NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX vs AMD Radeon HD 6950

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX and AMD Radeon HD 6950 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX

• Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 10 month(s) later
• Around 31% higher texture fill rate: 92.2 billion / sec vs 70.4 GTexel / s
• Around 9% higher pipelines: 1536 vs 1408
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
• 4.1x lower typical power consumption: 122 Watt vs 500 Watt
• 2x more memory clock speed: 2500 MHz vs 1250 MHz
• Around 38% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3593 vs 2599
• 2x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 12225 vs 6105
• Around 50% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 25.421 vs 16.999
• Around 39% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 2.31 vs 1.659
• Around 56% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 5683 vs 3652
• Around 42% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3571 vs 2523
• Around 56% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 5683 vs 3652
• Around 42% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3571 vs 2523

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6950

• Around 22% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 899.056 vs 734.936
• Around 40% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 49.698 vs 35.434
• 4.4x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 251.203 vs 56.706
• 3.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 11657 vs 3336
• 3.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 11657 vs 3336

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 6950

PassMark - G3D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	3593 2599
PassMark - G2D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	440 442
Geekbench - OpenCL	GPU 1 GPU 2	12225 6105
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	25.421 16.999
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	734.936 899.056
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	2.31 1.659
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	35.434 49.698
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	56.706 251.203
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	5683 3652
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3571 2523
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3336 11657
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	5683 3652
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3571 2523
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3336 11657

Compare specifications (specs)