NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M vs ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4550

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M and ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4550 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 680M

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4550

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 5 month(s) later
Around 31% higher core clock speed: 720 MHz vs 550 MHz
18.3x more texture fill rate: 80.6 billion / sec vs 4.4 GTexel / s
16.8x more pipelines: 1344 vs 80
23.2x better floating-point performance: 2,038 gflops vs 88 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 55 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 512 MB
Around 29% higher memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 1400 MHz
17x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3252 vs 191
Around 19% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 345 vs 290
4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3111 vs 782
4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3111 vs 782

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	4 June 2012 vs 1 January 2010
Core clock speed	720 MHz vs 550 MHz
Texture fill rate	80.6 billion / sec vs 4.4 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1344 vs 80
Floating-point performance	2,038 gflops vs 88 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 55 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz vs 1400 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	3252 vs 191
PassMark - G2D Mark	345 vs 290
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3111 vs 782
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3111 vs 782

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4550

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3252

191

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

345

290

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3111

782

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3111

782

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4550
PassMark - G3D Mark	3252	191
PassMark - G2D Mark	345	290
Geekbench - OpenCL	9400
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	28.081
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	879.575
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	2.823
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	40.155
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	99.75
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1263
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2409
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3111	782
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1263
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2409
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3111	782
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	0

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4550
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	TeraScale
Code name	GK104	M92
Launch date	4 June 2012	1 January 2010
Launch price (MSRP)	$310.50
Place in performance rating	1048	1051
Price now	$499.99
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Value for money (0-100)	8.46
Technical info
Boost clock speed	758 MHz
Core clock speed	720 MHz	550 MHz
CUDA cores	1344
Floating-point performance	2,038 gflops	88 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	1344	80
Texture fill rate	80.6 billion / sec	4.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt
Transistor count	3,540 million	242 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI Express 3.0
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	MXM-II
Laptop size	large
SLI options	2-way
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	12 API	10.1
OpenCL	1.1
OpenGL	4.5	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	115.2 GB / s	11.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz	1400 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3, DDR2, DDR3
Shared memory	0	0
Technologies
3D Vision
Adaptive VSync
CUDA
DirectX 11	DirectX 11
SLI
TXAA
1x Dual-Link/Single-Link DVI
1x Single-Link DVI Support (all display ports have to be supported by the laptop manufacturer)
DisplayPort support up to 2560x1600
HDMI support up to 1920x1080 (both with 7.1 AC3 Audio)
PCI-E 2.0 x16
Powerplay