NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

370
Place in performance rating
235
25.04
Value for money (0-100)
25.47
Kepler
Architecture
Kepler
GK104
Code name
GK104
Laptop
Type
Desktop
4 June 2012 (9 years ago)
Release date
3 May 2012 (9 years ago)
$310.50
Launch price (MSRP)
$999
$293 (0.9x MSRP)
Price now
$534 (0.5x MSRP)
2.56
Value for money
5.32
N13E-GTX
GPU code name
GK104
Laptop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690 based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

1344
Pipelines
1536
720 MHz
Core clock speed
915 MHz
758 MHz
Boost Clock
1019 MHz
3,540 million
Transistor count
3,540 million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
100 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
300 Watt
80.6 billion/sec
Texture fill rate
234 billion/sec
2,038 gflops
Floating-point performance
2x 3,130 gflops
1344
CUDA cores
3072
1344
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1536
758 MHz
Boost clock speed
1019 MHz
3,540 million
Number of transistors
3,540 million
100 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
300 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690.

MXM-B (3.0)
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
no data
Length
11.0" (27.9 cm)
None
Supplementary power connectors
Two 8-pin
large
Laptop size
no data
+
SLI options
+
PCI Express 3.0
Bus support
PCI Express 3.0
no data
Height
4.376" (11.1 cm)

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 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690 can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR5
4 GB
Maximum RAM amount
4 GB (4 GB per GPU) GDDR5
256 Bit
Memory bus width
512-bit (256-bit per GPU)
1800 MHz
Memory clock speed
6008 MHz
115.2 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
384 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 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690, the size and number of monitors.

No outputs
Display Connectors
Two Dual Link DVI-I. One Dual link DVI-D. One Mini-Displayport 1.2
no data
G-SYNC support
+
no data
Multi monitor support
4 displays
no data
HDCP
+
no data
Maximum VGA resolution
2048x1536
no data
Audio input for HDMI
Internal
no data
HDMI
Yes (via dongle)

Technologies

The difference between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690 is the additional functionality.

+
3D Vision
+
no data
GPU Boost
+
+
CUDA
+
+
Optimus
no data
no data
3D Gaming
+
no data
3D Vision Live
+
no data
FXAA
+
+
TXAA
+
+
Adaptive VSync
+
+
Verde Drivers
no data
no data
3D Blu-Ray
+
DirectX 11
DirectX 11
DirectX 11

API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 API
DirectX
12 (11_0)
4.5
OpenGL
4.2
1.1.126
Vulkan
1.1.126
5.1
Shader Model
5.1
1.1
OpenCL
1.2

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690 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 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690
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 $534 (0.5x MSRP))

Less power consumption (100 Watt vs 300 Watt)

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690

13.44% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (1536 vs 1344)

More memory bandwidth (384 GB/s vs 115.2 GB/s)

G-SYNC support

So, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690 .

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M versus NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690 performance benchmarks comparison

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