GeForce GTX 690 and GeForce GTX 280 - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GTX 690 vs GeForce GTX 280
GeForce GTX 690
5738
GeForce GTX 280
1338
GeForce GTX 690
GeForce GTX 280
Architecture
Kepler (2012−2018)
Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)
GPU code name
GK104
GT200
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
May 2012
June 2008
Bus support
PCI Express 3.0
-
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
Two 8-pin
6-pin & 8-pin
SLI options
+
+
Boost clock speed
1019 MHz
-
Core clock speed
915 MHz
602 MHz
CUDA cores
3072
240
Floating-point performance
2x 3,130 gflops
622.1 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
65 nm
Number of transistors
3,540 million
1,400 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1536
240
Power consumption (TDP)
300 Watt
236 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature
-
105 °C
Texture fill rate
234 billion/sec
48.2 billion/sec
Memory type
GDDR5
GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount
4 GB (4 GB per GPU) GDDR5
1 GB
Memory bus width
512-bit (256-bit per GPU)
512 Bit
Memory clock speed
6008 MHz
1107 MHz
Memory bandwidth
384 GB/s
141.7 GB/s
Display Connectors
Two Dual Link DVI-I. One Dual link DVI-D. One Mini-Displayport 1.2
HDTVDual Link DVI
Multi monitor support
4 displays
+
HDMI
Yes (via dongle)
-
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
3D Blu-Ray
+
-
3D Gaming
+
-
3D Vision Live
+
-