GeForce GTX 680 Mac Edition vs GeForce GTX 690
We compared two Desktop platform GPUs: 2GB VRAM GeForce GTX 680 Mac Edition and 2GB VRAM GeForce GTX 690 to see which GPU has better performance in key specifications, benchmark tests, power consumption, etc.
Main Differences
GeForce GTX 680 Mac Edition 's Advantages
Released 11 months late
Boost Clock has increased by 4% (1058MHz vs 1019MHz)
Lower TDP (195W vs 300W)
Score
Benchmark
FP32 (float)
GeForce GTX 680 Mac Edition
+3%
3250
GeForce GTX 690
3130
Graphics Card
Apr 2013
Release Date
May 2012
GeForce 600
Generation
GeForce 600
Desktop
Type
Desktop
PCIe 2.0 x16
Bus Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
Clock Speeds
1006 MHz
Base Clock
915 MHz
1058 MHz
Boost Clock
1019 MHz
1502 MHz
Memory Clock
1502 MHz
Memory
2GB
Memory Size
2GB
GDDR5
Memory Type
GDDR5
256bit
Memory Bus
256bit
192.3GB/s
Bandwidth
192.3GB/s
Render Config
1536
Shading Units
1536
128
TMUs
128
32
ROPs
32
16 KB (per SMX)
L1 Cache
16 KB (per SMX)
512 KB
L2 Cache
512 KB
Theoretical Performance
33.86 GPixel/s
Pixel Rate
32.61 GPixel/s
135.4 GTexel/s
Texture Rate
130.4 GTexel/s
3.250 TFLOPS
FP32 (float)
3.130 TFLOPS
135.4 GFLOPS
FP64 (double)
130.4 GFLOPS
Board Design
195W
TDP
300W
450 W
Suggested PSU
700 W
2x DVI
1x HDMI 1.4a
1x DisplayPort 1.2
Outputs
3x DVI
1x mini-DisplayPort 1.2
2x 6-pin
Power Connectors
2x 8-pin
Graphics Processor
GK104
GPU Name
GK104
GK104-400-A2
GPU Variant
GK104-355-A2
Kepler
Architecture
Kepler
TSMC
Foundry
TSMC
28 nm
Process Size
28 nm
3.54 billion
Transistors
3.54 billion
294 mm²
Die Size
294 mm²
Graphics Features
12 (11_0)
DirectX
12 (11_0)
4.6
OpenGL
4.6
3.0
OpenCL
3.0
1.1
Vulkan
1.1
3.0
CUDA
3.0
5.1
Shader Model
5.1
