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Nvidia GeForce GTX 780 3 GB - A Large Increase Occurring In Every Aspect (Part 4)

9/7/2013 5:19:42 PM

Performance

3DMark (2013)

The GeForce GTX 780 is 30-35% ahead of GTX 680

The GeForce GTX 780 is 30-35% ahead of GTX 680

The GeForce GTX 780 has a faster startup, beats GeForce GTX 680 about 30-35% with 3DMark (2013). It's in a small gap behind about 3-4% but 3-5% over the Titan when was overclocked. It really is a promising start.

Unigine Valley Bench

 

GeForce GTX 780 was fastest graphics card when overclocked

GeForce GTX 780 was fastest graphics card when overclocked

The GeForce GTX 780 feels very gentle with this benchmark. It was 6.5-10% ahead by Titan and ahead the GeForce GTX 680 from 27 to 43%. When overclocked it easily became the fastest graphics card in this test.

Metro 2033: The Last Refuge

Overclocking makes the GeForce GTX 780 even faster than the Titan.

Overclocking makes the GeForce GTX 780 even faster than the Titan.

The GeForce GTX 780 is an impressive 46-53% ahead of the previous single-GPU flagship from Nvidia in this game, which is actually the largest advantage it will enjoy in this test session. It falls behind the Titan about 6.1 to 8.5%. Do you think about the price difference between them? Overclocking makes the GeForce GTX 780 even faster than the Titan.

We also note that AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition looks very good in the Metro 2033: The Last Refuge

Total War: Shogun 2 – Fall of the Samurai

The new card is only 10% slower than the Titan

The new card is only 10% slower than the Titan

The gap between the GeForce GTX 780 and the GTX 680 is smaller than in the previous benchmark, but remained at 23.3 - 37.9%. The new card is only 10% slower than the Titan but it passes the Titan 2.6% to 6.8% when overclocked.

Battlefield 3

The GeForce GTX 780 is faster than its predecessor

The GeForce GTX 780 is faster than its predecessor

The difference between the fastest single-GPU graphics cards should be smaller in the less resource-consuming Battlefield 3, but the GeForce GTX 780 turned out to be faster than its predecessor. The Titan is 8-11% faster, but the GTX 780 is easily overcome when it is overclocked.

Sniper Elite V2 Benchmark

Both the GeForce GTX 780 and the GeForce GTX Titan are in the default frequency and overclocked.

Both the GeForce GTX 780 and the GeForce GTX Titan are in the default frequency and overclocked.

The GeForce GTX 780 also add 30% to the previous flagship’s performance in the Sniper Elite V2. And it differs from Titan card as in previous benchmark, both were in the default frequency and overclocked.

Sleeping Dogs

The GeForce GTX 780 has fewer advantages than the GeForce GTX 680

The GeForce GTX 780 has fewer advantages than the GeForce GTX 680

The GeForce GTX 780 has fewer advantages than the GeForce GTX 680 in the Sleeping Dogs, however, this gap still remained at 25-28%. Contrary to the Titan card, there is a great advantage in this test: 7 to 13%. The GeForce GTX 780 can be overclocked to reduce this gap. The Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition is quite competitive with Nvidia's new flagship in this game.

Hitman: Absolution

The Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition is quick compared with the other cards in this game.

Overclocking makes the GeForce GTX 780 faster than the Titan

Overclocking makes the GeForce GTX 780 faster than the Titan

An undoubted success of AMD-based products, Nvidia's new flagship is faster than the GeForce GTX 680 about 25-56% and slower than the Titan just a little 3-6%. Overclocking makes the GeForce GTX 780 faster than the Titan.

Crysis 3

The GeForce GTX 780 is 6-10% slower than the GeForce GTX Titan at the default clock rate

The GeForce GTX 780 is 6-10% slower than the GeForce GTX Titan at the default clock rate

The GeForce GTX 780 is 28 to 35% ahead when compared with the GeForce GTX 680 in Crysis 3. It is also 6-10% slower than the GeForce GTX Titan at default clock rate and 7-11% faster when overclocked.

Tomb Raider (2013)

The new card is 8-10% slower than the GeForce GTX Titan

The new card is 8-10% slower than the GeForce GTX Titan

The difference between the old and the new Nvidia's flagship is 33 to 37% in the Tomb Raider. The new Card is 8-10% slower than the GeForce GTX Titan, not much, especially when overclocking will make the GTX 780 to be a champion in this test.

BioShock Infinite

This game does not have many new things that are worth mentioning:

The AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition is much faster in this regard.

The AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition is much faster in this regard.

The only thing different from the previous test is low frame rate at the bottom of the Nvidia card. The AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition is much faster in this regard.

Metro: Last Light

The GeForce GTX 780 is 31-48% ahead of the GTX 680

The GeForce GTX 780 is 31-48% ahead of the GTX 680

Metro

Last Light is the latest benchmark and the most resource consumption in our list. The GeForce GTX 780 is 31-48% ahead of the GTX 680, depending on the display resolution and image quality settings. We can see the same picture if Advanced PhysX technology is disabled.

Disable Advanced PhysX technology

Disable Advanced PhysX technology

Here are the full results table, so we can proceed to summarize the performance charts.

Results Table

Results Table

Performance summary

Firstly, let's check out the difference between the GeForce GTX 780 and the GTX 680 at their default clock rate, the GTX 680 is considered as the boundary.

Performance strongly raises in the Metro 2033: The Last Refuge

Performance strongly raises in the Metro 2033: The Last Refuge

We see an increase in performance in every game. Especially it's strong in the Metro 2033: The Last Refuge and, with antialiasing enabled, in the Metro: Last Light and Hitman: Absolution The new card is an average 30-31% faster than the GeForce GTX 780 without antialiasing and 37-38% faster with antialiasing turned on. We guess that this is quite a lot.

The next pair chart in our summary help to compare the GeForce GTX 780 with the GeForce GTX Titan at their default clock rate. Take a look at how much the GTX 780 is slower when compared with the $1,000 Titan.

Compared the GeForce GTX 780 with the GeForce GTX Titan

Compared the GeForce GTX 780 with the GeForce GTX Titan

The gap is only 8%, so Nvidia's new card is very attractive. And it's even more attractive if we compare between the overclocked GeForce GTX 780 and the standard GeForce GTX Titan.

The gap is only 8% when not overclocked

The gap is only 8% when not overclocked

Of course the Titan can be overclocked as well as it will easily beat out the GeForce GTX 780 if both are overclocked at a similar level. However, 35% cheaper card can achieve similar performance with the standard Titan card, this is another attraction of the GeForce GTX 780.

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