NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M
VS
AMD Radeon RX 480
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M
VS
AMD Radeon RX 480

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M and AMD Radeon RX 480. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

370
Place in performance rating
153
25.04
Value for money (0-100)
49.01
Kepler
Architecture
Polaris
GK104
Code name
Ellesmere
Laptop
Type
Desktop
4 June 2012 (9 years ago)
Release date
29 June 2016 (5 years ago)
$310.50
Launch price (MSRP)
$229
$293 (0.9x MSRP)
Price now
$480 (2.1x MSRP)
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Design
reference
no data
GCN generation
4th Gen
2.56
Value for money
23.23
N13E-GTX
GPU code name
Polaris 10 Ellesmere
Laptop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M and AMD Radeon RX 480 based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

1344
Pipelines
2304
720 MHz
Core clock speed
1120 MHz
758 MHz
Boost Clock
1266 MHz
3,540 million
Transistor count
5,700 million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
14 nm
100 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
150 Watt
80.6 billion/sec
Texture fill rate
182.3
2,038 gflops
Floating-point performance
5,834 gflops
1344
CUDA cores
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no data
Compute units
36
1344
Pipelines / CUDA cores
2304
758 MHz
Boost clock speed
1266 MHz
3,540 million
Number of transistors
5,700 million
100 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
150 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 480.

MXM-B (3.0)
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
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Length
241 mm
None
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pin
large
Laptop size
no data
+
SLI options
no data
PCI Express 3.0
Bus support
n/a
no data
Bridgeless CrossFire
1

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 480 can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR5
4 GB
Maximum RAM amount
4 GB
256 Bit
Memory bus width
256 Bit
1800 MHz
Memory clock speed
2000 MHz
115.2 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
224 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 480, the size and number of monitors.

No outputs
Display Connectors
1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
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Eyefinity
1
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HDMI
2.0
no data
DisplayPort support
1.4HDR

Technologies

The difference between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M and AMD Radeon RX 480 is the additional functionality.

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3D Vision
no data
+
CUDA
no data
+
Optimus
no data
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AppAcceleration
n/a
no data
CrossFire
1
no data
FRTC
1
no data
FreeSync
+
no data
HD3D
n/a
no data
LiquidVR
1
no data
PowerTune
+
no data
TressFX
1
no data
TrueAudio
n/a
no data
ZeroCore
+
no data
VCE
+
no data
Enduro
n/a
no data
UVD
+
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 480. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 API
DirectX
DirectX® 12
4.5
OpenGL
4.5
1.1.126
Vulkan
+
5.1
Shader Model
6.4
1.1
OpenCL
2.0
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Mantle
n/a

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M and AMD Radeon RX 480 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 480 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 480
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M
AMD Radeon RX 480
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M
AMD Radeon RX 480
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M
AMD Radeon RX 480 104 65.8 51.6 32.3 17.2
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M
AMD Radeon RX 480
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 $480 (2.1x MSRP))

Less power consumption (100 Watt vs 150 Watt)

Advantages of AMD Radeon RX 480

25.52% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (2304 vs 1344)

Finer manufacturing process technology (14 nm vs 28 nm)

More memory bandwidth (224 GB/s vs 115.2 GB/s)

So, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M or AMD Radeon RX 480?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend AMD Radeon RX 480 .

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M versus AMD Radeon RX 480 performance benchmarks comparison

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