NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX vs AMD Radeon HD 7610M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX and AMD Radeon HD 7610M 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).

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX

AMD Radeon HD 7610M

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX

Videocard is newer: launch date 9 month(s) later
Around 60% higher core clock speed: 720 MHz vs 450 MHz
10.2x more texture fill rate: 92.2 billion / sec vs 9 GTexel / s
3.8x more pipelines: 1536 vs 400
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1 GB
Around 56% higher memory clock speed: 2500 MHz vs 1600 MHz
5.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3686 vs 632
2.3x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 12247 vs 5257
Around 36% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3571 vs 2632
Around 36% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3571 vs 2632

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	23 October 2012 vs 7 January 2012
Core clock speed	720 MHz vs 450 MHz
Texture fill rate	92.2 billion / sec vs 9 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1536 vs 400
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed	2500 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	3686 vs 632
Geekbench - OpenCL	12247 vs 5257
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3571 vs 2632
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3571 vs 2632

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7610M

6.1x lower typical power consumption: 20 Watt vs 122 Watt
Around 6% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 479 vs 453

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	20 Watt vs 122 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	479 vs 453
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3339 vs 3336
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3339 vs 3336

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 7610M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3686

632

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

453

479

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

12247

5257

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3571

2632

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3336

3339

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3571

2632

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3336

3339

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX	AMD Radeon HD 7610M
PassMark - G3D Mark	3686	632
PassMark - G2D Mark	453	479
Geekbench - OpenCL	12247	5257
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	25.421
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	734.936
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	2.31
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	35.434
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	56.706
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	5683
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3571	2632
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3336	3339
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	5683
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3571	2632
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3336	3339

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX	AMD Radeon HD 7610M
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	TeraScale 2
Launch date	23 October 2012	7 January 2012
Place in performance rating	683	685
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Code name		Whistler
Technical info
Core clock speed	720 MHz	450 MHz
CUDA cores	1536
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	1536	400
Texture fill rate	92.2 billion / sec	9 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	122 Watt	20 Watt
Transistor count	3540 Million	716 million
Floating-point performance		360.0 gflops
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI Express 3.0
Laptop size	large	medium sized
SLI options	2-way
Interface		PCIe 2.0 x16
API support
DirectX	12 API	11.2 (11_0)
OpenCL	1.1
OpenGL	4.5	4.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	160 GB / s	25.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	2500 MHz	1600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR3
Shared memory	0	0
Technologies
3D Vision
3D Vision / 3DTV Play
Adaptive VSync
CUDA
DirectX 11	DirectX 11
FXAA
SLI
TXAA
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors		No outputs