NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 880M SLI
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 880M SLI

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 880M SLI. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

370
Place in performance rating
162
25.04
Value for money (0-100)
no data
Kepler
Architecture
Kepler
GK104
Code name
N15E-GX-A2
Laptop
Type
Laptop
4 June 2012 (9 years ago)
Release date
12 March 2014 (7 years ago)
$310.50
Launch price (MSRP)
no data
$293 (0.9x MSRP)
Price now
$3098
2.56
Value for money
no data
N13E-GTX
GPU code name
N15E-GX-A2
Laptop
Market segment
Laptop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 880M SLI based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

1344
Pipelines
3072
720 MHz
Core clock speed
954 MHz
758 MHz
Boost Clock
no data
3,540 million
Transistor count
2x 3540 Million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
100 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
206 Watt
80.6 billion/sec
Texture fill rate
no data
2,038 gflops
Floating-point performance
no data
1344
CUDA cores
no data
1344
Pipelines / CUDA cores
3072
758 MHz
Boost clock speed
no data
3,540 million
Number of transistors
2x 3540 Million
100 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
206 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 880M SLI.

MXM-B (3.0)
Interface
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None
Supplementary power connectors
no data
large
Laptop size
large
+
SLI options
+
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 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 880M SLI can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR5
4 GB
Maximum RAM amount
2x 8 GB
256 Bit
Memory bus width
2x 256 Bit
1800 MHz
Memory clock speed
5000 MHz
115.2 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
no data
-
Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 880M SLI, the size and number of monitors.

No outputs
Display Connectors
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Technologies

The difference between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 880M SLI is the additional functionality.

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

API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 880M SLI. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 API
DirectX
DirectX 12 (FL 11_0), Shader 5.0
4.5
OpenGL
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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 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 880M SLI 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 880M SLI 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 880M SLI
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 880M SLI
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 880M SLI
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 880M SLI
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 880M SLI
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 $3098)

Less power consumption (100 Watt vs 206 Watt)

More maximum RAM amount (4 GB vs 2x 8 GB)

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 880M SLI

28.78% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (3072 vs 1344)

So, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 880M SLI?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce GTX 880M SLI .

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M versus NVIDIA GeForce GTX 880M SLI performance benchmarks comparison

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