GeForce GTX 680 vs Radeon E8860

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce GTX 680 and Radeon E8860, there are a couple of things to consider. Cards with more VRAM in general perform better and allow you to play on higher graphics settings. Size also makes a difference. A model with a large heatsink can occupy up to three expansion slots on a motherboard. Be sure you have enough room in your PC case. When comparing GPUs with different architectures, more processing cores and even higher TFLOPS will not always translate to better performance. To help you decide which GPU you need, we have measured frame rates in a number of popular games. For more on how the GeForce GTX 680 stacks up against Radeon E8860, check out specs charts below.

Main Specs

  GeForce GTX 680 Radeon E8860
Power consumption (TDP) 195 Watt 37 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors Two 6-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2048 MB 2 GB
Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort 4x mini-DisplayPort
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  • GeForce GTX 680 has 427% more power consumption, than Radeon E8860.
  • Both video cards are using PCIe 3.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
  • GeForce GTX 680 has 2046 GB more memory, than Radeon E8860.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • GeForce GTX 680 is build with Kepler architecture, and Radeon E8860 - with GCN 1.0.
  • Core clock speed of GeForce GTX 680 is 431 MHz higher, than Radeon E8860.
  • GeForce GTX 680 and Radeon E8860 are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of GeForce GTX 680 is 1500 MHz higher, than Radeon E8860.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 35−40 7−8
ultra / 1080p 21−24 4−5
QHD / 1440p 16−18 0−1
4K / 2160p 10−11
low / 720p 60−65 18−20
medium / 1080p 40−45 9−10
The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 680 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 310% more, than Radeon E8860.

Full Specs

  GeForce GTX 680 Radeon E8860
Architecture Kepler GCN 1.0
Code name GK104 Venus
Type Desktop Desktop
Release date 22 March 2012 25 January 2014
Pipelines 1536 640
Core clock speed 1006 MHz 575 MHz
Boost Clock 1058 MHz 625 MHz
Transistor count 3,540 million 1,500 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 128.8 billion/sec 25.00
Floating-point performance 3,090.4 gflops 800.0 gflops
Length 10.0" (25.4 cm)
Memory bus width 256-bit GDDR5 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 6000 MHz 4500 MHz
Memory bandwidth 192.2 GB/s 72 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (11_0) 12 (11_1)
Shader Model 5.1 5.1
OpenGL 4.2 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan 1.1.126 1.2.131
CUDA +
CUDA cores 1536
Bus support PCI Express 3.0
Height 4.376" (11.1 cm)
SLI options +
Multi monitor support 4 displays
HDMI +
HDCP +
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Audio input for HDMI Internal
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