NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti
Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti 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) 2 month(s) later
- 2.8x more texture fill rate: 80.6 billion / sec vs 28.8 billion / sec
- 7x more pipelines: 1344 vs 192
- 2.9x better floating-point performance: 2,038 gflops vs 691.2 gflops
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
- Around 16% lower typical power consumption: 100 Watt vs 116 Watt
- 4x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 1 GB
- Around 75% higher memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 1026 MHz
- 2.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3239 vs 1553
- Around 62% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 9345 vs 5767
- Around 52% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 28.081 vs 18.461
- 2.5x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 879.575 vs 354.392
- 2.5x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 2.823 vs 1.125
- 2.2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 40.155 vs 18.511
- 2.4x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 99.75 vs 41.941
Specifications (specs) | |
Launch date | 4 June 2012 vs 15 March 2011 |
Texture fill rate | 80.6 billion / sec vs 28.8 billion / sec |
Pipelines | 1344 vs 192 |
Floating-point performance | 2,038 gflops vs 691.2 gflops |
Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm vs 40 nm |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 100 Watt vs 116 Watt |
Maximum memory size | 4 GB vs 1 GB |
Memory clock speed | 1800 MHz vs 1026 MHz |
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - G3D Mark | 3239 vs 1553 |
Geekbench - OpenCL | 9345 vs 5767 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 28.081 vs 18.461 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 879.575 vs 354.392 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 2.823 vs 1.125 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 40.155 vs 18.511 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 99.75 vs 41.941 |
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti
- 2.5x more core clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 720 MHz
- Around 10% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 376 vs 343
- Around 97% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 2488 vs 1263
- Around 39% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3351 vs 2409
- Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3322 vs 3111
- Around 97% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 2488 vs 1263
- Around 39% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3351 vs 2409
- Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3322 vs 3111
Specifications (specs) | |
Core clock speed | 1800 MHz vs 720 MHz |
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 376 vs 343 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 2488 vs 1263 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3351 vs 2409 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3322 vs 3111 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 2488 vs 1263 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3351 vs 2409 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3322 vs 3111 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti
PassMark - G3D Mark |
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Geekbench - OpenCL |
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CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) |
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CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) |
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CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) |
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CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) |
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CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) |
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Name | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti |
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PassMark - G3D Mark | 3239 | 1553 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 343 | 376 |
Geekbench - OpenCL | 9345 | 5767 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 28.081 | 18.461 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 879.575 | 354.392 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 2.823 | 1.125 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 40.155 | 18.511 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 99.75 | 41.941 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 1263 | 2488 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 2409 | 3351 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3111 | 3322 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 1263 | 2488 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 2409 | 3351 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3111 | 3322 |
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 0 | 322 |
Compare specifications (specs)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture | Kepler | Fermi 2.0 |
Code name | GK104 | GF116 |
Launch date | 4 June 2012 | 15 March 2011 |
Launch price (MSRP) | $310.50 | $149 |
Place in performance rating | 1060 | 1061 |
Price now | $499.99 | $287.59 |
Type | Laptop | Desktop |
Value for money (0-100) | 8.46 | 7.49 |
Technical info |
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Boost clock speed | 758 MHz | |
Core clock speed | 720 MHz | 1800 MHz |
CUDA cores | 1344 | 192 |
Floating-point performance | 2,038 gflops | 691.2 gflops |
Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 40 nm |
Pipelines | 1344 | 192 |
Texture fill rate | 80.6 billion / sec | 28.8 billion / sec |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 100 Watt | 116 Watt |
Transistor count | 3,540 million | 1,170 million |
Maximum GPU temperature | 100 °C | |
Video outputs and ports |
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Display Connectors | No outputs | Two Dual Link DVI-IMini HDMI, 2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI |
Audio input for HDMI | Internal | |
HDMI | ||
Maximum VGA resolution | 2048x1536 | |
Multi monitor support | ||
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Bus support | PCI Express 3.0 | 16x PCI-E 2.0 |
Interface | MXM-B (3.0) | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
Laptop size | large | |
SLI options | 2-way | 2-way |
Supplementary power connectors | None | One 6-pin |
Height | 4.376" (11.1 cm) | |
Length | 8.25" (21 cm) | |
API support |
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DirectX | 12 API | 12.0 (11_0) |
OpenCL | 1.1 | |
OpenGL | 4.5 | 4.2 |
Memory |
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Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 1 GB |
Memory bandwidth | 115.2 GB / s | 98.4 GB / s |
Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 192 Bit |
Memory clock speed | 1800 MHz | 1026 MHz |
Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
Shared memory | 0 | |
Technologies |
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DirectX 11 | DirectX 11 | |
SLI | ||
TXAA | ||
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