GeForce RTX 2080 Ti vs GTX 690

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce GTX 690 and GeForce RTX 2080 Ti, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

GTX 690
2012
4 GB (4 GB per GPU) GDDR5 GDDR5, 300 Watt
14.28

RTX 2080 Ti outperforms GTX 690 by a whopping 295% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking37650
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation1.4821.58
Power efficiency3.2615.46
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code nameGK104TU102
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date3 May 2012 (12 years ago)20 September 2018 (6 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$999 $999

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

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

RTX 2080 Ti has 1358% better value for money than GTX 690.

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 cores3072 ×24352
Core clock speed915 MHz1350 MHz
Boost clock speed1019 MHz1545 MHz
Number of transistors3,540 million18,600 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)300 Watt250 Watt
Texture fill rate130.4 ×2420.2
Floating-point processing power3.13 TFLOPS ×213.45 TFLOPS
ROPs32 ×288
TMUs128 ×2272
Tensor Coresno data544
Ray Tracing Coresno data68

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 3.0 x16
Length279 mm267 mm
Height4.376" (11.1 cm)no data
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors2x 8-pin2x 8-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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount4 GB (4 GB per GPU) GDDR5 ×211 GB
Memory bus width512-bit (256-bit per GPU) ×2352 Bit
Memory clock speed1502 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth384 GB/s ×2616.0 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 ConnectorsTwo Dual Link DVI-I. One Dual link DVI-D. One Mini-Displayport 1.21x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C
Multi monitor support4 displaysno data
HDMIYes (via dongle)+
HDCP+-
Maximum VGA resolution2048x1536no data
G-SYNC support-+
Audio input for HDMIInternalno data

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

3D Blu-Ray+-
3D Gaming+-
3D Vision Live+-
VR Readyno data+

API and SDK compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)12 Ultimate (12_1)
Shader Model5.16.5
OpenGL4.24.6
OpenCL1.22.0
Vulkan1.1.1261.2.131
CUDA+7.5
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.

GTX 690 14.28
RTX 2080 Ti 56.36
+295%

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.

GTX 690 5490
RTX 2080 Ti 21663
+295%

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 made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

GTX 690 13160
RTX 2080 Ti 20210
+53.6%

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.

GTX 690 18201
RTX 2080 Ti 137055
+653%

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.

GTX 690 14979
RTX 2080 Ti 132930
+787%

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.

GTX 690 12263
RTX 2080 Ti 165093
+1246%

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:

Full HD40−45
−318%
167
+318%
1440p30−35
−317%
125
+317%
4K21−24
−348%
94
+348%

Cost per frame, $

1080p24.98
−318%
5.98
+318%
1440p33.30
−317%
7.99
+317%
4K47.57
−348%
10.63
+348%
  • RTX 2080 Ti has 318% lower cost per frame in 1080p
  • RTX 2080 Ti has 317% lower cost per frame in 1440p
  • RTX 2080 Ti has 348% lower cost per frame in 4K

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Atomic Heart 160−170
+0%
160−170
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 130−140
+0%
130−140
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 120−130
+0%
120−130
+0%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Atomic Heart 160−170
+0%
160−170
+0%
Battlefield 5 170
+0%
170
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 130−140
+0%
130−140
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 120−130
+0%
120−130
+0%
Far Cry 5 136
+0%
136
+0%
Fortnite 302
+0%
302
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 182
+0%
182
+0%
Forza Horizon 5 150−160
+0%
150−160
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 201
+0%
201
+0%
Valorant 285
+0%
285
+0%

Full HD
High Preset

Atomic Heart 160−170
+0%
160−170
+0%
Battlefield 5 164
+0%
164
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 130−140
+0%
130−140
+0%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 270−280
+0%
270−280
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 120−130
+0%
120−130
+0%
Dota 2 146
+0%
146
+0%
Far Cry 5 130
+0%
130
+0%
Fortnite 232
+0%
232
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 181
+0%
181
+0%
Forza Horizon 5 150−160
+0%
150−160
+0%
Grand Theft Auto V 134
+0%
134
+0%
Metro Exodus 107
+0%
107
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 193
+0%
193
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 247
+0%
247
+0%
Valorant 267
+0%
267
+0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 159
+0%
159
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 130−140
+0%
130−140
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 120−130
+0%
120−130
+0%
Dota 2 141
+0%
141
+0%
Far Cry 5 122
+0%
122
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 168
+0%
168
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 191
+0%
191
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 135
+0%
135
+0%
Valorant 259
+0%
259
+0%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Fortnite 216
+0%
216
+0%

1440p
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2 40−45
+0%
40−45
+0%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 350−400
+0%
350−400
+0%
Grand Theft Auto V 110−120
+0%
110−120
+0%
Metro Exodus 76
+0%
76
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 170−180
+0%
170−180
+0%
Valorant 266
+0%
266
+0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 134
+0%
134
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 65−70
+0%
65−70
+0%
Far Cry 5 117
+0%
117
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 147
+0%
147
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 110−120
+0%
110−120
+0%

1440p
Epic Preset

Fortnite 151
+0%
151
+0%

4K
High Preset

Atomic Heart 40−45
+0%
40−45
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 27−30
+0%
27−30
+0%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 270
+0%
270
+0%
Grand Theft Auto V 142
+0%
142
+0%
Metro Exodus 51
+0%
51
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 98
+0%
98
+0%
Valorant 259
+0%
259
+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 86
+0%
86
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 27−30
+0%
27−30
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 30−35
+0%
30−35
+0%
Dota 2 139
+0%
139
+0%
Far Cry 5 78
+0%
78
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 107
+0%
107
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 88
+0%
88
+0%

4K
Epic Preset

Fortnite 79
+0%
79
+0%

This is how GTX 690 and RTX 2080 Ti compete in popular games:

  • RTX 2080 Ti is 318% faster in 1080p
  • RTX 2080 Ti is 317% faster in 1440p
  • RTX 2080 Ti is 348% faster in 4K

All in all, in popular games:

  • there's a draw in 65 tests (100%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 14.28 56.36
Recency 3 May 2012 20 September 2018
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB (4 GB per GPU) GDDR5 11 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 300 Watt 250 Watt

RTX 2080 Ti has a 294.7% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 6 years, a 175% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 133.3% more advanced lithography process, and 20% lower power consumption.

The GeForce RTX 2080 Ti is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTX 690 in performance tests.

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