GeForce GTX 680 and GeForce 9800 GT - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GTX 680 vs GeForce 9800 GT
GeForce GTX 680
5721
GeForce 9800 GT
492
GeForce GTX 680
GeForce 9800 GT
Architecture
Kepler (2012−2018)
Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code name
GK104
G92
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
March 2012
July 2008
Bus support
PCI Express 3.0
-
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
Two 6-pin
2x 6-pin
SLI options
+
+
Boost clock speed
1058 MHz
-
Core clock speed
1006 MHz
600 MHz
CUDA cores
1536
112
Floating-point performance
3,090.4 gflops
336.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
65 nm
Number of transistors
3,540 million
754 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1536
112
Power consumption (TDP)
195 Watt
105 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature
-
105 °C
Texture fill rate
128.8 billion/sec
33.6 billion/sec
Memory type
GDDR5
GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount
2048 MB
1 GB
Memory bus width
256-bit GDDR5
256 Bit
Memory clock speed
6000 MHz
900 MHz
Memory bandwidth
192.2 GB/s
57.6 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
One Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One HDMI, One DisplayPort
HDTVDual Link DVI
Multi monitor support
4 displays
+
HDMI
+
-
HDCP
+
-
Maximum VGA resolution
2048x1536
2048x1536
Audio input for HDMI
Internal
S/PDIF
DirectX
12 (11_0)
11.1 (10_0)
CUDA
+
+
OpenCL
1.2
1.1
OpenGL
4.2
2.1
Shader Model
5.1
4.0
Vulkan
1.1.126
N/A