NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX vs AMD FirePro S9000

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX and AMD FirePro S9000 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies, Video outputs and ports. 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 month(s) later
  • 2.9x lower typical power consumption: 122 Watt vs 350 Watt
  • 2.7x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 25.421 vs 9.541
  • 2.7x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 734.936 vs 275.278
  • Around 22% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 2.31 vs 1.886
  • Around 18% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 35.434 vs 30.049
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 23 October 2012 vs 24 August 2012
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 122 Watt vs 350 Watt
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 25.421 vs 9.541
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 734.936 vs 275.278
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 2.31 vs 1.886
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 35.434 vs 30.049

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro S9000

  • Around 25% higher core clock speed: 900 MHz vs 720 MHz
  • Around 9% higher texture fill rate: 100.8 GTexel / s vs 92.2 billion / sec
  • Around 17% higher pipelines: 1792 vs 1536
  • 3x more maximum memory size: 6 GB vs 2 GB
  • 2.2x more memory clock speed: 5500 MHz vs 2500 MHz
  • Around 37% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 5059 vs 3686
  • Around 24% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 561 vs 453
  • Around 62% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 91.842 vs 56.706
  • Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3707 vs 3571
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3357 vs 3336
  • Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3707 vs 3571
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3357 vs 3336
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 900 MHz vs 720 MHz
Texture fill rate 100.8 GTexel / s vs 92.2 billion / sec
Pipelines 1792 vs 1536
Maximum memory size 6 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed 5500 MHz vs 2500 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 5059 vs 3686
PassMark - G2D Mark 561 vs 453
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 91.842 vs 56.706
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3707 vs 3571
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3357 vs 3336
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3707 vs 3571
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3357 vs 3336

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX
GPU 2: AMD FirePro S9000

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
3686
5059
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
453
561
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
25.421
9.541
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
734.936
275.278
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2.31
1.886
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
35.434
30.049
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
56.706
91.842
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3571
3707
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3336
3357
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3571
3707
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3336
3357
Name NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX AMD FirePro S9000
PassMark - G3D Mark 3686 5059
PassMark - G2D Mark 453 561
Geekbench - OpenCL 12247
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 25.421 9.541
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 734.936 275.278
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 2.31 1.886
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 35.434 30.049
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 56.706 91.842
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 5683
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3571 3707
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3336 3357
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 5683
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3571 3707
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3336 3357

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX AMD FirePro S9000

Essentials

Architecture Kepler GCN 1.0
Launch date 23 October 2012 24 August 2012
Place in performance rating 683 684
Type Laptop Workstation
Code name Tahiti
Launch price (MSRP) $2,499

Technical info

Core clock speed 720 MHz 900 MHz
CUDA cores 1536
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 1536 1792
Texture fill rate 92.2 billion / sec 100.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 122 Watt 350 Watt
Transistor count 3540 Million 4,313 million
Floating-point performance 3,226 gflops

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCI Express 3.0 PCIe 3.0
Laptop size large
SLI options 2-way
Form factor Full Height / Full Length
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 267 mm
Supplementary power connectors 1x 8-pin

API support

DirectX 12 API 12.0 (11_1)
OpenCL 1.1
OpenGL 4.5 4.5

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 6 GB
Memory bandwidth 160 GB / s 264 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 Bit 384 Bit
Memory clock speed 2500 MHz 5500 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Shared memory 0

Technologies

3D Vision
3D Vision / 3DTV Play
Adaptive VSync
CUDA
DirectX 11 DirectX 11
FXAA
SLI
TXAA

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DisplayPort
DisplayPort count 1
Dual-link DVI support