NVIDIA GeForce 825M vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 825M and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 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.

NVIDIA GeForce 825M

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 825M

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 10 month(s) later
5.9x lower typical power consumption: 33 Watt vs 195 Watt

Launch date	27 January 2014 vs 22 March 2012
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	33 Watt vs 195 Watt

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680

Around 18% higher core clock speed: 1006 MHz vs 850 MHz
Around 12% higher boost clock speed: 1058 MHz vs 941 MHz
4.3x more texture fill rate: 128.8 billion / sec vs 30.11 GTexel / s
4x more pipelines: 1536 vs 384
4.3x better floating-point performance: 3,090.4 gflops vs 722.7 gflops
2x more maximum memory size: 2048 MB vs 1 GB
3.3x more memory clock speed: 6008 MHz vs 1800 MHz
7.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 5549 vs 782
2.2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 533 vs 247
Around 17% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 18430 vs 15796

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1006 MHz vs 850 MHz
Boost clock speed	1058 MHz vs 941 MHz
Texture fill rate	128.8 billion / sec vs 30.11 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1536 vs 384
Floating-point performance	3,090.4 gflops vs 722.7 gflops
Maximum memory size	2048 MB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed	6008 MHz vs 1800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	5549 vs 782
PassMark - G2D Mark	533 vs 247
Geekbench - OpenCL	18430 vs 15796

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 825M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

782

5549

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

247

533

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

15796

18430

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 825M	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680
PassMark - G3D Mark	782	5549
PassMark - G2D Mark	247	533
Geekbench - OpenCL	15796	18430
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		46.086
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		989.685
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		4.645
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		36.463
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		99.577
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		7222
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3666
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3306
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		7222
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3666
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3306
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		1992

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 825M	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler 2.0	Kepler
Code name	GK208	GK104
Launch date	27 January 2014	22 March 2012
Place in performance rating	790	553
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$499
Price now		$579.99
Value for money (0-100)		12.83
Technical info
Boost clock speed	941 MHz	1058 MHz
Core clock speed	850 MHz	1006 MHz
Floating-point performance	722.7 gflops	3,090.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	384	1536
Texture fill rate	30.11 GTexel / s	128.8 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	33 Watt	195 Watt
Transistor count	1300 Million	3,540 million
CUDA cores		1536
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort, One Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One HDMI...
Audio input for HDMI		Internal
G-SYNC support
HDCP
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 3.0 x16
Laptop size	medium sized
Supplementary power connectors	None	Two 6-pin
Bus support		PCI Express 3.0
Height		4.376" (11.1 cm)
Length		10.0" (25.4 cm)
SLI options		3-way
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.6	4.2
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	2048 MB
Memory bandwidth	14.4 GB / s	192.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	256-bit GDDR5
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz	6008 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	GDDR5
Shared memory	0	0
Technologies
3D Vision
Adaptive VSync
CUDA
FXAA
GPU Boost
SLI
TXAA