GeForce GTX 680 and GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GTX 680 vs GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
GeForce GTX 680
5721
GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
12990
GeForce GTX 680
GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
Architecture
Kepler (2012−2018)
Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code name
GK104
GA106
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
March 2012
January 2022
Bus support
PCI Express 3.0
-
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 4.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors
Two 6-pin
1x 8-pin
SLI options
+
-
Boost clock speed
1058 MHz
1777 MHz
Core clock speed
1006 MHz
-
CUDA cores
1536
-
Floating-point performance
3,090.4 gflops
-
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
8 nm
Number of transistors
3,540 million
12,000 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1536
2560
Power consumption (TDP)
195 Watt
130 Watt
Texture fill rate
128.8 billion/sec
142.2
Memory type
GDDR5
GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount
2048 MB
8 GB
Memory bus width
256-bit GDDR5
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
6000 MHz
14 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
192.2 GB/s
224.0 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
One Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One HDMI, One DisplayPort
1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
Multi monitor support
4 displays
-
HDMI
+
+
HDCP
+
-
Maximum VGA resolution
2048x1536
-
Audio input for HDMI
Internal
-
DirectX
12 (11_0)
12 Ultimate (12_2)
CUDA
+
8.6
OpenCL
1.2
3.0
OpenGL
4.2
4.6
Shader Model
5.1
6.6
Vulkan
1.1.126
1.3