The GTX 690 is much more expensive than the GTX 590 as it costs a whopping $ 999. Compare this to the GTX 590, which came originally at a price of $ 699. Meanwhile, the AMD closest equivalent card is the HD 7990 which costs $ 999. Spec for spec, this GTX 690 leapfrogs its direct predecessor, the GTX 590, by boasting 33.1 % more fps.
The GTX 690 has 2 GB RAM compared to the GTX 590 's 1.5 GB video memory. Compared to its AMD 's closest rival, HD 7990, the GTX 690 was 6.8 % faster.
Fortunately, gaming performance was quite impressive. The GTX 690 consistently delivers great frame rate increases over the GTX 590 and it really justifies an upgrade. For 1080p Full HD, we were able to play Far Cry 6, F1 2019, Resident Evil 4, World War Z, Apex Legends at 61 fps to 63 fps and kept frame rates hovering around 62 fps.
For 1440p Quad HD, we were able to play Valorant at 102 fps to 102 fps and kept frame rates hovering around 102 fps. For 2160p 4K, we were able to play Valorant at 89 fps to 89 fps and kept frame rates hovering around 89 fps.
The good news is, with the release of the GTX 780 Ti, the GTX 780 's price is getting more discount. The GTX 780 is much more expensive than the GTX 680 as it costs a whopping $ 649. Compare this to the GTX 680, which came originally at a price of $ 499. Meanwhile, the AMD closest equivalent card is the HD 7970 GHz Edition which costs $ 499.
Spec for spec, this GTX 780 leapfrogs its direct predecessor, the GTX 680, by boasting 8.2 % more fps. The GTX 780 has 3 GB RAM compared to the GTX 680 's 2 GB video memory.
Fortunately, gaming performance was quite impressive. The GTX 780 consistently delivers great frame rate increases over the GTX 680 and it really justifies an upgrade. Compared to its AMD 's closest rival, HD 7970 GHz Edition, the GTX 780 was -5.9 % slower.
For 1080p Full HD, we were able to play Strange Brigade, Valorant at 62 fps to 97 fps and kept frame rates hovering around 80 fps. For 1440p Quad HD, we were able to play Valorant at 79 fps to 79 fps and kept frame rates hovering around 79 fps.
For 2160p 4K, we were able to play Valorant at 69 fps to 69 fps and kept frame rates hovering around 69 fps.
| Year | Game | Frames Per Second |
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| 2019 | Apex Legends |
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| 2019 | Anthem |
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| 2019 | Far Cry New Dawn |
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| 2019 | Resident Evil 2 |
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| 2019 | Metro Exodus |
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| 2019 | World War Z |
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| 2019 | Gears of War 5 |
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| 2019 | F1 2019 |
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| 2019 | GreedFall |
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| 2019 | Borderlands 3 |
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| 2019 | Call of Duty Modern Warfare |
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| 2019 | Red Dead Redemption 2 |
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| 2019 | Need For Speed: Heat |
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| 2018 | Just Cause 4 |
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| 2018 | Monster Hunter: World |
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| 2018 | Strange Brigade |
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| 2017 | Need For Speed: Payback |
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| 2017 | For Honor |
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| 2017 | Project CARS 2 |
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| 2017 | Forza Motorsport 7 |
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| 2016 | Dishonored 2 |
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| 2015 | Grand Theft Auto V |
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| 2015 | Total War: Attila |
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| 2015 | Rocket League |
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| 2015 | Need For Speed |
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| 2015 | Project CARS |
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| 2015 | Rainbow Six Siege |
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| 2014 | Civilization: Beyond Earth |
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| 2014 | GRID Autosport |
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| 2014 | Shadow of Mordor |
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| 2014 | The Talos Principle |
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| 2013 | Bioshock Infinite |
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| 2013 | GRID 2 |
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| 2013 | Total War: Rome 2 |
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| 2012 | Counter-Strike: Global Offensive |
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| 2009 | League of Legends |
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| 2008 | Crysis: Warhead |
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| GTX 690 | GTX 780 | |
|---|---|---|
| Board Number | P2000 | P2083 SKU 25 |
| Length | 11 inches 279 mm | 10.5 inches 267 mm |
| Outputs | 3x DVI1x mini-DisplayPort | 2x DVI1x HDMI1x DisplayPort |
| Power Connectors | 2x 8-pin | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin |
| Slot Width | Dual-slot | Dual-slot |
| TDP | 300 W | 250 W |
| GTX 690 | GTX 780 | |
|---|---|---|
| Boost Clock | 1019 MHz | 902 MHz |
| GPU Clock | 915 MHz | 863 MHz |
| Memory Clock | 1502 MHz 6008 MHz effective | 1502 MHz 6008 MHz effective |
| GTX 690 | GTX 780 | |
|---|---|---|
| Bus Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Generation | GeForce 600 | GeForce 700 |
| Launch Price | 999 USD | 649 USD |
| Production | End-of-life | End-of-life |
| Release Date | May 3rd, 2012 | Sep 10th, 2013 |
| GTX 690 | GTX 780 | |
|---|---|---|
| CUDA | 3 | 3.5 |
| DirectX | 12.0 (11_0) | 12.0 (11_1) |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 1.2 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| Shader Model | 5.1 | 5.1 |
| Vulkan | 1.1.82 | 1.1.82 |
| GTX 690 | GTX 780 | |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | Kepler | Kepler |
| Die Size | 294 mm² | 561 mm² |
| GPU Name | GK104 | GK110B |
| GPU Variant | GK104-355-A2 | GK110-301-B1 |
| Process Size | 28 nm | 28 nm |
| Transistors | 3,540 million | 7,080 million |
| GTX 690 | GTX 780 | |
|---|---|---|
| Bandwidth | 192.3 GB/s | 288.4 GB/s |
| Memory Bus | 256 bit | 384 bit |
| Memory Size | 2048 MB | 3072 MB |
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| GTX 690 | GTX 780 | |
|---|---|---|
| ROPs | 32 | 48 |
| SMX Count | 8 | 12 |
| Shading Units | 1536 | 2304 |
| TMUs | 128 | 192 |
| GTX 690 | GTX 780 | |
|---|---|---|
| FP32 (float) performance | 3,130 GFLOPS | 4,156 GFLOPS |
| FP64 (double) performance | 130.4 GFLOPS (1:24) | 173.2 GFLOPS (1:24) |
| Pixel Rate | 32.61 GPixel/s | 43.30 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 130.4 GTexel/s | 173.2 GTexel/s |
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