GPU Comparison
GEFORCE
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680
CORE STATE
GK104
VRAM
2 GB
CLOCK SPEED
1058 MHz
TDP
195 W
BUS WIDTH
256 bit
ARCHITECTURE
Kepler
PROCESS
28 nm
LAUNCH DATE
2012
VS
GEFORCE
Quadro M6000
CORE STATE
GM200
VRAM
12 GB
CLOCK SPEED
1114 MHz
TDP
250 W
BUS WIDTH
384 bit
ARCHITECTURE
Maxwell 2.0
PROCESS
28 nm
LAUNCH DATE
2015
PERFORMANCE BENCHMARKS
geekbench_metal
geekbench_opencl
geekbench_vulkan
DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS
SPECIFICATION
GTX 680
Quadro M6000
Core Specs
Shading Units
1,536
3,072
+100.0%
Shaders
1,536
3,072
+100.0%
TMUs
128
192
+50.0%
ROPs
32
96
+200.0%
Clocks
Base Clock
1006 MHz
988 MHz
Boost Clock
1058 MHz
1114 MHz
Memory Clock
1502 MHz
6 Gbps effective
1653 MHz
6.6 Gbps effective
Memory
Memory Size
2 GB
12 GB
VRAM (MB)
2,048
12,288
+500.0%
Memory Type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Memory Bus
256 bit
384 bit
Bandwidth
192.3 GB/s
317.4 GB/s
Cache
L1 Cache
16 KB (per SMX)
48 KB (per SMM)
L2 Cache
512 KB
3 MB
Performance
Pixel Rate
33.86 GPixel/s
106.9 GPixel/s
Texture Rate
135.4 GTexel/s
213.9 GTexel/s
FP32 (TFLOPS)
3.250 TFLOPS
6.844 TFLOPS
FP64 (TFLOPS)
135.4 GFLOPS (1:24)
213.9 GFLOPS (1:32)
Power
TDP
195 W
250 W
TDP (W)
195
250
+28.2%
Suggested PSU
450 W
600 W
Power Connectors
2x 6-pin
1x 8-pin
Architecture
Architecture
Kepler
Maxwell 2.0
GPU Name
GK104
GM200
Generation
GeForce 600
Quadro Maxwell
(Mx000)
Process Size
28 nm
28 nm
Transistors
3,540 million
8,000 million
Die Size
294 mm²
601 mm²
Foundry
TSMC
TSMC
Density
12.0M / mm²
13.3M / 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
256 mm
10.1 inches
267 mm
10.5 inches
Height
111 mm
4.4 inches
111 mm
4.4 inches
Outputs
2x DVI1x HDMI 1.4a1x DisplayPort 1.2
1x DVI4x DisplayPort 1.2
Bus Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 3.0 x16
Other
Launch Price
499 USD
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Production
End-of-life
End-of-life
Predecessor
GeForce 500
Quadro Kepler
Successor
GeForce 700
Quadro Pascal