NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M
VS
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M
VS
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

370
Place in performance rating
44
25.04
Value for money (0-100)
38.57
Kepler
Architecture
Turing
GK104
Code name
TU106
Laptop
Type
Desktop
4 June 2012 (9 years ago)
Release date
27 August 2018 (3 years ago)
$310.50
Launch price (MSRP)
$499
$293 (0.9x MSRP)
Price now
$1339 (2.7x MSRP)
2.56
Value for money
17.86
N13E-GTX
GPU code name
Turing TU106
Laptop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

1344
Pipelines
2304
720 MHz
Core clock speed
1410 MHz
758 MHz
Boost Clock
1620 MHz
3,540 million
Transistor count
10,800 million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
12 nm
100 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
175 Watt
80.6 billion/sec
Texture fill rate
233.3
2,038 gflops
Floating-point performance
no data
1344
CUDA cores
no data
1344
Pipelines / CUDA cores
2304
758 MHz
Boost clock speed
1620 MHz
3,540 million
Number of transistors
10,800 million
100 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
175 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 RTX 2070.

MXM-B (3.0)
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
no data
Length
229 mm
None
Supplementary power connectors
1x 8-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 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR6
4 GB
Maximum RAM amount
8 GB
256 Bit
Memory bus width
256 Bit
1800 MHz
Memory clock speed
14000 MHz
115.2 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
448.0 GB/s
-
Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070, the size and number of monitors.

No outputs
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C
no data
G-SYNC support
+
no data
HDMI
+

Technologies

The difference between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 is the additional functionality.

no data
VR Ready
+
no data
Multi Monitor
+
+
3D Vision
no data
+
CUDA
7.5
+
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 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 API
DirectX
12 Ultimate (12_1)
4.5
OpenGL
4.6
1.1.126
Vulkan
1.2.131
5.1
Shader Model
6.5
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 RTX 2070 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 RTX 2070 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 RTX 2070 149 113 97 79 61 35
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 172 138 127 125 90.6 51
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 279 231 196 139 104 61
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 312 215 140 94.5 69.9 38.7
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 290 208 188 184 127 67.9
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 $1339 (2.7x MSRP))

Less power consumption (100 Watt vs 175 Watt)

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070

61.66% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (2304 vs 1344)

Finer manufacturing process technology (12 nm vs 28 nm)

More maximum RAM amount (8 GB vs 4 GB)

More memory bandwidth (448.0 GB/s vs 115.2 GB/s)

G-SYNC support

VR Ready

Multi Monitor

So, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M or NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 .

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M versus NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 performance benchmarks comparison

Overall benchmark performance

User rating

0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M
0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070