NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280
Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280 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 3 year(s) 11 month(s) later
- Around 67% higher texture fill rate: 80.6 billion / sec vs 48.2 billion / sec
- 5.6x more pipelines: 1344 vs 240
- 3.3x better floating-point performance: 2,038 gflops vs 622.1 gflops
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 65 nm
- 2.4x lower typical power consumption: 100 Watt vs 236 Watt
- 4x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 1 GB
- Around 63% higher memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 1107 MHz
- 2.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3239 vs 1285
- 5.8x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 343 vs 59
Specifications (specs) | |
Launch date | 4 June 2012 vs 16 June 2008 |
Texture fill rate | 80.6 billion / sec vs 48.2 billion / sec |
Pipelines | 1344 vs 240 |
Floating-point performance | 2,038 gflops vs 622.1 gflops |
Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm vs 65 nm |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 100 Watt vs 236 Watt |
Maximum memory size | 4 GB vs 1 GB |
Memory clock speed | 1800 MHz vs 1107 MHz |
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - G3D Mark | 3239 vs 1285 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 343 vs 59 |
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280
- Around 80% higher core clock speed: 1296 MHz vs 720 MHz
- 2.3x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 21396 vs 9406
- Around 12% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2697 vs 2409
- Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3325 vs 3111
- Around 12% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 2697 vs 2409
- Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3325 vs 3111
Specifications (specs) | |
Core clock speed | 1296 MHz vs 720 MHz |
Benchmarks | |
Geekbench - OpenCL | 21396 vs 9406 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 2697 vs 2409 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3325 vs 3111 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 2697 vs 2409 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3325 vs 3111 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280
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Name | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280 |
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PassMark - G3D Mark | 3239 | 1285 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 343 | 59 |
Geekbench - OpenCL | 9406 | 21396 |
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 | 2697 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3111 | 3325 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 1263 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 2409 | 2697 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3111 | 3325 |
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 0 |
Compare specifications (specs)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280 | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture | Kepler | Tesla 2.0 |
Code name | GK104 | GT200 |
Launch date | 4 June 2012 | 16 June 2008 |
Launch price (MSRP) | $310.50 | $649 |
Place in performance rating | 1061 | 1062 |
Price now | $499.99 | $522.78 |
Type | Laptop | Desktop |
Value for money (0-100) | 8.46 | 2.98 |
Technical info |
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Boost clock speed | 758 MHz | |
Core clock speed | 720 MHz | 1296 MHz |
CUDA cores | 1344 | 240 |
Floating-point performance | 2,038 gflops | 622.1 gflops |
Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 65 nm |
Pipelines | 1344 | 240 |
Texture fill rate | 80.6 billion / sec | 48.2 billion / sec |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 100 Watt | 236 Watt |
Transistor count | 3,540 million | 1,400 million |
Maximum GPU temperature | 105 °C | |
Video outputs and ports |
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Display Connectors | No outputs | 2x DVI, 1x S-Video, HDTVDual Link DVI |
Audio input for HDMI | S / PDIF | |
Maximum VGA resolution | 2048x1536 | |
Multi monitor support | ||
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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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 & 8-pin |
Height | 4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm) | |
Length | 10.5" (267 mm) (26.7 cm) | |
API support |
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DirectX | 12 API | 10.0 |
OpenCL | 1.1 | |
OpenGL | 4.5 | 2.1 |
Memory |
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Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 1 GB |
Memory bandwidth | 115.2 GB / s | 141.7 GB / s |
Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 512 Bit |
Memory clock speed | 1800 MHz | 1107 MHz |
Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR3 |
Shared memory | 0 | |
Technologies |
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CUDA | ||
DirectX 11 | DirectX 11 | |
SLI | ||
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