NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 525M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 and NVIDIA GeForce GT 525M 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 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 2 month(s) later
  • Around 68% higher core clock speed: 1006 MHz vs 600 MHz
  • 13.4x more texture fill rate: 128.8 billion / sec vs 9.6 billion / sec
  • 16x more pipelines: 1536 vs 96
  • 13.4x better floating-point performance: 3,090.4 gflops vs 230.4 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
  • 6.7x more memory clock speed: 6008 MHz vs 900 MHz
  • 12.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 5590 vs 456
  • 5.6x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 531 vs 94
  • 10x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 18376 vs 1837
  • 9x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 46.086 vs 5.099
  • 7.5x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 989.685 vs 131.334
  • 13.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 4.645 vs 0.355
  • 5.4x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 36.463 vs 6.733
  • 12.4x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 99.577 vs 8.015
  • 7.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 7222 vs 911
  • 2.7x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3666 vs 1338
  • Around 26% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3306 vs 2623
  • 7.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 7222 vs 911
  • 2.7x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3666 vs 1338
  • Around 26% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3306 vs 2623
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 22 March 2012 vs 5 January 2011
Core clock speed 1006 MHz vs 600 MHz
Texture fill rate 128.8 billion / sec vs 9.6 billion / sec
Pipelines 1536 vs 96
Floating-point performance 3,090.4 gflops vs 230.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size 2048 MB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed 6008 MHz vs 900 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 5590 vs 456
PassMark - G2D Mark 531 vs 94
Geekbench - OpenCL 18376 vs 1837
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 46.086 vs 5.099
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 989.685 vs 131.334
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 4.645 vs 0.355
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 36.463 vs 6.733
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 99.577 vs 8.015
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 7222 vs 911
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3666 vs 1338
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3306 vs 2623
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 7222 vs 911
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3666 vs 1338
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3306 vs 2623

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 525M

  • 8.5x lower typical power consumption: 23 Watt vs 195 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 23 Watt vs 195 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 525M

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
5590
456
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
531
94
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
18376
1837
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
46.086
5.099
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
989.685
131.334
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4.645
0.355
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
36.463
6.733
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
99.577
8.015
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
7222
911
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3666
1338
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3306
2623
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
7222
911
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3666
1338
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3306
2623
Name NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 NVIDIA GeForce GT 525M
PassMark - G3D Mark 5590 456
PassMark - G2D Mark 531 94
Geekbench - OpenCL 18376 1837
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 46.086 5.099
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 989.685 131.334
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 4.645 0.355
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 36.463 6.733
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 99.577 8.015
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 7222 911
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3666 1338
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3306 2623
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 7222 911
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3666 1338
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3306 2623
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 2004

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 NVIDIA GeForce GT 525M

Essentials

Architecture Kepler Fermi
Code name GK104 GF108
Launch date 22 March 2012 5 January 2011
Launch price (MSRP) $499
Place in performance rating 544 1546
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 600 MHz
CUDA cores 1536 96
Floating-point performance 3,090.4 gflops 230.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 1536 96
Texture fill rate 128.8 billion / sec 9.6 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 195 Watt 23 Watt
Transistor count 3,540 million 585 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) 12 API
OpenGL 4.2 4.5
OpenCL 1.1

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2048 MB 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 192.2 GB / s 28.8 GB / s
Memory bus width 256-bit GDDR5 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 6008 MHz 900 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 DDR3
Shared memory 0 0

Technologies

3D Vision
Adaptive VSync
CUDA
FXAA
GPU Boost
SLI
TXAA
DirectX 11 DirectX 11
Optimus