NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M vs NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M and NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 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

NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 2 month(s) later
Around 71% higher texture fill rate: 80.6 billion / sec vs 47.2 billion / sec
10.5x more pipelines: 1344 vs 128
5.3x better floating-point performance: 2,038 gflops vs 387.1 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 55 nm
Around 50% lower typical power consumption: 100 Watt vs 150 Watt
4x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 1 GB
Around 64% higher memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 1100 MHz
5.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3278 vs 591
6.5x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 351 vs 54

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	4 June 2012 vs 4 March 2009
Texture fill rate	80.6 billion / sec vs 47.2 billion / sec
Pipelines	1344 vs 128
Floating-point performance	2,038 gflops vs 387.1 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 55 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt vs 150 Watt
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz vs 1100 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	3278 vs 591
PassMark - G2D Mark	351 vs 54

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250

2.6x more core clock speed: 1836 MHz vs 720 MHz
Around 29% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3108 vs 2409
Around 8% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3351 vs 3111
Around 29% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3108 vs 2409
Around 8% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3351 vs 3111

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1836 MHz vs 720 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3108 vs 2409
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3351 vs 3111
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3108 vs 2409
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3351 vs 3111

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3278

591

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

351

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2409

3108

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3111

3351

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2409

3108

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3111

3351

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250
PassMark - G3D Mark	3278	591
PassMark - G2D Mark	351	54
Geekbench - OpenCL	9444
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	3108
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3111	3351
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1263
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2409	3108
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3111	3351
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	0

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	Tesla
Code name	GK104	G92B
Launch date	4 June 2012	4 March 2009
Launch price (MSRP)	$310.50	$199
Place in performance rating	1018	1021
Price now	$499.99	$114.99
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	8.46	9.91
Technical info
Boost clock speed	758 MHz
Core clock speed	720 MHz	1836 MHz
CUDA cores	1344	128
Floating-point performance	2,038 gflops	387.1 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	1344	128
Texture fill rate	80.6 billion / sec	47.2 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt	150 Watt
Transistor count	3,540 million	754 million
Maximum GPU temperature		105 °C
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, Two Dual Link DVI
Audio input for HDMI		S / PDIF
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI Express 3.0
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size	large
SLI options	2-way	2-way3-way
Supplementary power connectors	None	6-pin
Height		4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
Length		9" (228.6 mm) (22.9 cm)
API support
DirectX	12 API	10.0
OpenCL	1.1
OpenGL	4.5	3.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	115.2 GB / s	70.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz	1100 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Shared memory	0
Technologies
3D Vision
Adaptive VSync
CUDA
DirectX 11	DirectX 11
SLI
TXAA