NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M vs AMD Radeon HD 6750

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M and AMD Radeon HD 6750 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 680M

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 4 month(s) later
  • 3.2x more texture fill rate: 80.6 billion / sec vs 25.2 GTexel / s
  • Around 87% higher pipelines: 1344 vs 720
  • 2x better floating-point performance: 2,038 gflops vs 1,008.0 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
  • 4x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 1 GB
  • Around 71% higher memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 1050 MHz
  • 3.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3252 vs 1042
  • Around 25% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 345 vs 275
  • 3.5x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 28.081 vs 8.039
  • Around 62% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 879.575 vs 544.041
  • 3.3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 2.823 vs 0.867
  • Around 94% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 40.155 vs 20.664
  • Around 10% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 99.75 vs 91.074
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 4 June 2012 vs 21 January 2011
Texture fill rate 80.6 billion / sec vs 25.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines 1344 vs 720
Floating-point performance 2,038 gflops vs 1,008.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size 4 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz vs 1050 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 3252 vs 1042
PassMark - G2D Mark 345 vs 275
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 28.081 vs 8.039
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 879.575 vs 544.041
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 2.823 vs 0.867
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 40.155 vs 20.664
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 99.75 vs 91.074

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6750

  • Around 19% higher boost clock speed: 900 MHz vs 758 MHz
  • Around 16% lower typical power consumption: 86 Watt vs 100 Watt
  • Around 66% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 2100 vs 1263
  • Around 40% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3378 vs 2409
  • Around 8% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3358 vs 3111
  • Around 66% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 2100 vs 1263
  • Around 40% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3378 vs 2409
  • Around 8% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3358 vs 3111
Specifications (specs)
Boost clock speed 900 MHz vs 758 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 86 Watt vs 100 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2100 vs 1263
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3378 vs 2409
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3358 vs 3111
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2100 vs 1263
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3378 vs 2409
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3358 vs 3111

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 6750

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
3252
1042
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
345
275
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
28.081
8.039
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
879.575
544.041
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2.823
0.867
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
40.155
20.664
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
99.75
91.074
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1263
2100
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2409
3378
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3111
3358
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1263
2100
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2409
3378
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3111
3358
Name NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M AMD Radeon HD 6750
PassMark - G3D Mark 3252 1042
PassMark - G2D Mark 345 275
Geekbench - OpenCL 9400
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 28.081 8.039
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 879.575 544.041
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 2.823 0.867
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 40.155 20.664
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 99.75 91.074
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1263 2100
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2409 3378
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3111 3358
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1263 2100
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2409 3378
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3111 3358
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 0

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M AMD Radeon HD 6750

Essentials

Architecture Kepler TeraScale 2
Code name GK104 Juniper
Launch date 4 June 2012 21 January 2011
Launch price (MSRP) $310.50 $49.99
Place in performance rating 1047 1049
Price now $499.99 $49.99
Type Laptop Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 8.46 33.46
Design AMD Radeon HD 6000 Series

Technical info

Boost clock speed 758 MHz 900 MHz
Core clock speed 720 MHz
CUDA cores 1344
Floating-point performance 2,038 gflops 1,008.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 1344 720
Texture fill rate 80.6 billion / sec 25.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 100 Watt 86 Watt
Transistor count 3,540 million 1,040 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCI Express 3.0 PCIe 2.0 x16
Interface MXM-B (3.0) PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size large
SLI options 2-way
Supplementary power connectors None 1x 6-pin
Length 170 mm

API support

DirectX 12 API 11
OpenCL 1.1
OpenGL 4.5 4.4

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 115.2 GB / s 73.6 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz 1050 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Shared memory 0

Technologies

3D Vision
Adaptive VSync
CUDA
DirectX 11 DirectX 11
SLI
TXAA
AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire