AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT 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.

AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 8 month(s) later
3.2x more core clock speed: 2321 MHz vs 720 MHz
3.4x more boost clock speed: 2581 MHz vs 758 MHz
5124.1x more texture fill rate: 413.0 GTexel/s vs 80.6 billion / sec
Around 90% higher pipelines: 2560 vs 1344
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 28 nm
3x more maximum memory size: 12 GB vs 4 GB
Around 11% higher memory clock speed: 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective) vs 1800 MHz
6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 19824 vs 3278
2.7x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 946 vs 351
10.6x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 100473 vs 9444
12.4x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 349.422 vs 28.081
8.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 7129.567 vs 879.575
12.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 34.064 vs 2.823
4.9x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 197.183 vs 40.155
17x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 1699.337 vs 99.75
12.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 15315 vs 1263
7.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 18062 vs 2409
16.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 50772 vs 3111
12.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 15315 vs 1263
7.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 18062 vs 2409
16.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 50772 vs 3111

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	3 Mar 2021 vs 4 June 2012
Core clock speed	2321 MHz vs 720 MHz
Boost clock speed	2581 MHz vs 758 MHz
Texture fill rate	413.0 GTexel/s vs 80.6 billion / sec
Pipelines	2560 vs 1344
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 28 nm
Maximum memory size	12 GB vs 4 GB
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective) vs 1800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	19824 vs 3278
PassMark - G2D Mark	946 vs 351
Geekbench - OpenCL	100473 vs 9444
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	349.422 vs 28.081
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	7129.567 vs 879.575
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	34.064 vs 2.823
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	197.183 vs 40.155
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	1699.337 vs 99.75
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	15315 vs 1263
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	18062 vs 2409
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	50772 vs 3111
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	15315 vs 1263
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	18062 vs 2409
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	50772 vs 3111

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M

2.3x lower typical power consumption: 100 Watt vs 230 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt vs 230 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

19824

3278

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

946

351

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

100473

9444

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

349.422

28.081

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

7129.567

879.575

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

34.064

2.823

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

197.183

40.155

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1699.337

99.75

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

15315

1263

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

18062

2409

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

50772

3111

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

15315

1263

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

18062

2409

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

50772

3111

Name	AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M
PassMark - G3D Mark	19824	3278
PassMark - G2D Mark	946	351
Geekbench - OpenCL	100473	9444
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	349.422	28.081
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	7129.567	879.575
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	34.064	2.823
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	197.183	40.155
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	1699.337	99.75
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	15315	1263
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	18062	2409
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	50772	3111
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	15315	1263
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	18062	2409
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	50772	3111
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	2435	0

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 2.0	Kepler
Code name	Navi 22	GK104
Launch date	3 Mar 2021	4 June 2012
Launch price (MSRP)	$479	$310.50
Place in performance rating	51	1018
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Price now		$499.99
Value for money (0-100)		8.46
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2581 MHz	758 MHz
Compute units	40
Core clock speed	2321 MHz	720 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	28 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	825.9 GFLOPS (1:16)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	26.43 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	13.21 TFLOPS
Pipelines	2560	1344
Pixel fill rate	165.2 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	413.0 GTexel/s	80.6 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	230 Watt	100 Watt
Transistor count	17200 million	3,540 million
CUDA cores		1344
Floating-point performance		2,038 gflops
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Height	40 mm (1.6 inches)
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	MXM-B (3.0)
Length	267 mm (10.5 inches)
Recommended system power (PSU)	550 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	None
Width	110 mm (4.3 inches)
Bus support		PCI Express 3.0
Laptop size		large
SLI options		2-way
API support
DirectX	12.2	12 API
OpenCL	2.1	1.1
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Shader Model	6.5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	12 GB	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	384 GB/s	115.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	192 bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective)	1800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR5
Shared memory		0
Technologies
3D Vision
Adaptive VSync
CUDA
DirectX 11		DirectX 11
SLI
TXAA