NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX vs ATI FirePro V8800

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX and ATI FirePro V8800 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 FirePro V8800

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 6 month(s) later
Around 40% higher texture fill rate: 92.2 billion / sec vs 66.0 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
Around 70% lower typical power consumption: 122 Watt vs 208 Watt
Around 58% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3593 vs 2281
Around 39% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 25.421 vs 18.27
6.5x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 2.31 vs 0.357

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	23 October 2012 vs 7 April 2010
Texture fill rate	92.2 billion / sec vs 66.0 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	122 Watt vs 208 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	3593 vs 2281
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	25.421 vs 18.27
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	2.31 vs 0.357

Reasons to consider the ATI FirePro V8800

Around 15% higher core clock speed: 825 MHz vs 720 MHz
Around 4% higher pipelines: 1600 vs 1536
Around 84% higher memory clock speed: 4600 MHz vs 2500 MHz
Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 445 vs 440
3x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 36751 vs 12225
Around 61% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1180.667 vs 734.936
Around 39% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 49.357 vs 35.434
4x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 228.843 vs 56.706
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3356 vs 3336
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3356 vs 3336

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	825 MHz vs 720 MHz
Pipelines	1600 vs 1536
Memory clock speed	4600 MHz vs 2500 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	445 vs 440
Geekbench - OpenCL	36751 vs 12225
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1180.667 vs 734.936
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	49.357 vs 35.434
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	228.843 vs 56.706
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3575 vs 3571
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3356 vs 3336
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3575 vs 3571
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3356 vs 3336

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX
GPU 2: ATI FirePro V8800

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3593

2281

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

440

445

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

12225

36751

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

25.421

18.27

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

734.936

1180.667

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2.31

0.357

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

35.434

49.357

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

56.706

228.843

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3571

3575

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3336

3356

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3571

3575

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3336

3356

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX	ATI FirePro V8800
PassMark - G3D Mark	3593	2281
PassMark - G2D Mark	440	445
Geekbench - OpenCL	12225	36751
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	25.421	18.27
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	734.936	1180.667
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	2.31	0.357
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	35.434	49.357
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	56.706	228.843
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	5683
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3571	3575
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3336	3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	5683
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3571	3575
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3336	3356

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX	ATI FirePro V8800
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	TeraScale 2
Launch date	23 October 2012	7 April 2010
Place in performance rating	707	710
Type	Laptop	Workstation
Code name		Cypress
Launch price (MSRP)		$1,499
Technical info
Core clock speed	720 MHz	825 MHz
CUDA cores	1536
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	1536	1600
Texture fill rate	92.2 billion / sec	66.0 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	122 Watt	208 Watt
Transistor count	3540 Million	2,154 million
Floating-point performance		2,640.0 gflops
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI Express 3.0
Laptop size	large
SLI options	2-way
Interface		PCIe 2.0 x16
Length		267 mm
Supplementary power connectors		2x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12 API	11.2 (11_0)
OpenCL	1.1
OpenGL	4.5	4.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	160 GB / s	147.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	2500 MHz	4600 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		4x DisplayPort, 1x S-Video