To calculate the index we compare the characteristics of graphics cards against their prices.
690 vs 1080
Price now
394$
Games supported
99%
- Interface PCIe 3.0 x16
- Core clock speed 1607
- Max video memory 8 GB GDDR5X
- Memory type GDDR5X
- Memory clock speed 10 Gbps
- Maximum resolution
- Interface PCIe 3.0 x16
- Core clock speed 915
- Max video memory 4096 MB (2048 MB per GPU) GDDR5
- Memory type GDDR5
- Memory clock speed 6008 MHz
- Maximum resolution
Price now
179$
Games supported
78%
General info
Comparison of graphics card architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters.
| Place in performance rating | 71 | 269 |
| Place by popularity | 75 | no data |
| Value for money | 32.39 | 7.24 |
| Architecture | Pascal (2016−2021) | Kepler (2012−2018) |
| GPU code name | Pascal GP104 | GK104 |
| Market segment | Desktop | Desktop |
| Release date | 6 May 2016 (6 years old) | 3 May 2012 (10 years old) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $599 | $999 |
| Current price | $394 (0.7x MSRP) | $179 (0.2x MSRP) |
Value for money
Technical specs
General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 2560 | 1536 |
| CUDA cores | 2560 | 3072 |
| Core clock speed | 1607 MHz | 915 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1733 MHz | 1019 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 7,200 million | 3,540 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 16 nm | 28 nm |
| Thermal design power (TDP) | 180 Watt | 300 Watt |
| Maximum GPU temperature | 94 °C | no data |
| Texture fill rate | 277.3 | 234 billion/sec |
| Floating-point performance | 8,873 gflops | 2x 3,130 gflops |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).
| Bus support | PCIe 3.0 | PCI Express 3.0 |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Length | 10.5" (26.7 cm) | 11.0" (27.9 cm) |
| Height | 4.376" (11.1 cm) | 4.376" (11.1 cm) |
| Width | 2-slot | 2-slot |
| Recommended system power (PSU) | 500 Watt | no data |
| Supplementary power connectors | 8-pin | Two 8-pin |
| SLI options | + | + |
Memory
Parameters of memory installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors have no dedicated VRAM and use a shared part of system RAM.
| Memory type | GDDR5X | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 8 GB | 4 GB (4 GB per GPU) GDDR5 |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 512-bit (256-bit per GPU) |
| Memory clock speed | 10 GB/s | 6008 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 320 GB/s | 384 GB/s |
| Shared memory | - | no data |
Video outputs and ports
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 | DP 1.42, HDMI 2.0b, DL-DVI | Two Dual Link DVI-I. One Dual link DVI-D. One Mini-Displayport 1.2 |
| Multi monitor support | + | 4 displays |
| HDMI | + | Yes (via dongle) |
| HDCP | no data | + |
| Maximum VGA resolution | no data | 2048x1536 |
| G-SYNC support | + | no data |
| Audio input for HDMI | no data | Internal |
Technologies
Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.
| 3D Blu-Ray | no data | + |
| 3D Gaming | no data | + |
| GPU Boost | 3.0 | no data |
| 3D Vision Live | no data | + |
| VR Ready | + | no data |
| Ansel | + | no data |
API support
APIs supported, including particular versions of those APIs.
| DirectX | 12 (12_1) | 12 (11_0) |
| Shader Model | 6.4 | 5.1 |
| OpenGL | 4.5 | 4.2 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 1.2 |
| Vulkan | 1.2.131 | 1.1.126 |
| CUDA | + | + |
Benchmark performance
Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. Note that overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range.
Overall score
This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.
- Passmark
- 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics
- GeekBench 5 OpenCL
- GeekBench 5 Vulkan
- GeekBench 5 CUDA
Passmark
This is probably the most ubiquitous benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various 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.
Benchmark coverage: 25%
GeForce GTX 1080 outperforms GeForce GTX 690 by 176% in Passmark.
3DMark Fire Strike Graphics
Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature seemingly made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic enough graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.
Benchmark coverage: 13%
GeForce GTX 1080 outperforms GeForce GTX 690 by 63% in 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics.
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.
Benchmark coverage: 9%
GeForce GTX 1080 outperforms GeForce GTX 690 by 417% in GeekBench 5 OpenCL.
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.
Benchmark coverage: 5%
GeForce GTX 1080 outperforms GeForce GTX 690 by 337% in GeekBench 5 Vulkan.
