

We’ve made a comparison out of the Tom’s Hardware leaked charts. Curiosity took us to some conclusions.

GeForce GTX 680 is on average 15% faster than Radeon HD 7970 . It is also faster than GeForce GTX 580 by 30%. It has a performance comparable to Radeon HD 6990 (98% of its performance). GeForce GTX 680 is slower than GTX 590 by 9%.

GeForce GTX 680 seems to be slower than Radeon HD 7970 in Metro 2033. In Dirt 3 GTX 680 has much better performance than any AMD product. Other tests suggest that GTX 680 is a better solution if you are planning to upgrade your graphics card in a near future. Fudzilla reported today that GTX 680 may be available from $499. Multiple pages are now listing new GTX model in a price $550-580.

Here is the full detailed comparison in separate tables for three resolutions 2560×1600/1920×1080/1680×1050:

2560×1600

GeForce GTX 680 Performance [2560×1600] vs HD 7970 HD 6990 GTX 590 GTX 580 Battlefield 3 [Ultra Details 0xAA] 103% 77% 94% 142% Battlefield 3 [Ultra Details 4xAA] 105% 90% 88% 136% Crysis 2 [DirectX 9] 95% 85% 81% 123% Crysis 2 [DirectX 11] 117% 123% 89% 134% Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim [High Preset] 106% 97% 88% 136% Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim [Ultra Preset] 106% 90% 84% 130% videocardz.com Dirt 3 Ultra Preset [0xAA] 133% 100% 101% 150% Dirt 3 Ultra Preset [4xAA] 118% 86% 91% 141% Metro 2033 [AAA] 99% 77% 93% 129% Metro 2033 [4xAA] 93% 67% 83% 120% World of Warcraft: Cataclysm (x64) [Ultra 0xAA] 116% 115% 95% 132% World of Warcraft: Cataclysm (x64) [Ultra 8xAA] 133% 108% 81% 124% AVERAGE 110% 93% 89% 133%

1920×1080

GeForce GTX 680 Performance [1920×1080] vs HD 7970 HD 6990 GTX 590 GTX 580 3DMark 11 Extreme Preset 116% 96% 91% 133% Battlefield 3 [Ultra Details 0xAA] 115% 87% 104% 152% Battlefield 3 [Ultra Details 4xAA] 113% 93% 93% 139% Crysis 2 [DirectX 9] 104% 97% 95% 123% Crysis 2 [DirectX 11] 125% 126% 95% 139% Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim [High Preset] 107% 110% 87% 127% Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim [Ultra Preset] 112% 108% 86% 128% videocardz.com Dirt 3 Ultra Preset [0xAA] 141% 105% 100% 147% Dirt 3 Ultra Preset [8xAA] 122% 90% 91% 133% Metro 2033 [AAA] 88% 74% 86% 118% Metro 2033 [4xAA] 104% 88% 98% 133% World of Warcraft: Cataclysm (x64) [Ultra 0xAA] 119% 127% 99% 107% World of Warcraft: Cataclysm (x64) [Ultra 8xAA] 136% 115% 91% 124% HAWK X [8xAA, Tessellation Enabled] 115% 83% 72% 101% HAWK X [8xAA, Tessellation Disabled] 140% 90% 83% 107% AVERAGE 117% 99% 91% 127%

1680×1050

GeForce GTX 680 Performance [1680×1050] vs HD 7970 HD 6990 GTX 590 GTX 580 Battlefield 3 [Ultra Details 0xAA] 118% 88% 105% 153% Battlefield 3 [Ultra Details 4xAA] 115% 95% 94% 139% Crysis 2 [DirectX 9] 103% 99% 98% 112% Crysis 2 [DirectX 11] 125% 125% 95% 138% Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim [High Preset] 113% 122% 94% 129% Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim [Ultra Preset] 114% 114% 88% 123% videocardz.com Dirt 3 Ultra Preset [0xAA] 142% 106% 102% 146% Dirt 3 Ultra Preset [4xAA] 127% 89% 91% 134% Metro 2033 [AAA] 105% 93% 96% 131% Metro 2033 [4xAA] 93% 75% 86% 129% World of Warcraft: Cataclysm (x64) [Ultra 0xAA] 109% 120% 97% 104% World of Warcraft: Cataclysm (x64) [Ultra 8xAA] 135% 116% 91% 122% AVERAGE 117% 104% 95% 130%