NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX vs NVIDIA GeForce 6100 + nForce 430

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX and NVIDIA GeForce 6100 + nForce 430 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

NVIDIA GeForce 6100 + nForce 430

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 0 month(s) later
Around 69% higher core clock speed: 720 MHz vs 425 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 90 nm
156.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3593 vs 23
Around 77% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 440 vs 249

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	23 October 2012 vs 11 October 2004
Core clock speed	720 MHz vs 425 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 90 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	3593 vs 23
PassMark - G2D Mark	440 vs 249

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 6100 + nForce 430

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3593

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

440

249

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX	NVIDIA GeForce 6100 + nForce 430
PassMark - G3D Mark	3593	23
PassMark - G2D Mark	440	249
Geekbench - OpenCL	12245
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	NVIDIA GeForce 6100 + nForce 430
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	Curie
Launch date	23 October 2012	11 October 2004
Place in performance rating	699	702
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Code name		C61
Technical info
Core clock speed	720 MHz	425 MHz
CUDA cores	1536
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	1536
Texture fill rate	92.2 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	122 Watt
Transistor count	3540 Million
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI Express 3.0
Laptop size	large
SLI options	2-way
Interface		PCI
API support
DirectX	12 API	9.0c
OpenCL	1.1
OpenGL	4.5	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	160 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	2500 MHz
Memory type	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		No outputs