NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 vs ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4830

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 and ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4830 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

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4830

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 0 month(s) later
Around 83% higher core clock speed: 1006 MHz vs 550 MHz
7.3x more texture fill rate: 128.8 billion / sec vs 17.6 GTexel / s
2.4x more pipelines: 1536 vs 640
4.4x better floating-point performance: 3,090.4 gflops vs 704.0 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 2048 MB vs 1 GB
2.1x more memory clock speed: 6008 MHz vs 2800 MHz
10.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 5587 vs 512
Around 87% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 532 vs 285

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	22 March 2012 vs 3 March 2009
Core clock speed	1006 MHz vs 550 MHz
Texture fill rate	128.8 billion / sec vs 17.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1536 vs 640
Floating-point performance	3,090.4 gflops vs 704.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size	2048 MB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed	6008 MHz vs 2800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	5587 vs 512
PassMark - G2D Mark	532 vs 285

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4830

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

5587

512

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

532

285

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4830
PassMark - G3D Mark	5587	512
PassMark - G2D Mark	532	285
Geekbench - OpenCL	18388
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	2004

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4830
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	TeraScale
Code name	GK104	M97
Launch date	22 March 2012	3 March 2009
Launch price (MSRP)	$499
Place in performance rating	552	549
Price now	$579.99
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Value for money (0-100)	12.83
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1058 MHz
Core clock speed	1006 MHz	550 MHz
CUDA cores	1536
Floating-point performance	3,090.4 gflops	704.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	1536	640
Texture fill rate	128.8 billion / sec	17.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	195 Watt
Transistor count	3,540 million	826 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		large
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	10.1
OpenGL	4.2	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2048 MB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	192.2 GB / s	44.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	256-bit GDDR5	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	6008 MHz	2800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3, DDR3
Shared memory	0	0
Technologies
3D Vision
Adaptive VSync
CUDA
FXAA
GPU Boost
SLI
TXAA
CrossFire
Powerplay