AMD Radeon E8860 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon E8860 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon E8860

• Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 7 month(s) later
• 2.7x lower typical power consumption: 37 Watt vs 100 Watt
• 2.5x more memory clock speed: 4500 MHz vs 1800 MHz
• Around 24% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 436 vs 351
• 2.8x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 26300 vs 9444
• Around 40% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 4345 vs 3111
• Around 40% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 4345 vs 3111

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M

• Around 25% higher core clock speed: 720 MHz vs 575 MHz
• Around 21% higher boost clock speed: 758 MHz vs 625 MHz
• 3.2x more texture fill rate: 80.6 billion / sec vs 25 GTexel / s
• 2.1x more pipelines: 1344 vs 640
• 2.5x better floating-point performance: 2,038 gflops vs 800.0 gflops
• 2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
• Around 94% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3278 vs 1686
• Around 38% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 28.081 vs 20.395
• Around 66% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 879.575 vs 529.248
• Around 68% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 2.823 vs 1.683
• 2.5x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 40.155 vs 15.803
• 2.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 99.75 vs 47.86
• Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 1263 vs 1246
• Around 46% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2409 vs 1655
• Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 1263 vs 1246
• Around 46% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 2409 vs 1655

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon E8860
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M

PassMark - G3D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	1686 3278
PassMark - G2D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	436 351
Geekbench - OpenCL	GPU 1 GPU 2	26300 9444
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	20.395 28.081
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	529.248 879.575
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1.683 2.823
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	15.803 40.155
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	47.86 99.75
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1246 1263
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1655 2409
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	4345 3111
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1246 1263
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1655 2409
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	4345 3111

Compare specifications (specs)