NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M
VS
AMD Radeon R9 370
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M
VS
AMD Radeon R9 370

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M and AMD Radeon R9 370. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

370
Place in performance rating
267
25.04
Value for money (0-100)
no data
Kepler
Architecture
GCN 1.0
GK104
Code name
Trinidad
Laptop
Type
Desktop
4 June 2012 (9 years ago)
Release date
5 May 2015 (6 years ago)
$310.50
Launch price (MSRP)
no data
$293 (0.9x MSRP)
Price now
$248
2.56
Value for money
13.35
N13E-GTX
GPU code name
Trinidad
Laptop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M and AMD Radeon R9 370 based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

1344
Pipelines
1280
720 MHz
Core clock speed
925 MHz
758 MHz
Boost Clock
975 MHz
3,540 million
Transistor count
2,800 million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
100 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
110 Watt
80.6 billion/sec
Texture fill rate
78.00
2,038 gflops
Floating-point performance
2,496 gflops
1344
CUDA cores
no data
1344
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1280
758 MHz
Boost clock speed
975 MHz
3,540 million
Number of transistors
2,800 million
100 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
110 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 R9 370.

MXM-B (3.0)
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
no data
Length
221 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 R9 370 can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR5
4 GB
Maximum RAM amount
2 GB
256 Bit
Memory bus width
256 Bit
1800 MHz
Memory clock speed
5600 MHz
115.2 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
179.2 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 R9 370, the size and number of monitors.

No outputs
Display Connectors
2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
no data
HDMI
+

Technologies

The difference between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M and AMD Radeon R9 370 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 R9 370. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 API
DirectX
12 (11_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 R9 370 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 370 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 370
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M
AMD Radeon R9 370
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M
AMD Radeon R9 370
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M
AMD Radeon R9 370
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M
AMD Radeon R9 370
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 1280)

Less power consumption (100 Watt vs 110 Watt)

More maximum RAM amount (4 GB vs 2 GB)

Advantages of AMD Radeon R9 370

8.08% faster in synthetic tests

Cheaper ($248 vs $293 (0.9x MSRP))

More memory bandwidth (179.2 GB/s vs 115.2 GB/s)

So, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M or AMD Radeon R9 370?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend AMD Radeon R9 370 .

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M versus AMD Radeon R9 370 performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M
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