GPU Comparison
GEFORCE
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690
CORE STATE
GK104
VRAM
2 GB
CLOCK SPEED
1019 MHz
TDP
300 W
BUS WIDTH
256 bit
ARCHITECTURE
Kepler
PROCESS
28 nm
LAUNCH DATE
2012
VS
GEFORCE
GeForce GTX 960
CORE STATE
GM206
VRAM
2 GB
CLOCK SPEED
1178 MHz
TDP
120 W
BUS WIDTH
128 bit
ARCHITECTURE
Maxwell 2.0
PROCESS
28 nm
LAUNCH DATE
2015
PERFORMANCE BENCHMARKS
geekbench_opencl
geekbench_vulkan
3dmark_3dmark_steel_nomad_dx12
geekbench_metal
DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS
SPECIFICATION
GTX 690
GTX 960
Core Specs
Shading Units
1,536
1,024
-33.3%
Shaders
1,536
1,024
-33.3%
TMUs
128
64
-50.0%
ROPs
32
32
0.0%
Clocks
Base Clock
915 MHz
1127 MHz
Boost Clock
1019 MHz
1178 MHz
Memory Clock
1502 MHz
6 Gbps effective
1753 MHz
7 Gbps effective
Memory
Memory Size
2 GB
2 GB
VRAM (MB)
2,048
2,048
0.0%
Memory Type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Memory Bus
256 bit
128 bit
Bandwidth
192.3 GB/s
112.2 GB/s
Cache
L1 Cache
16 KB (per SMX)
48 KB (per SMM)
L2 Cache
512 KB
1024 KB
Performance
Pixel Rate
32.61 GPixel/s
37.70 GPixel/s
Texture Rate
130.4 GTexel/s
75.39 GTexel/s
FP32 (TFLOPS)
3.130 TFLOPS
2.413 TFLOPS
FP64 (TFLOPS)
130.4 GFLOPS (1:24)
75.39 GFLOPS (1:32)
Power
TDP
300 W
120 W
TDP (W)
300
120
-60.0%
Suggested PSU
700 W
300 W
Power Connectors
2x 8-pin
1x 6-pin
Architecture
Architecture
Kepler
Maxwell 2.0
GPU Name
GK104
GM206
Generation
GeForce 600
GeForce 900
Process Size
28 nm
28 nm
Transistors
3,540 million
2,940 million
Die Size
294 mm²
228 mm²
Foundry
TSMC
TSMC
Density
12.0M / mm²
12.9M / mm²
API Support
DirectX
12 (11_0)
12 (12_1)
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
Vulkan
1.2.175
1.4
OpenCL
3.0
3.0
CUDA
3.0
5.2
Shader Model
6.5 (5.1)
6.8
Physical
Slot Width
Dual-slot
Dual-slot
Length
279 mm
11 inches
241 mm
9.5 inches
Height
111 mm
4.4 inches
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Outputs
3x DVI1x mini-DisplayPort 1.2
1x DVI1x HDMI 2.03x DisplayPort 1.2
Bus Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 3.0 x16
Other
Launch Price
999 USD
199 USD
Production
End-of-life
End-of-life
Predecessor
GeForce 500
GeForce 700
Successor
GeForce 700
GeForce 10