AMD Cayman
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX
AMD Cayman
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX

General info

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

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Place in performance rating
288
TeraScale 3
Architecture
Kepler
Cayman
Code name
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Desktop
Type
Laptop
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Release date
23 October 2012 (9 years ago)
$17.44
Price now
$200
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Value for money
7.34
Cayman
GPU code name
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Desktop
Market segment
Laptop

Technical specs

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

1536
Pipelines
1536
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Core clock speed
720 MHz
2,640 million
Transistor count
3540 Million
40 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
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Power consumption (TDP)
122 Watt
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Texture fill rate
92.2 billion/sec
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CUDA cores
1536
1536
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1536
2,640 million
Number of transistors
3540 Million
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Thermal design power (TDP)
122 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the AMD Cayman and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX.

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Laptop size
large
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SLI options
+
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Bus support
PCI Express 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 AMD Cayman and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX can be seen in this section.

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Memory type
GDDR5
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Maximum RAM amount
2 GB
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Memory bus width
256 Bit
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Memory clock speed
2500 MHz
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Memory bandwidth
160 GB/s
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Shared memory
-

Technologies

The difference between AMD Cayman and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX is the additional functionality.

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3D Vision
+
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CUDA
+
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Optimus
+
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FXAA
+
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TXAA
+
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Adaptive VSync
+
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Verde Drivers
+
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DirectX 11
DirectX 11
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3D Vision / 3DTV Play
+

API support

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

11.2 (11_0)
DirectX
12 API
4.4
OpenGL
4.5
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OpenCL
1.1

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for AMD Cayman and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX 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 AMD Cayman or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) AMD Cayman
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX
Death Stranding (2020) AMD Cayman
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX
F1 2020 (2020) AMD Cayman
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX
Gears Tactics (2020) AMD Cayman
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX
Doom Eternal (2020) AMD Cayman
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX
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 AMD Cayman

Cheaper ($17.44 vs $200)

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX

19.75% faster in synthetic tests

Finer manufacturing process technology (28 nm vs 40 nm)

So, AMD Cayman or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX .

AMD Cayman versus NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score AMD Cayman
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