GeForce GTX 1070 SLI and GeForce GTX 680 - video card comparison
GeForce GTX 1070 SLI
GeForce GTX 680
Architecture
Pascal (2016−2021)
Kepler (2012−2018)
GPU code name
Pascal GP104 SLI
GK104
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
August 2016
March 2012
Bus support
-
PCI Express 3.0
Interface
-
PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
-
Two 6-pin
SLI options
+
+
Boost clock speed
1683 MHz
1058 MHz
Core clock speed
1506 MHz
1006 MHz
CUDA cores
-
1536
Floating-point performance
-
3,090.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
16 nm
28 nm
Number of transistors
14400 Million
3,540 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
3840
1536
Power consumption (TDP)
300 Watt
195 Watt
Texture fill rate
-
128.8 billion/sec
Memory type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount
2x 8 GB
2048 MB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
256-bit GDDR5
Memory clock speed
8000 MHz
6000 MHz
Memory bandwidth
-
192.2 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
-
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_1
12 (11_0)
CUDA
+
+
OpenCL
-
1.2
OpenGL
-
4.2
Shader Model
-
5.1
Vulkan
+
1.1.126
VR Ready
+
-