Steam Deck GPU 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 ranking361not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation3.03no data
Power efficiency5.08no data
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)RDNA 2.0 (2020−2024)
GPU code nameGK104Van Gogh
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date22 March 2012 (12 years ago)25 February 2022 (2 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 cores1536512
Core clock speed1006 MHz1000 MHz
Boost clock speed1058 MHz1600 MHz
Number of transistors3,540 million2,400 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)195 Watt15 Watt
Texture fill rate135.451.20
Floating-point processing power3.25 TFLOPS1.638 TFLOPS
ROPs3216
TMUs12832
Ray Tracing Coresno data8

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 x16no data
Length254 mm298 mm
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 typeGDDR5LPDDR5
Maximum RAM amount2048 MB16 GB
Memory bus width256-bit GDDR5128 Bit
Memory clock speed1502 MHz1375 MHz
Memory bandwidth192.2 GB/s88 GB/s
Shared memory-no data

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 DisplayPort1x USB Type-C
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_1)
Shader Model5.16.5
OpenGL4.24.6
OpenCL1.22.0
Vulkan1.1.1261.2
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 22 March 2012 25 February 2022
Maximum RAM amount 2048 MB 16 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 195 Watt 15 Watt

Steam Deck GPU has an age advantage of 9 years, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 300% more advanced lithography process, and 1200% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 680 and Steam Deck GPU. We've got no test results to judge.


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