NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M
VS
AMD Radeon Pro W5500
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M
VS
AMD Radeon Pro W5500

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M and AMD Radeon Pro W5500. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

370
Place in performance rating
140
25.04
Value for money (0-100)
26.19
Kepler
Architecture
RDNA 1.0
GK104
Code name
Navi 14
Laptop
Type
Workstation
4 June 2012 (9 years ago)
Release date
10 February 2020 (1 year ago)
$310.50
Launch price (MSRP)
$399
$293 (0.9x MSRP)
Price now
$988 (2.5x MSRP)
2.56
Value for money
22.19
N13E-GTX
GPU code name
Navi 14
Laptop
Market segment
Workstation

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M and AMD Radeon Pro W5500 based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

1344
Pipelines
1408
720 MHz
Core clock speed
no data
758 MHz
Boost Clock
1400 MHz
3,540 million
Transistor count
6,400 million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
7 nm
100 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
125 Watt
80.6 billion/sec
Texture fill rate
123.2
2,038 gflops
Floating-point performance
no data
1344
CUDA cores
no data
1344
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1408
758 MHz
Boost clock speed
1400 MHz
3,540 million
Number of transistors
6,400 million
100 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
125 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M and AMD Radeon Pro W5500.

MXM-B (3.0)
Interface
PCIe 4.0 x8
no data
Length
267 mm
None
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pin
large
Laptop size
no data
+
SLI options
no data
PCI Express 3.0
Bus support
no data

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 Pro W5500 can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR6
4 GB
Maximum RAM amount
8 GB
256 Bit
Memory bus width
128 Bit
1800 MHz
Memory clock speed
14000 MHz
115.2 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
224.0 GB/s
-
Shared memory
no data

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M and AMD Radeon Pro W5500, the size and number of monitors.

No outputs
Display Connectors
4x DisplayPort

Technologies

The difference between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M and AMD Radeon Pro W5500 is the additional functionality.

+
3D Vision
no data
+
CUDA
no data
+
Optimus
no data
+
TXAA
no data
+
Adaptive VSync
no data
+
Verde Drivers
no data
DirectX 11
DirectX 11
no data

API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M and AMD Radeon Pro W5500. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 API
DirectX
12 (12_1)
4.5
OpenGL
4.6
1.1.126
Vulkan
no data
5.1
Shader Model
no data
1.1
OpenCL
no data

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M and AMD Radeon Pro W5500 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 Pro W5500 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 Pro W5500
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M
AMD Radeon Pro W5500
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M
AMD Radeon Pro W5500
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M
AMD Radeon Pro W5500
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M
AMD Radeon Pro W5500
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

Cheaper ($293 (0.9x MSRP) vs $988 (2.5x MSRP))

Less power consumption (100 Watt vs 125 Watt)

Advantages of AMD Radeon Pro W5500

29.74% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (1408 vs 1344)

Finer manufacturing process technology (7 nm vs 28 nm)

More maximum RAM amount (8 GB vs 4 GB)

More memory bandwidth (224.0 GB/s vs 115.2 GB/s)

So, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M or AMD Radeon Pro W5500?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend AMD Radeon Pro W5500 .

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M versus AMD Radeon Pro W5500 performance benchmarks comparison

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