GeekBench 5 CUDA
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 CUDA API by NVIDIA.
Benchmark coverage: 5%
GeForce GTX 1080 outperforms GeForce GTX 690 by 320% in GeekBench 5 CUDA.
Mining hashrates
Cryptocurrency mining performance of GeForce GTX 1080 and GeForce GTX 690. Usually measured in megahashes per second.
| Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) | 1045 Mh/s | 156 Mh/s |
| Decred / DCR (Decred) | 3.09 Gh/s | no data |
| Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto) | 27.63 Mh/s | no data |
| Siacoin / SC (Sia) | 2.28 Gh/s | no data |
| Monero / XMR (CryptoNight) | 0.48 kh/s | no data |
| Zcash / ZEC (Equihash) | 470 Sol/s | no data |
Gaming performance
Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.
Average FPS
Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:
| Full HD | 128 | no data |
| 1440p | 79 | no data |
| 4K | 58 | no data |
Popular games
- Full HD
Low Preset - Full HD
Medium Preset - Full HD
High Preset - Full HD
Ultra Preset - 1440p
High Preset - 1440p
Ultra Preset - 4K
High Preset - 4K
Ultra Preset
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 65−70 | no data |
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 92 | no data |
| Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 65−70 | no data |
| Battlefield 5 | 166 | no data |
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 134 | no data |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 65−70 | no data |
| Far Cry 5 | 118 | no data |
| Far Cry New Dawn | 111 | no data |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 140 | no data |
| Hitman 3 | 120−130 | no data |
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 80−85 | no data |
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 96 | no data |
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 108 | no data |
| Watch Dogs: Legion | 70−75 | no data |
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 83 | no data |
| Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 65−70 | no data |
| Battlefield 5 | 142 | no data |
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 113 | no data |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 65−70 | no data |
| Far Cry 5 | 113 | no data |
| Far Cry New Dawn | 108 | no data |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 137 | no data |
| Hitman 3 | 120−130 | no data |
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 80−85 | no data |
| Metro Exodus | 74 | no data |
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 53 | no data |
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 98 | no data |
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 74 | no data |
| Watch Dogs: Legion | 70−75 | no data |
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 63 | no data |
| Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 65−70 | no data |
| Battlefield 5 | 123 | no data |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 65−70 | no data |
| Far Cry 5 | 104 | no data |
| Far Cry New Dawn | 98 | no data |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 112 | no data |
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 81 | no data |
| Watch Dogs: Legion | 70−75 | no data |
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 74 | no data |
| Hitman 3 | 70−75 | no data |
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 50−55 | no data |
| Metro Exodus | 45 | no data |
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 35 | no data |
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 64 | no data |
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 49 | no data |
| Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 40−45 | no data |
| Battlefield 5 | 98 | no data |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 30−33 | no data |
| Far Cry 5 | 77 | no data |
| Far Cry New Dawn | 82 | no data |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 93 | no data |
| Watch Dogs: Legion | 30−35 | no data |
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 42 | no data |
| Hitman 3 | 35−40 | no data |
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 27−30 | no data |
| Metro Exodus | 28 | no data |
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 21 | no data |
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 32 | no data |
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 56 | no data |
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 33 | no data |
| Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 24−27 | no data |
| Battlefield 5 | 53 | no data |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 12−14 | no data |
| Far Cry 5 | 42 | no data |
| Far Cry New Dawn | 47 | no data |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 65 | no data |
| Watch Dogs: Legion | 18−20 | no data |
Advantages and disadvantages
| Performance rating | 39.28 | 14.21 |
| Recency | 6 May 2016 | 3 May 2012 |
| Cost | $599 | $999 |
| Memory bus width | 256 | 512 |
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 2560 | 1536 |
| Memory bandwidth | 320 | 384 |
| Chip lithography | 16 nm | 28 nm |
| Thermal design power (TDP) | 180 Watt | 300 Watt |
Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, Technical City recommends
since it shows better performance.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
Competitors of GeForce GTX 1080 by AMD
According to our data, the nearest equivalent to GeForce GTX 1080 by AMD is Radeon RX 6600, which is slower by 3% and lower by 3 positions in our rating.
Here are some closest AMD rivals to GeForce GTX 1080:
Competitors of GeForce GTX 690 by AMD
We believe that the nearest equivalent to GeForce GTX 690 from AMD is Radeon HD 7990, which is nearly equal in speed and is lower by 2 positions in our rating.
Here are some closest AMD rivals to GeForce GTX 690:
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