GeForce GTX 680 vs TITAN V

Place in the ranking	87	375
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	2.65
Power efficiency	12.18	5.10
Architecture	Volta (2017−2020)	Kepler (2012−2018)
GPU code name	GV100	GK104
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	7 December 2017 (7 years ago)	22 March 2012 (12 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$2,999	$499

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the performance-to-price ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices for comparison.

TITAN V and GTX 680 have a nearly equal value for money.

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 cores	5120	1536
Core clock speed	1200 MHz	1006 MHz
Boost clock speed	1455 MHz	1058 MHz
Number of transistors	21,100 million	3,540 million
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	250 Watt	195 Watt
Texture fill rate	465.6	135.4
Floating-point processing power	14.9 TFLOPS	3.25 TFLOPS
ROPs	96	32
TMUs	320	128
Tensor Cores	640	no data

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 support	no data	PCI Express 3.0
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	267 mm	254 mm
Height	no data	4.376" (11.1 cm)
Width	2-slot	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	2x 6-pin
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 type	HBM2	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	12 GB	2048 MB
Memory bus width	3072 Bit	256-bit GDDR5
Memory clock speed	848 MHz	1502 MHz
Memory bandwidth	651.3 GB/s	192.2 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 Connectors	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	One Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One HDMI, One DisplayPort
Multi monitor support	no data	4 displays
HDMI	+	+
HDCP	-	+
Maximum VGA resolution	no data	2048x1536
Audio input for HDMI	no data	Internal

API and SDK compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (12_1)	12 (11_0)
Shader Model	6.4	5.1
OpenGL	4.6	4.2
OpenCL	1.2	1.2
Vulkan	+	1.1.126
CUDA	7.0	+
DLSS	+	-

Synthetic benchmark performance

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

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score.

TITAN V 38.32
+206%

GTX 680 12.51

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

TITAN V 17125
+206%

GTX 680 5589

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.

TITAN V 155351
+746%

GTX 680 18371

GeekBench 5 Vulkan

TITAN V 149517
+753%

GTX 680 17519

GeekBench 5 CUDA

TITAN V 179522
+1255%

GTX 680 13248

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

900p	130−140 +189%	45 −189%
Full HD	220−230 +193%	75 −193%
1440p	152 +238%	45−50 −238%
4K	82 +228%	25 −228%

Cost per frame, $

1080p	13.63 −105%	6.65 +105%
1440p	19.73 −77.9%	11.09 +77.9%
4K	36.57 −83.2%	19.96 +83.2%

GTX 680 has 105% lower cost per frame in 1080p
GTX 680 has 78% lower cost per frame in 1440p
GTX 680 has 83% lower cost per frame in 4K

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Atomic Heart	35−40 +0%	35−40 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	75−80 +0%	75−80 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	27−30 +0%	27−30 +0%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Atomic Heart	35−40 +0%	35−40 +0%
Battlefield 5	55−60 +0%	55−60 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	75−80 +0%	75−80 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	27−30 +0%	27−30 +0%
Far Cry 5	45−50 +0%	45−50 +0%
Fortnite	75−80 +0%	75−80 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	55−60 +0%	55−60 +0%
Forza Horizon 5	40−45 +0%	40−45 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	50−55 +0%	50−55 +0%
Valorant	110−120 +0%	110−120 +0%

Full HD
High Preset

Atomic Heart	35−40 +0%	35−40 +0%
Battlefield 5	55−60 +0%	55−60 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	75−80 +0%	75−80 +0%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive	224 +0%	224 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	27−30 +0%	27−30 +0%
Dota 2	85−90 +0%	85−90 +0%
Far Cry 5	45−50 +0%	45−50 +0%
Fortnite	75−80 +0%	75−80 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	55−60 +0%	55−60 +0%
Forza Horizon 5	40−45 +0%	40−45 +0%
Grand Theft Auto V	56 +0%	56 +0%
Metro Exodus	27−30 +0%	27−30 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	50−55 +0%	50−55 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	42 +0%	42 +0%
Valorant	110−120 +0%	110−120 +0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	55−60 +0%	55−60 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	27−30 +0%	27−30 +0%
Dota 2	85−90 +0%	85−90 +0%
Far Cry 5	45−50 +0%	45−50 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	55−60 +0%	55−60 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	50−55 +0%	50−55 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	22 +0%	22 +0%
Valorant	110−120 +0%	110−120 +0%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Fortnite

75−80

+0%

75−80

+0%

1440p
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2	24−27 +0%	24−27 +0%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive	100−110 +0%	100−110 +0%
Grand Theft Auto V	21−24 +0%	21−24 +0%
Metro Exodus	16−18 +0%	16−18 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	120−130 +0%	120−130 +0%
Valorant	140−150 +0%	140−150 +0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	35−40 +0%	35−40 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	12−14 +0%	12−14 +0%
Far Cry 5	30−33 +0%	30−33 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	30−35 +0%	30−35 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	21−24 +0%	21−24 +0%

1440p
Epic Preset

Fortnite

30−33

+0%

30−33

+0%

4K
High Preset

Atomic Heart	10−12 +0%	10−12 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	9−10 +0%	9−10 +0%
Grand Theft Auto V	21 +0%	21 +0%
Metro Exodus	10−11 +0%	10−11 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	16 +0%	16 +0%
Valorant	70−75 +0%	70−75 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	18−20 +0%	18−20 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	9−10 +0%	9−10 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%
Dota 2	45−50 +0%	45−50 +0%
Far Cry 5	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	24−27 +0%	24−27 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	12−14 +0%	12−14 +0%

4K
Epic Preset

Fortnite

12−14

+0%

12−14

+0%

This is how TITAN V and GTX 680 compete in popular games:

TITAN V is 189% faster in 900p
TITAN V is 193% faster in 1080p
TITAN V is 238% faster in 1440p
TITAN V is 228% faster in 4K

All in all, in popular games:

there's a draw in 63 tests (100%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	38.32	12.51
Recency	7 December 2017	22 March 2012
Maximum RAM amount	12 GB	2048 MB
Chip lithography	12 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	250 Watt	195 Watt

TITAN V has a 206.3% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 5 years, a 500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 133.3% more advanced lithography process.

GTX 680, on the other hand, has 28.2% lower power consumption.

The TITAN V is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTX 680 in performance tests.