Gaming Performance: GTX 680 SLI vs HD 7970 CFX vs HD 7950 CFX

Published by Christian Ney on 24.05.12
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Test Setup

Hardware

Mainboard
  • ASUS P8P67 Pro (BIOS 2303)
CPUs
  • Intel Core i7-2600K @ 3.4 GHz (Turbo Off / HT On)
Memory
  • G.Skill RipjawsZ Dual Channel 4x4GB CL9-9-9-24-DDR3-1600 MHz
Graphic Cards (Driver)
  • nVidia GeForce GTX 680 SLI (ForceWare 301.25)
  • nVidia GeForce GTX 680 (ForceWare 301.25)
  • ASUS GeForce GTX 670 DCU II Top (ForceWare 301.25)
  • AMD Radeon HD 7970 CrossFire (Catalyst 12.4)
  • XFX Radeon HD 7970 (XFX Double Dissipation) (Catalyst 12.4)
  • AMD Radeon HD 7950 CrossFire (Catalyst 12.4)
  • AMD Radeon HD 7950 (Catalyst 12.4)
HDD
  • Samsung SSD 830 Series 128 GB
PSU
  • Seasonic Platinum SS-1000XP / 1000 Watts


Specifications



  GeFroce GTX 680 GeFroce GTX 670 Radeon HD 7970 Radeon HD 7950
Chip GK104 GK104 Tahiti XT Tahiti Pro
Process 28 nm 28 nm 28 nm 28 nm
Transistors 3.54 billion 3.54 billion 4.31 billion 4.31 billion
GPU clock 1'006 MHz (Boost 1'059 MHz) (Max 1'059 MHz) 915 MHz (Boost 980 MHz) (Max 980 MHz) 925 MHz 800 MHz
Shader Cores 1'536 (CUDA 5) 1'344 (CUDA 5) 2'048 (1D) 1'792 (1D)
Texture Units 128 112 112 112
ROPs 32 ROP 32 ROP 32 ROP 32 ROP
Memory 2'048 MB GDDR5 2'048 MB GDDR5 3'072 MB GDDR5 3'072 MB GDDR5
Memory clock 1'502 MHz (6'008 MHz) 1'502 MHz (6'008 MHz) 1'375 MHz (5'500 MHz) 1'250 MHz (5'000 MHz)
Memory interface 256 Bit 256 Bit 384 Bit 384 Bit
Memory bandwidth 192'400 MB/s 192'400 MB/s 264'000 MB/s 240'000 MB/s




Page 1 - Introduction Page 8 - Crysis 2 / Dragon Age 2
Page 2 - Test Setup & Specifications Page 9 - S.T.A.L.K.E.R. / The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim / StarCraft 2
Page 3 - Benchmarks and Games Settings Page 10 - Power Consumption
Page 4 - 3D Mark 11 / 3D Mark Vantage Page 11 - Summary Benchmark Results
Page 5 - Unigine Heaven / TessMark Page 12 - Performance Index
Page 6 - Alien vs. Predator / Batman: Arkham City / Dirt 2 Page 13 - Performance/Watts & Performance/Price
Page 7 - Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 / BattleField 3 Page 14 - Conclusion



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