GeForce GTX 690 and Sandy Bridge GT2+ - video card comparison
GeForce GTX 690
Sandy Bridge GT2+
Architecture
Kepler (2012−2018)
Generation 6.0 (2011)
GPU code name
GK104
Sandy Bridge GT2+
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
May 2012
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Bus support
PCI Express 3.0
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Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
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Supplementary power connectors
Two 8-pin
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SLI options
+
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Boost clock speed
1019 MHz
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Core clock speed
915 MHz
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CUDA cores
3072
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Floating-point performance
2x 3,130 gflops
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Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
32 nm
Number of transistors
3,540 million
1,160 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1536
96
Power consumption (TDP)
300 Watt
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Texture fill rate
234 billion/sec
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Memory type
GDDR5
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Maximum RAM amount
4 GB (4 GB per GPU) GDDR5
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Memory bus width
512-bit (256-bit per GPU)
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Memory clock speed
6008 MHz
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Memory bandwidth
384 GB/s
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Display Connectors
Two Dual Link DVI-I. One Dual link DVI-D. One Mini-Displayport 1.2
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Multi monitor support
4 displays
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HDMI
Yes (via dongle)
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HDCP
+
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Maximum VGA resolution
2048x1536
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Audio input for HDMI
Internal
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DirectX
12 (11_0)
11.1 (10_1)
CUDA
+
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OpenCL
1.2
N/A
OpenGL
4.2
3.1
Shader Model
5.1
4.1
Vulkan
1.1.126
N/A
3D Blu-Ray
+
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3D Gaming
+
-
3D Vision Live
+
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