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GTX 680

Average Bench: 31.6% (167th of 714)

Based on 38,995 user benchmarks.  Device: 10DE 1180 Model: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680
Poor: 29%Average: 31.6% Great: 35%

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Poor average bench

The Nvidia GTX 680 averaged 68.4% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This isn't a great result which indicates that there are much faster alternatives on the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. Locally-deformable PRT (Bat) 36.5fps
Avg. Force Splatted Flocking (Swarm) 37.6fps

Excellent consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Nvidia GTX 680 is just 5.92%. This is an extremely narrow range which indicates that the Nvidia GTX 680 performs superbly consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. High dynamic range lighting (Teapot) 37.2fps
Avg. Parallax occlusion mapping (Stones) 48.8fps
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Average Bench

(Based on 38,995 samples)
Rank 16731.6%
Min Avg Max
33.4 Lighting 36.5 40.9
33.9 Reflection 37.2 53.2
43.9 Parallax 48.8 53.6
29.7% 40.8 fps
Min Avg Max
46 MRender 48.6 51.4
41.9 Gravity 45.4 50.8
35.1 Splatting 37.6 41.1
35.3% 43.9 fps
User Benchmarks Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
The fastest GPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
Gigabyte(1458 353C) 2GB
CLim: 1267 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 474.82
33.5% Below average
Lighting 38.8
Reflection 35.1
Parallax 54.8
32% 42.9 fps
MRender 47.4
Gravity 51.4
Splatting 39.9
37% 46.2 fps
EVGA(3842 2682) 2GB
CLim: 1293 MHz, MLim: 1552 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 353.62
32.7% Below average
Lighting 38.8
Reflection 38.8
Parallax 50
32% 42.5 fps
MRender 51.3
Gravity 37.5
Splatting 40.4
35% 43.1 fps
Nvidia(10DE 0969) 2GB
CLim: 1202 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 474.44
30.5% Below average
Lighting 34.6
Reflection 36.5
Parallax 48
28% 39.7 fps
MRender 48.9
Gravity 43.3
Splatting 37.8
35% 43.3 fps
Nvidia(10DE 0969) 2GB
CLim: 1202 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 474.82
29.8% Poor
Lighting 34.2
Reflection 35.6
Parallax 46.9
28% 38.9 fps
MRender 46.8
Gravity 42.3
Splatting 35.8
34% 41.6 fps
Nvidia(10DE 0969) 2GB
CLim: 1202 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 474.82
28.4% Poor
Lighting 32.4
Reflection 32.8
Parallax 43.6
26% 36.3 fps
MRender 44.4
Gravity 42.1
Splatting 34.2
32% 40.2 fps
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Hardware Id Samples Bench ± SD Model / Price (MSRP ≈ $360 @ launch in Mar '12)
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Asus(1043 83F6) 10% 32% ± 2%
Nvidia(10DE 0969) 9% 30% ± 2%
EVGA(3842 2680) 6% 30% ± 0%
EVGA(3842 2682) 5% 32% ± 1%
Gigabyte(1458 353C) 5% 33% ± 1%
Asus(1043 83F7) 5% 35% ± 1%
Zotac(19DA 1255) 4% 32% ± 2%
Nvidia(10DE 100C) 4% 30% ± 0%
Gigabyte(1458 3551) 4% 33% ± 1%
MSI(1462 2821) 4% 31% ± 1%
EVGA(3842 0969) 4% 31% ± 2%
EVGA(3842 2686) 4% 31% ± 1%
Gainward(10B0 1180) 3% 32% ± 2%
EVGA(3842 3688) 3% 33% ± 1%
EVGA(3842 3687) 3% 33% ± 1%
Asus(1043 842E) 2% 30% ± 1%
EVGA(3842 2687) 2% 33% ± 1%
EVGA(3842 2683) 2% 33% ± 1%
Asus(1043 83F1) 2% 31% ± 1%
Zotac(19DA 1260) 2% 30% ± 2%
MSI(1462 2823) 2% 31% ± 1%
Palit(1569 1180) 1% 32% ± 2%
PNY(196E 0969) 1% 31% ± 2%
MSI(1462 2820) 1% 30% ± 1%
Asus(1043 83F0) 1% 30% ± 1%
Nvidia(10DE 0999) 1% 30% ± 1%
MSI(1462 2833) 1% 34% ± 1%
MSI(1462 2830) 1% 34% ± 2%
EVGA(3842 3685) 1% 31% ± 0%
Gigabyte(1458 353D) 1% 33% ± 1%
Device(107D 2738) 1% 30% ± 1%
Elitegroup(1019 3221) 1% 30% ± 0%
Device(0000 0000) 1% 30% ± 0%
Device(0000 1255) 1% 30% ± 0%
Gigabyte(1458 354C) 1% 31% ± 0%
PNY(196E 096A) 1% 30% ± 0%
Palit(1569 1181) 0% 31% ± 1%
Gigabyte(1458 354D) 0% 31% ± 0%
EVGA(3842 3684) 0% 31% ± 0%
MSI(1462 2822) 0% 33% ± 3%
Toshiba(1179 FB41) 0% 29% ± 0%
Asus(1043 8465) 0% 32% ± 0%
EVGA(3842 2681) 0% 29% ± 0%
Sapphire(174B 1255) 0% 29% ± 0%
POV(1ACC 684A) 0% 31% ± 0%
Asus(1043 8432) 0% 31% ± 0%
Gigabyte(1458 356A) 0% 31% ± 0%
EVGA(3842 2689) 0% 36% ± 0%
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Gaming 27%
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Desktop 77%
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Workstation 23%
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System: Alienware Aurora-R4

