Radeon Pro 570X vs GeForce GTX 680

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking356not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation2.95no data
Power efficiency5.14no data
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)
GPU code nameGK104Polaris 20
Market segmentDesktopMobile workstation
Release date22 March 2012 (12 years ago)18 March 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$499 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores15361792
Core clock speed1006 MHz1000 MHz
Boost clock speed1058 MHz1105 MHz
Number of transistors3,540 million5,700 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)195 Watt120 Watt
Texture fill rate135.4123.8
Floating-point processing power3.25 TFLOPS3.96 TFLOPS
ROPs3232
TMUs128112

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Bus supportPCI Express 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length254 mmno data
Height4.376" (11.1 cm)no data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors2x 6-pinNone
SLI options+-

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount2048 MB4 GB
Memory bus width256-bit GDDR5256 Bit
Memory clock speed1502 MHz1700 MHz
Memory bandwidth192.2 GB/s217.6 GB/s
Shared memory--

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display ConnectorsOne Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One HDMI, One DisplayPortNo outputs
Multi monitor support4 displaysno data
HDMI+-
HDCP+-
Maximum VGA resolution2048x1536no data
Audio input for HDMIInternalno data

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (11_0)12 (12_0)
Shader Model5.16.4
OpenGL4.24.6
OpenCL1.22.0
Vulkan1.1.1261.2.131
CUDA+-

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.



GeekBench 5 OpenCL

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses OpenCL API by Khronos Group.

GTX 680 18395
Pro 570X 28350
+54.1%

GeekBench 5 Vulkan

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses Vulkan API by AMD & Khronos Group.

GTX 680 17566
Pro 570X 34694
+97.5%

Pros & cons summary


Recency 22 March 2012 18 March 2019
Maximum RAM amount 2048 MB 4 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 195 Watt 120 Watt

Pro 570X has an age advantage of 6 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 62.5% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 680 and Radeon Pro 570X. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 680 is a desktop card while Radeon Pro 570X is a mobile workstation one.


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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680
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