NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 vs AMD Radeon HD 7550M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 and AMD Radeon HD 7550M 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 GTX 680

AMD Radeon HD 7550M

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 month(s) later
2.2x more core clock speed: 1006 MHz vs 450 MHz
Around 92% higher boost clock speed: 1058 MHz vs 550 MHz
10.7x more texture fill rate: 128.8 billion / sec vs 12 GTexel / s
3.8x more pipelines: 1536 vs 400
6.4x better floating-point performance: 3,090.4 gflops vs 480.0 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
3.3x more memory clock speed: 6008 MHz vs 1800 MHz
12x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 5561 vs 465
Around 32% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 530 vs 403
3.4x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 18414 vs 5371

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	22 March 2012 vs 7 January 2012
Core clock speed	1006 MHz vs 450 MHz
Boost clock speed	1058 MHz vs 550 MHz
Texture fill rate	128.8 billion / sec vs 12 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1536 vs 400
Floating-point performance	3,090.4 gflops vs 480.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Memory clock speed	6008 MHz vs 1800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	5561 vs 465
PassMark - G2D Mark	530 vs 403
Geekbench - OpenCL	18414 vs 5371

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7550M

13.9x lower typical power consumption: 14 Watt vs 195 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	14 Watt vs 195 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 7550M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

5561

465

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

530

403

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

18414

5371

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680	AMD Radeon HD 7550M
PassMark - G3D Mark	5561	465
PassMark - G2D Mark	530	403
Geekbench - OpenCL	18414	5371
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	1999

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680	AMD Radeon HD 7550M
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	TeraScale 2
Code name	GK104	Thames
Launch date	22 March 2012	7 January 2012
Launch price (MSRP)	$499
Place in performance rating	559	560
Price now	$579.99
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Value for money (0-100)	12.83
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1058 MHz	550 MHz
Core clock speed	1006 MHz	450 MHz
CUDA cores	1536
Floating-point performance	3,090.4 gflops	480.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	1536	400
Texture fill rate	128.8 billion / sec	12 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	195 Watt	14 Watt
Transistor count	3,540 million	716 million
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI	Internal
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort, One Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One HDMI...	No outputs
G-SYNC support
HDCP
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI Express 3.0
Height	4.376" (11.1 cm)
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	10.0" (25.4 cm)
SLI options	3-way
Supplementary power connectors	Two 6-pin
Laptop size		medium sized
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.2	4.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2048 MB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	192.2 GB / s	28.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	256-bit GDDR5	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	6008 MHz	1800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5 / DDR3
Shared memory	0	0
Technologies
3D Vision
Adaptive VSync
CUDA
FXAA
GPU Boost
SLI
TXAA