CPU
Core i7-3820IntelBench 70%, 38,674 samples578x
Core i7-4820KIntel  $110Bench 72%, 23,169 samples451x
Core i7-3930KIntel  $280Bench 74%, 33,172 samples232x
GPU
GTX 680Nvidia  $360Bench 32%, 38,995 samples1x
SSD
860 Evo 1TBSamsung  $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples53x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples51x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples44x
RAM
HMT351U6CFR8C-PB 4x4GBHynixBench 58%, 7,298 samples123x
M378B5173DB0-CK0 4x4GBSamsungBench 57%, 3,272 samples58x
8JTF51264AZ-1G6E1 4x4GBMicronBench 56%, 6,584 samples54x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 24% - Poor Total price: $490

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 Comments

GPUPro
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1,637

Official site www.geforce.co.uk/...

Added 9 years ago.
USA-User
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9,834

Excellent (edit your comment) Add link

18 days ago.

Works well even in 2024, but I'm finally getting an upgrade. Just on some games you have to play on low

CAN-User
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4,956

Poor

21 months ago.

I have enjoyed running my Asus GTX 680 with Ark for many years - solid performer - still going.

ROU-User
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4,615

Good

15 months ago.

Good fps for reallly cheap used price

NLD-User
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3,510

Average

2 years ago.

old tech but still a very fine GPU by today's required standards for 1080p gaming on high settings

SWE-User
Avatar level
2,784

Poor

9 months ago.

You could get this today around 100 dollars and for a gpu it totally does the job

CHL-User
Avatar level
2,590

Excellent

4 years ago.

Cuz for $50 it is a great card

KWT-User
Avatar level
960

Good

2 years ago.

i have it , its very fast and long life , no heat no noise . all games work .

HND-User
Avatar level
952

Good

4 years ago.

No longer more expensive than the rx 550 yet still gives you better performance despite its age.

RavenBailiff
Avatar level
314

Good

4 years ago.

Still holds up. The value dosen't anymore.

Vycyous
Avatar level
196

Poor

4 years ago.

I still have this, but it doesn't get much use. It hasn't aged very well. I wish I had bought an AMD Radeon HD 7970 instead of the GTX 680 back in the day.

velve666
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6

Excellent

5 years ago.

My first serious GPU, so rating is biased. But it performs well even though old and a little expensive.

xXTempsXx
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4

Very good

7 years ago.

Mine overclocks like a champ, love it for the used price of $50 USD

Wolfdale
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2

Good

6 years ago.

Bought this card new, it has allways done an excellent job and never failed me. nuf said.

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