MHz | 1502 MHz | 4 GB | |
| 1110 MHz | 1176 MHz | 1502 MHz | 267 mm/10.5 inches, 1x DisplayPort 3x mini-HDMI | |
| 1110 MHz | 1176 MHz | 1502 MHz | 279 mm/11 inches, 1x DisplayPort 3x mini-HDMI | |
| 1202 MHz | 1268 MHz | 1502 MHz | 267 mm/10.5 inches, 1x DisplayPort 3x mini-HDMI | |
| 1006 MHz | 1058 MHz | 1502 MHz | ||
| 1006 MHz | 1058 MHz | 1502 MHz | 275 mm/10.8 inches | |
| 1006 MHz | 1058 MHz | 1502 MHz | 4 GB, 295 mm/11.6 inches, Triple-slot | |
| 1072 MHz | 1137 MHz | 1502 MHz | 275 mm/10.8 inches | |
| 1072 MHz | 1137 MHz | 1502 MHz | 4 GB, 295 mm/11.6 inches, Triple-slot | |
| 1006 MHz | 1058 MHz | 1550 MHz | 303 mm/11.9 inches, Triple-slot | |
| 1137 MHz | 1202 MHz | 1550 MHz | 303 mm/11.9 inches, Triple-slot | |
| 1006 MHz | 1058 MHz | 1502 MHz | ||
| 1120 MHz | 1176 MHz | 1550 MHz | 255 mm/10 inches, Triple-slot | |
| 1006 MHz | 1058 MHz | 1502 MHz | 255 mm/10 inches | |
| 1098 MHz | 1155 MHz | 1550 MHz | 295 mm/11.6 inches, Triple-slot | |
| 1098 MHz | 1155 MHz | 1550 MHz | 4 GB, 295 mm/11.6 inches, Triple-slot | |
| 1006 MHz | 1058 MHz | 1502 MHz | ||
| 1110 MHz | 1176 MHz | 1502 MHz | 4 GB | |
| 1202 MHz | 1267 MHz | 1502 MHz | 267 mm/10.5 inches, 1x DisplayPort 3x mini-HDMI | |
| 1150 MHz | 1215 MHz | 1502 MHz | 267 mm/10.5 inches, 1x DisplayPort 3x mini-HDMI | |
| 1150 MHz | 1215 MHz | 1502 MHz | 267 mm/10.5 inches, 1x DisplayPort 3x mini-HDMI | |
| 1006 MHz | 1058 MHz | 1502 MHz | ||
| 1006 MHz | 1058 MHz | 1502 MHz | 4 GB | |
| 1110 MHz | 1176 MHz | 1652 MHz | ||
| 1006 MHz | 1058 MHz | 1502 MHz | ||
| 1110 MHz | 1176 MHz | 1502 MHz | 280 mm/11 inches | |
| 1020 MHz | 1084 MHz | 1502 MHz | 279 mm/11 inches | |
| 1058 MHz | 1124 MHz | 1502 MHz | 270 mm/10.6 inches | |
| 1058 MHz | 1124 MHz | 1502 MHz | 4 GB, 270 mm/10.6 inches | |
| 1006 MHz | 1058 MHz | 1502 MHz | ||
| 1006 MHz | 1058 MHz | 1502 MHz | ||
| 1084 MHz | 1150 MHz | 1575 MHz | ||
| 1006 MHz | 1058 MHz | 1502 MHz | 4 GB | |
| 1006 MHz | 1058 MHz | 1502 MHz | ||
| 1006 MHz | 1058 MHz | 1502 MHz | 4 GB | |
| 1110 MHz | 1176 MHz | 1502 MHz | 4 GB, 267 mm/10.5 inches | |
| 1163 MHz | 1228 MHz | 1502 MHz | 267 mm/10.5 inches | |
| 1163 MHz | 1228 MHz | 1502 MHz | ||
| 1137 MHz | 1202 MHz | 1603 MHz | 4 GB | |
| 1110 MHz | 1176 MHz | 1502 MHz | 267 mm/10.5 inches | |
| 1110 MHz | 1176 MHz | 1502 MHz | 4 GB, 267 mm/10.5 inches | |
| 1110 MHz | 1176 MHz | 1502 MHz | 267 mm/10.5 inches | |
| 1110 MHz | 1176 MHz | 1502 MHz | 267 mm/10.5 inches | |
| 1137 MHz | 1202 MHz | 1502 MHz | 4 GB, 267 mm/10.5 inches | |
| 1124 MHz | 1189 MHz | 1550 MHz | ||
| 1006 MHz | 1058 MHz | 1502 MHz | ||
| 1006 MHz | 1058 MHz | 1502 MHz | ||
| 1006 MHz | 1058 MHz | 1502 MHz | ||
| 1006 MHz | 1058 MHz | 1502 MHz | 4 GB | |
| 1110 MHz | 1176 MHz | 1652 MHz | 279 mm/11 inches | |
| 1110 MHz | 1176 MHz | 1652 MHz | 279 mm/11 inches | |
| 1137 MHz | 1202 MHz | 1502 MHz | 284 mm/11.2 inches |
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