NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M videocard review

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M

GeForce GTX 680M videocard released by NVIDIA; release date: 4 June 2012. At the time of release, the videocard cost $310.50. The videocard is designed for laptop-computers and based on Kepler microarchitecture codenamed GK104.

Core clock speed - 720 MHz. Boost clock speed - 758 MHz. Texture fill rate - 80.6 billion / sec. Pipelines - 1344. Floating-point performance - 2,038 gflops. Manufacturing process technology - 28 nm. Transistors count - 3,540 million. Power consumption (TDP) - 100 Watt.

Memory type: GDDR5. Maximum RAM amount - 4 GB. Memory bus width - 256 Bit. Memory clock speed - 1800 MHz. Memory bandwidth - 115.2 GB / s. Shared memory - 0.

Benchmarks

PassMark
G3D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
38588
3239
PassMark
G2D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
1295
343
Geekbench
OpenCL
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
345150
9778
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Face Detection
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
939.363 mPixels/s
28.081 mPixels/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Ocean Surface Simulation
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
14101.507 Frames/s
879.575 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
95.851 Frames/s
2.823 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Video Composition
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
530.303 Frames/s
40.155 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Bitcoin Mining
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
4429.590 mHash/s
99.750 mHash/s
GFXBench 4.0
Car Chase Offscreen
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
34770 Frames
1263 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
27823 Frames
2409 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225 Frames
3111 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
Car Chase Offscreen
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
34770.000 Fps
1263.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
27823.000 Fps
2409.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225.000 Fps
3111.000 Fps
3DMark Fire Strike
Graphics Score
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
36466
0
Name Value
PassMark - G3D Mark 3239
PassMark - G2D Mark 343
Geekbench - OpenCL 9778
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection 28.081 mPixels/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation 879.575 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex 2.823 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition 40.155 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining 99.750 mHash/s
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen 1263 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan 2409 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 3111 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen 1263.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan 2409.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 3111.000 Fps
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 0

Games performance

Counter-Strike: GO (2012)

Low, 1024x768230.80
Medium, 1366x768194.70
High, 1366x768169.30

Thief (2014)

Low, 1024x76856.30
Medium, 1366x76854.00
High, 1366x76851.00
Ultra, 1920x108031.30

X-Plane 10.25 (2013)

Low, 1024x76882.20
Medium, 1366x76839.20
High, 1366x76821.50
Ultra, 1920x108017.10

Battlefield 4 (2013)

Low, 1024x768111.10
Medium, 1366x76891.00
High, 1366x76869.70
Ultra, 1920x108031.10

Total War: Rome II (2013)

Low, 1024x768219.60
Medium, 1366x768160.30
High, 1366x768121.00
Ultra, 1920x108027.00

Company of Heroes 2 (2013)

Low, 1024x76852.50
Medium, 1366x76850.00
High, 1366x76837.40
Ultra, 1920x108018.40

Metro: Last Light (2013)

Low, 1024x768102.30
Medium, 1366x76887.80
High, 1366x76854.50
Ultra, 1920x108030.50

BioShock Infinite (2013)

Low, 1280x720184.40
Medium, 1366x768133.20
High, 1366x768116.75
Ultra, 1920x108045.80

StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm (2013)

Low, 1024x768264.40
Medium, 1366x768102.95
High, 1366x76890.20
Ultra, 1920x108060.40

SimCity (2013)

Low, 1024x76877.30
Medium, 1366x76856.90
High, 1366x76848.30
Ultra, 1920x108032.10

Tomb Raider (2013)

Low, 1024x768283.80
Medium, 1366x768169.55
High, 1366x768108.50
Ultra, 1920x108039.60

Crysis 3 (2013)

Low, 1024x76884.10
Medium, 1366x76869.80
High, 1366x76851.40
Ultra, 1920x108021.80

Hitman: Absolution (2012)

Low, 1024x76871.80
Medium, 1366x76866.10
High, 1366x76850.30
Ultra, 1920x108024.90

Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 (2012)

Low, 1024x768214.00
Medium, 1366x768165.35
High, 1366x768109.60
Ultra, 1920x108075.30

World of Tanks v8 (2012)

Low, 1024x76864.60
Medium, 1366x76844.00
High, 1366x76839.70
Ultra, 1920x108029.50

Borderlands 2 (2012)

Low, 1024x768119.90
Medium, 1366x76898.90
High, 1366x76888.40
Ultra, 1920x108071.10

Dirt Showdown (2012)

Low, 1024x768101.10
Medium, 1366x76881.30
High, 1366x76875.50
Ultra, 1920x108053.40

Diablo III (2012)

Low, 1024x768186.50
Medium, 1366x768168.50
High, 1366x768184.75
Ultra, 1920x1080157.25

Mass Effect 3 (2012)

Low, 1280x72060.20
High, 1366x76859.95
Ultra, 1920x108060.00

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (2011)

Medium, 1366x76888.00
High, 1366x76883.30
Ultra, 1920x108054.20

Battlefield 3 (2011)

Low, 1024x768122.30
Medium, 1366x76890.00
High, 1366x76874.15
Ultra, 1920x108036.00

Deus Ex Human Revolution (2011)

Low, 1024x768248.10
High, 1366x768186.70
Ultra, 1920x108085.45

StarCraft 2 (2010)

Low, 1024x768278.90
Medium, 1360x768116.10
High, 1360x768112.15
Ultra, 1920x108085.00

Metro 2033 (2010)

Low, 800x600139.20
Medium, 1360x768128.35
High, 1600x90067.10
Ultra, 1920x108024.10

Specifications (specs)

Essentials

Architecture Kepler
Code name GK104
Launch date 4 June 2012
Launch price (MSRP) $310.50
Place in performance rating 1060
Price now $499.99
Type Laptop
Value for money (0-100) 8.46

Technical info

Boost clock speed 758 MHz
Core clock speed 720 MHz
CUDA cores 1344
Floating-point performance 2,038 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm
Pipelines 1344
Texture fill rate 80.6 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 100 Watt
Transistor count 3,540 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCI Express 3.0
Interface MXM-B (3.0)
Laptop size large
SLI options 2-way
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 12 API
OpenCL 1.1
OpenGL 4.5

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB
Memory bandwidth 115.2 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz
Memory type GDDR5
Shared memory 0

Technologies

3D Vision
Adaptive VSync
CUDA
DirectX 11 DirectX 11
SLI
TXAA