Would a Geforce GTX 680 be stronger than a GTX 960?

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This is something that is really confusing me. I am very new to GPUs and gaming PCs in general and I feel like I need clarification. I go to websites like game-debate where you can compare the specifications of GPUs, and the website actually claims that the GTX 680 is slightly more powerful than the GTX 960. That greatly confuses me.

How are series of the Geforce GTX series laid out? I assumed that the first number (so the 6 or 9) would indicate that it is much earlier and therefore less powerful. Or is the 960 actually supposed to be weaker, and that's why it has the "6" and not the "8"? Because I also compared the 680 and 970, and the website stated that the 970 was stronger than the 680 despite the middle number being lower. Or is the way Game-Debate calculates scores not accurate to the actual value of the GPUs?
 
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The first number is the series the 6 series are older tech so will be out performed by the newer series with the sae last 2 numbers.
With each generation it will pretty much break down like this, 680=770=960 now this is only true to a extent. with the more cuda cores of the 680 it will give better performance in some instances than a 960.
Even comparing the 680 to the 760 the difference is not a lot and the 960 is a better card than the 760.
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/1348?vs=1038
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The 680 IS more powerful than a 960: http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/MSI/GTX_960_Gaming/29.html
The reasoning being the architectures. The 680 is from the 6xx series, which is two generations before the 960, which is 9xx.
Given that, cards from newer generations are more powerful than their counterparts (960 vs 760). However, given the performance difference between a 660 and 680, the performance gain from the 960 matches the differences between the 680 and the 660.

However, this is in terms of raw performance, the newer gen cards support newer features.
 
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The first number is the series the 6 series are older tech so will be out performed by the newer series with the sae last 2 numbers.
With each generation it will pretty much break down like this, 680=770=960 now this is only true to a extent. with the more cuda cores of the 680 it will give better performance in some instances than a 960.
Even comparing the 680 to the 760 the difference is not a lot and the 960 is a better card than the 760.
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/1348?vs=1038
 
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New doesn't always mean faster. For nvidia cards x80 and x70 are for high end. x60 for mid range and x50 (and lower) for entry level. The next generation mid range doesn't necassarily meant it will be better than previous high end performance wise.

Performance wise 960 is about 5% slower than 680 in avarage. But that is not counting game that favoring specific architecture.
 
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