NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M SLI
VS
AMD Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M SLI
VS
AMD Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M SLI and AMD Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

196
Place in performance rating
203
Kepler
Architecture
GCN
N13E-GTX
Code name
Wimbledon XT
Laptop
Type
Laptop
4 June 2012 (9 years ago)
Release date
1 May 2012 (9 years ago)
$149
Price now
$126
26.57
Value for money
29.91
N13E-GTX
GPU code name
Wimbledon XT
Laptop
Market segment
Laptop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M SLI and AMD Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

2688
Pipelines
2560
720 MHz
Core clock speed
850 MHz
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
no data
Power consumption (TDP)
200 Watt
2688
Pipelines / CUDA cores
2560
no data
Thermal design power (TDP)
200 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M SLI and AMD Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire.

large
Laptop size
large
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SLI options
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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 SLI and AMD Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR5
2x 4 GB
Maximum RAM amount
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2x 256 Bit
Memory bus width
2x 256 Bit
3600 MHz
Memory clock speed
4800 MHz
-
Shared memory
-

Technologies

The difference between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M SLI and AMD Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire is the additional functionality.

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3D Vision
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+
CUDA
no data
+
Optimus
no data
+
Verde Drivers
no data

API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M SLI and AMD Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

DirectX 11, Shader 5.0
DirectX
DirectX 11.1, Shader 5.0

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M SLI and AMD Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire 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 SLI or AMD Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M SLI
AMD Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M SLI
AMD Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M SLI
AMD Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M SLI
AMD Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M SLI
AMD Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire
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 SLI

More pipelines (2688 vs 2560)

Advantages of AMD Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire

Cheaper ($126 vs $149)

So, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M SLI or AMD Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire?

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

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M SLI versus AMD Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

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