GeForce RTX 4090 Ti vs GTX 680

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in performance ranking340not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-10065
Cost-effectiveness evaluation5.19no data
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)Ada Lovelace
GPU code nameGK104AD102
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date22 March 2012 (12 years ago)2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$499 no data
Current price$156 (0.3x MSRP)$1635

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Detailed specifications

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 cores153618176
CUDA cores1536no data
Core clock speed1006 MHzno data
Boost clock speed1058 MHz2565 MHz
Number of transistors3,540 million76,300 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)195 Watt600 Watt
Texture fill rate128.8 billion/sec1,457
Floating-point performance3,090.4 gflopsno 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 supportPCI Express 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Length10.0" (25.4 cm)336 mm
Height4.376" (11.1 cm)no data
Width2-slot3-slot
Supplementary power connectorsTwo 6-pin2x 16-pin
SLI options+no data

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 MB24 GB
Memory bus width256-bit GDDR5384 Bit
Memory clock speed6000 MHz24 GB/s
Memory bandwidth192.2 GB/s1,152 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 HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
Multi monitor support4 displaysno data
HDMI++
HDCP+no data
Maximum VGA resolution2048x1536no data
Audio input for HDMIInternalno data

API compatibility

List of supported graphics 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+8.9

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 2048 MB 24 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 195 Watt 600 Watt

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