NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M
VS
AMD Radeon RX 460
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M
VS
AMD Radeon RX 460

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M and AMD Radeon RX 460. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

370
Place in performance rating
294
25.04
Value for money (0-100)
16.86
Kepler
Architecture
Polaris
GK104
Code name
Baffin
Laptop
Type
Desktop
4 June 2012 (9 years ago)
Release date
8 August 2016 (5 years ago)
$310.50
Launch price (MSRP)
$86
$293 (0.9x MSRP)
Price now
$201 (2.3x MSRP)
2.56
Value for money
18.14
N13E-GTX
GPU code name
Polaris 11 / Baffin XT
Laptop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M and AMD Radeon RX 460 based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

1344
Pipelines
896
720 MHz
Core clock speed
1090 MHz
758 MHz
Boost Clock
1200 MHz
3,540 million
Transistor count
3,000 million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
14 nm
100 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
75 Watt
80.6 billion/sec
Texture fill rate
67.20
2,038 gflops
Floating-point performance
2,150 gflops
1344
CUDA cores
no data
1344
Pipelines / CUDA cores
896
758 MHz
Boost clock speed
1200 MHz
3,540 million
Number of transistors
3,000 million
100 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
75 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 RX 460.

MXM-B (3.0)
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x8
no data
Length
170 mm
None
Supplementary power connectors
None
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 RX 460 can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR5
4 GB
Maximum RAM amount
4 GB
256 Bit
Memory bus width
128 Bit
1800 MHz
Memory clock speed
7000 MHz
115.2 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
112.0 GB/s
-
Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M and AMD Radeon RX 460, the size and number of monitors.

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

Technologies

The difference between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M and AMD Radeon RX 460 is the additional functionality.

+
3D Vision
no data
+
CUDA
no data
+
Optimus
no data
no data
FreeSync
+
no data
DisplayPort 1.3 HBR / 1.4 HDR Ready
+
+
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 RX 460. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 API
DirectX
12 (12_0)
4.5
OpenGL
4.6
1.1.126
Vulkan
1.2.131
5.1
Shader Model
6.4
1.1
OpenCL
2.0

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M and AMD Radeon RX 460 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 RX 460 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 RX 460
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M
AMD Radeon RX 460
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M
AMD Radeon RX 460
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M
AMD Radeon RX 460 148 51.4 36.6 21.5 14.2
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M
AMD Radeon RX 460
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 896)

More memory bandwidth (115.2 GB/s vs 112.0 GB/s)

Advantages of AMD Radeon RX 460

4.9% faster in synthetic tests

Cheaper ($201 (2.3x MSRP) vs $293 (0.9x MSRP))

Finer manufacturing process technology (14 nm vs 28 nm)

Less power consumption (75 Watt vs 100 Watt)

So, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M or AMD Radeon RX 460?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend AMD Radeon RX 460 .

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M versus AMD Radeon RX 460 performance benchmarks comparison

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