NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M
VS
AMD Radeon R9 M390
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M
VS
AMD Radeon R9 M390

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M and AMD Radeon R9 M390. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

370
Place in performance rating
361
25.04
Value for money (0-100)
no data
Kepler
Architecture
GCN
GK104
Code name
Pitcairn
Laptop
Type
Laptop
4 June 2012 (9 years ago)
Release date
9 June 2015 (6 years ago)
$310.50
Launch price (MSRP)
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$293 (0.9x MSRP)
Price now
no data
2.56
Value for money
no data
N13E-GTX
GPU code name
Pitcairn
Laptop
Market segment
Laptop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M and AMD Radeon R9 M390 based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

1344
Pipelines
1024
720 MHz
Core clock speed
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758 MHz
Boost Clock
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3,540 million
Transistor count
5000 Million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
100 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
no data
80.6 billion/sec
Texture fill rate
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2,038 gflops
Floating-point performance
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1344
CUDA cores
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1344
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1024
758 MHz
Boost clock speed
no data
3,540 million
Number of transistors
5000 Million
100 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
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Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M and AMD Radeon R9 M390.

MXM-B (3.0)
Interface
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None
Supplementary power connectors
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large
Laptop size
large
+
SLI options
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PCI Express 3.0
Bus support
PCIe 3.0

Memory

Graphics card memory is used to store calculations. Modern software and 3D games require more and faster memory. The higher these parameters, the more productive the chip. The difference in these characteristics NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M and AMD Radeon R9 M390 can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR5
4 GB
Maximum RAM amount
4 GB
256 Bit
Memory bus width
256 Bit
1800 MHz
Memory clock speed
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115.2 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
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-
Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M and AMD Radeon R9 M390, the size and number of monitors.

No outputs
Display Connectors
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Eyefinity
1

Technologies

The difference between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M and AMD Radeon R9 M390 is the additional functionality.

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3D Vision
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+
CUDA
no data
+
Optimus
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AppAcceleration
-
no data
FreeSync
1
no data
HD3D
+
no data
PowerTune
+
no data
TrueAudio
-
no data
ZeroCore
+
no data
Enduro
-
+
TXAA
no data
+
Adaptive VSync
no data
+
Verde Drivers
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DirectX 11
DirectX 11
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DualGraphics
1
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Switchable graphics
1
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DirectCompute 5.0
+

API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M and AMD Radeon R9 M390. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 API
DirectX
DirectX® 12
4.5
OpenGL
4.4
1.1.126
Vulkan
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5.1
Shader Model
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1.1
OpenCL
Not Listed
no data
Mantle
+

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M and AMD Radeon R9 M390 graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M or AMD Radeon R9 M390 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M
AMD Radeon R9 M390
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M
AMD Radeon R9 M390
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M
AMD Radeon R9 M390
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M
AMD Radeon R9 M390
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M
AMD Radeon R9 M390
Legend
5 Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
May Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
30 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 25 frames per second (fps)
40 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 35 frames per second (fps)
60 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 58 frames per second (fps)
May Run Fluently – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards show a smooth frame rate, comfortable for the game.
? Uncertain – Graphics cards testing has shown that a slower card can provide a high and stable frame rate for the same operation.
Uncertain – The work of the video card in the game is still being studied. Interpolation among analogs is not possible.
The value depicts the average frame rate. Hovering over the value, you can get individual results.

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M

More pipelines (1344 vs 1024)

Advantages of AMD Radeon R9 M390

0.26% faster in synthetic tests

So, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M or AMD Radeon R9 M390?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend AMD Radeon R9 M390 .

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M versus AMD Radeon R9 M390 performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M
0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score AMD Radeon R9 M390