GeForce GTX 680 Mac Edition vs 9800 GX2
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 1027 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 0.03 | no data |
| Power efficiency | 0.57 | no data |
| Architecture | Tesla (2006−2010) | Kepler (2012−2018) |
| GPU code name | G92 | GK104 |
| Market segment | Desktop | Desktop |
| Release date | 18 March 2008 (17 years ago) | 3 April 2013 (12 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $599 | $599 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.
Performance to price scatter graph
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 | 256 (128 per GPU) ×2 | 1536 |
| Core clock speed | 600 MHz | 1006 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 1058 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 754 million | 3,540 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 65 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 197 Watt | 195 Watt |
| Maximum GPU temperature | 105 °C | no data |
| Texture fill rate | 38.40 ×2 | 135.4 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.384 TFLOPS ×2 | 3.25 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 16 ×2 | 32 |
| TMUs | 64 ×2 | 128 |
| L1 Cache | no data | 128 KB |
| L2 Cache | 64 KB | 512 KB |
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).
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Length | 267 mm | 254 mm |
| Height | 2-slot | no data |
| 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 | GDDR3 | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 512 MB ×2 | 2 GB |
| Memory bus width | 512 Bit ×2 | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1000 MHz | 1502 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 128 (64 per GPU) ×2 | 192.3 GB/s |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | HDMIDual Link DVI | 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort |
| Multi monitor support | + | no data |
| HDMI | + | + |
| Maximum VGA resolution | 2048x1536 | no data |
| Audio input for HDMI | S/PDIF | no data |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 11.1 (10_0) | 12 (11_0) |
| Shader Model | 4.0 | 5.1 |
| OpenGL | 2.1 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | 1.2 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.1.126 |
| CUDA | + | 3.0 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 18 March 2008 | 3 April 2013 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 512 MB | 2 GB |
| Chip lithography | 65 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 197 Watt | 195 Watt |
GTX 680 Mac Edition has an age advantage of 5 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 132.1% more advanced lithography process, and 1% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between GeForce 9800 GX2 and GeForce GTX 680 Mac Edition. We've got no test results to judge.
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