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March 6th, 2012

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 Final Specification Leaked

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 Final Specification Leaked geforce gtx 680
It seems that SemiAccurate may be right that NVIDIA is planning to release their flagship GeForce 600 series card soon. Kepler GK104 is to be named GeForce GTX 680.

Previous rumors were almost accurate. GeForce GTX 680 is to hold 1536 CUDA processors. Card will be equipped with 2GB of GDDR5 memory on 256-bit bus. Core clock will be set to 705 MHz, while shader will be clocked at 1411 MHz. The most important part is the fact that NVIDIA will retain the shader hotclocks, however, architecture will be much different than Fermi cards. What is also important is the memory clock which is to be set around 6Hz. Memory bandwidth should be equal to GeForce GTX 580 – 192 GB/s.

GeForce GTX 680 will be equipped with 4 display outputs: dual DVI, HDMi and DisplayPort. User from XtremeSystems forums has made a comparison of GK104 gpu die to Tahiti’s. It appears it’s slightly smaller. Card should support 4-way SLI.

NVIDIA will launch GeForce GTX 680 on 12th March, official release should take place on 23rd March.

UPDATE: It appears that this card will most likely be named GeForce GTX 670 Ti, not GTX 680.

SpecificationGeForce GTX 680GeForce GTX 580
Core Clock705 MHz772 MHz
Shaders Clock1411 MHz1544MHz
Memory Clock1500 MHz (6 GHz effective)1002 MHz (4 GHz effective)
Memory Type2GB GDDR51.5GB GDDR5
Memory Interface256-bit384-bit
Memory Bandwidth192 GB/s192 GB/s
CUDA cores1536512
Texture Units128128
Raster Operating Units3248
Max Power Draw255 W244

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 Final Specification Leaked geforce gtx 680

  • BU][ETREMEDY

    this is not a upgrade from the 580 its all the same nvidia is lagging behind amd now

  • BU][ETREMEDY

    this is not a upgrade from the 580 its all the same nvidia is lagging behind amd now

  • BU][ETREMEDY

    this is not a upgrade from the 580 its all the same nvidia is lagging behind amd now

  • http://videocardz.com VideoCardz

    If only this card would have better performance by 30% (which is very likely), then it could be called a successor to GTX580.

  • BestJinjo

    That’s hilarious. By your account HD7970 being only 20% faster than a GTX580 isn’t an upgrade either.

    Come back Monday, March 12th, when GTX680 beats HD7970 in every single DX11 game in the market, except for synthetics such as Unigine and Tessmark.

  • BestJinjo

    He is just upset the mid-range 340mm^2 NV chip will beat the flagship HD7970, which means a 500mm^2 GK110 (GTX780) will be completely unbeatable.

  • Lok

    I may not know much about GPU Specs more than a few basic things, but if this is true. It looks like the card got worse… increased max power draw, lower shader clock, downgrade in the memory interface. I’m not an expert but that max power draw and memory interface is a red flag to me…

  • BU][ETREMEDY

    People got to accept the fact that Nvidia have lost their touch. Ati did a P24211 score in 3dmark11 and a P64986 score in vantage with 4x Xfire with no OC, true Nvidia has better scaling but the 680 wont beat that, and if they do, ATi will just need to bring out a better driver and their back on top.

  • BU][ETREMEDY

    more than 20% spec WTF closer to 30-35% faster. Actual software-Hardware performance differs massively.

  • BestJinjo

    You must be joking using 3dMark scores to comment on real world gaming performance. Look at HD7870 vs. HD6970. It trounces the latter in 3dMark11 but in real world games barely beats it by 10-11%.

    Also, this is NOT Nvidia’s flagship card of Kepler generation. It’s their “current” flagship card that’s designed to compete with HD7970, nothing less, nothing more. What were you expecting exactly? Nvidia’s flagship cars are 450-550mm^2 die sized beats. This is a 320-340mm^2 die with 256-bit memory bus. That right there should tell anyone informed about GPUs that this is not a card that’s meant to beat HD7970 by 40-50%.

    If you want more performance, wait for GK110 or just buy an HD7970 and overclock it.

  • BestJinjo

    1) downgrade in the memory interface => 256-bit memory @ 6000mhz is same bandwidth as 384-bit GTX580 with far slower 4000 mhz chips. No downgrade.

    2) ncreased max power draw => Incorrect again. TDP is not actual power draw, but theoretical maximum within which a card is going to operate. This card will run at 700mhz stock but have TurboBoost up to 900mhz+ to take advantage of the increased TDP space. It will 100% outperform GTX580.

    3) lower shader clock => 1400mhz with 1536 shaders vs. 1544 mhz with 512 shaders. The shaders are not comparable however since Kepler and Fermi are different architectures. Because the 2 architectures are different, you are incorrectly assuming that 100mhz lower shader speed will be worse, but then it has 3x the shaders…

    4) The above specs for GTX580 are incorrect. It only has 64 TMUs not 128 TMUs. This explains why it tanks at 2560×1600 vs. HD6970/7970. GK104 seems to address that.

    Expect the flagship GK110 later in the year. GK104 is just a high-end holdover for now. If you want 50-75% more performance over GTX580, this card isn’t it.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_CR7BRLFQ5S5IHQWV57UY2FPFXQ Andre

    3dmark means nothing. GK104 isn’t even the high-end part and it rivals and apparently beats 7970. ATI dropped the ball this time and no magic driver would change that.

  • Paratrooper1n0

     You forget that there are more Cuda Cores. Besides that, you shouldn’t believe something fully until it releases.

  • Paratrooper1n0

     You’re either a troll, idiot, and/or AMD fanboy. Lying to yourself.

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