Nvidia GeForce GTX 680
The Nvidia GeForce GTX 680 contains four GPCs with a total of eight SMXs, 1536 CUDA cores, eight geometry units, four raster units, 128 texture units, and 32 ROP units. The base clock is 1006MHz, the GTX 680 also carries 2GB of GDDR5 VRAM running at 6008MHz with a 256-bit interface providing 6.0Gb/s of throughput. Dual six-pin power connectors feed the card's TDP of 195W.
Kepler
Architecture
High-end
Product Tier
1536
Shader Cores
32
ROPs
128
TMUs
No RT
Ray Tracing
2 GB
Memory
GDDR5
Memory Type
192.2 GB/s
Bandwidth
195 W
TDP
| GPU Snapshot | |||
| Release date: | Mar 22, 2012 | Price at Launch: | $499 |
| Type: | Desktop | Architecture: | Kepler |
| Generation: | GeForce 600 series | Product Tier: | High-end |
| VRAM Capacity: | 2 GB | Total Board Power: | 195 W |
| Core Configuration | |||
| Shader Cores: | 1536 | TMUs: | 128 |
| ROPs: | 32 | L2 Cache: | 512 KB |
| Memory | |||
| VRAM Capacity: | 2 GB | Memory Type: | GDDR5 |
| Memory Speed: | 6 Gbps | Memory Bus: | 256-bit |
| Bandwidth: | 192.2 GB/s | ||
| Graphics Processing | |||
| Base Clock: | 1 GHz | Boost Clock: | 1.05 GHz |
| FP32 Throughput: | 3.25 TFLOPs | Ray Tracing: | No |
| Process Size: | 28nm | Process Name: | TSMC 28nm |
| Die Size: | 294 mm² | ||
| Power & Connectivity | |||
| Total Board Power: | 195 W | Power Connectors: | 2x 6-pin |
| Bus Interface: | PCIe 3.0 x16 | HDMI Support: | HDMI 1.4a |
| DisplayPort Support: | DP 1.2 | DSC: | No |
| Max Displays: | 4 | ||
| Media & Software Support | |||
| DirectX Support: | 12 | Shader Model: | 6.5 |
| Vulkan Version: | 1.2 | OpenGL Version: | 4.6 |
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