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Side-by-side comparison of specifications and performance

Performance Comparison

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690

81%
81%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti

124%
124%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti is approximately 43% faster

Technical Specifications

SpecificationNVIDIA GeForce GTX 690NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti
Graphics ProcessorDifferent
GK104 x2
GM200
CoresDifferent
1536 x2
2816
TMUsDifferent
128 x2
176
ROPsDifferent
32 x2
96
Memory SizeDifferent
2 GB x2
6 GB
Memory Type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Bus WidthDifferent
256 bit x2
384 bit

Graphics Processor

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce GTX 690NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti
GPU NameDifferent
GK104
GM200
GPU VariantDifferent
GK104-355-A2
GM200-310-A1
ArchitectureDifferent
Kepler
Maxwell 2.0
Foundry
TSMC
TSMC
Process Size
28 nm
28 nm
TransistorsDifferent
3,540 million
8,000 million
DensityDifferent
12.0M / mm²
13.3M / mm²
Die SizeDifferent
294 mm²
601 mm²
Chip PackageDifferent
BGA-1745
BGA-2152

Graphics Card

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce GTX 690NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti
Release DateDifferent
May 3rd, 2012
Jun 2nd, 2015
GenerationDifferent
GeForce 600
GeForce 900
PredecessorDifferent
GeForce 500
GeForce 700
SuccessorDifferent
GeForce 700
GeForce 10
Production
End-of-life
End-of-life
Launch PriceDifferent
999 USD
649 USD
Bus Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 3.0 x16
ReviewsDifferent
20 in our database
169 in our database

Clock Speeds

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce GTX 690NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti
Base ClockDifferent
915 MHz
1000 MHz
Boost ClockDifferent
1019 MHz
1076 MHz
Memory ClockDifferent
1502 MHz6 Gbps effective
1753 MHz7 Gbps effective

Memory

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce GTX 690NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti
Memory SizeDifferent
2 GB
6 GB
Memory Type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Memory BusDifferent
256 bit
384 bit
BandwidthDifferent
192.3 GB/s
336.6 GB/s

Render Config

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce GTX 690NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti
Shading UnitsDifferent
1536
2816
TMUsDifferent
128
176
ROPsDifferent
32
96
SMX CountDifferent
8
N/A
L1 CacheDifferent
16 KB (per SMX)
48 KB (per SMM)
L2 CacheDifferent
512 KB
3 MB
SMM CountDifferent
N/A
22

Theoretical Performance

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce GTX 690NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti
Pixel RateDifferent
32.61 GPixel/s
103.3 GPixel/s
Texture RateDifferent
130.4 GTexel/s
189.4 GTexel/s
FP32 (float)Different
3.130 TFLOPS
6.060 TFLOPS
FP64 (double)Different
130.4 GFLOPS (1:24)
189.4 GFLOPS (1:32)

Board Design

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce GTX 690NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti
Slot Width
Dual-slot
Dual-slot
LengthDifferent
279 mm11 inches
267 mm10.5 inches
Height
111 mm4.4 inches
111 mm4.4 inches
WidthDifferent
38 mm1.5 inches
40 mm1.6 inches
TDPDifferent
300 W
250 W
Suggested PSUDifferent
700 W
600 W
OutputsDifferent
3x DVI1x mini-DisplayPort 1.2
1x DVI1x HDMI 2.03x DisplayPort 1.2
Power ConnectorsDifferent
2x 8-pin
1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Board NumberDifferent
P2000 SKU 0
PG600 SKU 30

Graphics Features

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce GTX 690NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti
DirectXDifferent
12 (11_0)
12 (12_1)
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
OpenCL
3.0
3.0
VulkanDifferent
1.2.175
1.3
CUDADifferent
3.0
5.2
Shader ModelDifferent
6.5 (5.1)
6.8

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