NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX vs ATI FireMV 2200

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX and ATI FireMV 2200 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

ATI FireMV 2200

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 9 month(s) later
2.2x more core clock speed: 720 MHz vs 324 MHz
71.1x more texture fill rate: 92.2 billion / sec vs 1.296 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 110 nm
16x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 128 MB
6.4x more memory clock speed: 2500 MHz vs 392 MHz
114.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4138 vs 36
2.1x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 534 vs 259

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	23 October 2012 vs 1 January 2006
Core clock speed	720 MHz vs 324 MHz
Texture fill rate	92.2 billion / sec vs 1.296 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 110 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	2500 MHz vs 392 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	4138 vs 36
PassMark - G2D Mark	534 vs 259

Reasons to consider the ATI FireMV 2200

8.1x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 122 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 122 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX
GPU 2: ATI FireMV 2200

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

4138

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

534

259

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX	ATI FireMV 2200
PassMark - G3D Mark	4138	36
PassMark - G2D Mark	534	259
Geekbench - OpenCL	12232
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
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3336
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	5683
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3571
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3336

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX	ATI FireMV 2200
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	Rage 9
Launch date	23 October 2012	1 January 2006
Place in performance rating	650	653
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Code name		RV370
Technical info
Core clock speed	720 MHz	324 MHz
CUDA cores	1536
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	110 nm
Pipelines	1536
Texture fill rate	92.2 billion / sec	1.296 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	122 Watt	15 Watt
Transistor count	3540 Million	107 million
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI Express 3.0
Laptop size	large
SLI options	2-way
Interface		PCIe 1.0 x16
Length		170 mm
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	12 API	9.0
OpenCL	1.1
OpenGL	4.5	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	160 GB / s	3.136 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	2500 MHz	392 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR
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 DMS-59