GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB and GeForce GTX 680 - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB vs GeForce GTX 680
GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
10560
GeForce GTX 680
5721
GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
GeForce GTX 680
Architecture
Pascal (2016−2021)
Kepler (2012−2018)
GPU code name
GP106
GK104
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
July 2016
March 2012
Bus support
-
PCI Express 3.0
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pin
Two 6-pin
SLI options
-
+
Boost clock speed
1708 MHz
1058 MHz
Core clock speed
1506 MHz
1006 MHz
CUDA cores
-
1536
Floating-point performance
4,375 gflops
3,090.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
16 nm
28 nm
Number of transistors
4,400 million
3,540 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1280
1536
Power consumption (TDP)
120 Watt
195 Watt
Texture fill rate
136.7
128.8 billion/sec
Memory type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount
6 GB
2048 MB
Memory bus width
192 Bit
256-bit GDDR5
Memory clock speed
8000 MHz
6000 MHz
Memory bandwidth
192.2 GB/s
192.2 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
One Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One HDMI, One DisplayPort
Multi monitor support
-
4 displays
HDMI
+
+
HDCP
-
+
Maximum VGA resolution
-
2048x1536
G-SYNC support
+
-
Audio input for HDMI
-
Internal
DirectX
12 (12_1)
12 (11_0)
CUDA
6.1
+
OpenCL
1.2
1.2
OpenGL
4.6
4.2
Shader Model
6.4
5.1
Vulkan
1.2.131
1.1.126
VR Ready
+
-