GeForce RTX 3070 Ti 8 GB GA102 vs 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)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameGK104GA102
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date22 March 2012 (12 years ago)21 October 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 cores15366144
Core clock speed1006 MHz1575 MHz
Boost clock speed1058 MHz1770 MHz
Number of transistors3,540 million28,300 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)195 Watt290 Watt
Texture fill rate135.4339.8
Floating-point processing power3.25 TFLOPS21.75 TFLOPS
ROPs3296
TMUs128192
Tensor Coresno data192
Ray Tracing Coresno data48

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 4.0 x16
Length254 mm267 mm
Height4.376" (11.1 cm)no data
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors2x 6-pin1x 12-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 typeGDDR5GDDR6X
Maximum RAM amount2048 MB8 GB
Memory bus width256-bit GDDR5256 Bit
Memory clock speed1502 MHz1188 MHz
Memory bandwidth192.2 GB/s608.3 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 DisplayPort1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
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 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model5.16.7
OpenGL4.24.6
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan1.1.1261.3
CUDA+8.6

Pros & cons summary


Recency 22 March 2012 21 October 2022
Maximum RAM amount 2048 MB 8 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 195 Watt 290 Watt

GTX 680 has 48.7% lower power consumption.

RTX 3070 Ti 8 GB GA102, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 10 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 250% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 680 and GeForce RTX 3070 Ti 8 GB GA102. We've got no test results to judge.


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