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.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280

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 1299
5.5x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 343 vs 62

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 1299
PassMark - G2D Mark	343 vs 62

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 9345
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 9345
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

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3239

1299

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

343

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

9345

21396

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2409

2697

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3111

3325

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2409

2697

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3111

3325

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280
PassMark - G3D Mark	3239	1299
PassMark - G2D Mark	343	62
Geekbench - OpenCL	9345	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
Essentials
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	1060	1062
Price now	$499.99	$522.78
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	8.46	2.98
Technical info
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
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
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
DirectX	12 API	10.0
OpenCL	1.1
OpenGL	4.5	2.1
Memory
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
3D Vision
Adaptive VSync
CUDA
DirectX 11	DirectX 11
SLI
TXAA