NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX vs ATI Mobility FireGL V5200

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX and ATI Mobility FireGL V5200 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 Mobility FireGL V5200

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 8 month(s) later
Around 69% higher core clock speed: 720 MHz vs 425 MHz
18.1x more texture fill rate: 92.2 billion / sec vs 5.1 GTexel / s
128x more pipelines: 1536 vs 12
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 90 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 256 MB
2.6x more memory clock speed: 2500 MHz vs 950 MHz
79.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3593 vs 45
Around 77% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 440 vs 248

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	23 October 2012 vs 1 February 2006
Core clock speed	720 MHz vs 425 MHz
Texture fill rate	92.2 billion / sec vs 5.1 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1536 vs 12
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	2500 MHz vs 950 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	3593 vs 45
PassMark - G2D Mark	440 vs 248

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX
GPU 2: ATI Mobility FireGL V5200

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3593

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

440

248

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX	ATI Mobility FireGL V5200
PassMark - G3D Mark	3593	45
PassMark - G2D Mark	440	248
Geekbench - OpenCL	12225
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 Mobility FireGL V5200
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	R500
Launch date	23 October 2012	1 February 2006
Place in performance rating	701	703
Type	Laptop	Mobile workstation
Code name		M56
Technical info
Core clock speed	720 MHz	425 MHz
CUDA cores	1536
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	1536	12
Texture fill rate	92.2 billion / sec	5.1 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	122 Watt
Transistor count	3540 Million	157 million
Boost clock speed		425 MHz
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI Express 3.0
Laptop size	large	medium sized
SLI options	2-way
Interface		PCIe 1.0 x16
API support
DirectX	12 API	9.0c
OpenCL	1.1
OpenGL	4.5	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	160 GB / s	15.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	475 Bit
Memory clock speed	2500 MHz	950 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	128
Shared memory	0	0
Technologies
3D Vision
3D Vision / 3DTV Play
Adaptive VSync
CUDA
DirectX 11	DirectX 11
FXAA
SLI
TXAA
Powerplay 6.0
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors		No outputs