NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX vs NVIDIA GeForce 8800 Ultra

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX and NVIDIA GeForce 8800 Ultra 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 8800 Ultra

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 5 month(s) later
Around 18% higher core clock speed: 720 MHz vs 612 MHz
2.4x more texture fill rate: 92.2 billion / sec vs 39.2 billion / sec
12x more pipelines: 1536 vs 128
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 90 nm
Around 40% lower typical power consumption: 122 Watt vs 171 Watt
4x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 512 MB
2.3x more memory clock speed: 2500 MHz vs 1080 MHz
6.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4142 vs 643
2.3x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 589 vs 252

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	23 October 2012 vs 2 May 2007
Core clock speed	720 MHz vs 612 MHz
Texture fill rate	92.2 billion / sec vs 39.2 billion / sec
Pipelines	1536 vs 128
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 90 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	122 Watt vs 171 Watt
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	2500 MHz vs 1080 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	4142 vs 643
PassMark - G2D Mark	589 vs 252

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 Ultra

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

4142

643

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

589

252

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX	NVIDIA GeForce 8800 Ultra
PassMark - G3D Mark	4142	643
PassMark - G2D Mark	589	252
Geekbench - OpenCL	12188
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 8800 Ultra
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	Tesla
Launch date	23 October 2012	2 May 2007
Place in performance rating	613	615
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Code name		G80
Launch price (MSRP)		$829
Technical info
Core clock speed	720 MHz	612 MHz
CUDA cores	1536	612
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	1536	128
Texture fill rate	92.2 billion / sec	39.2 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	122 Watt	171 Watt
Transistor count	3540 Million	681 million
Floating-point performance		387.1 gflops
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI Express 3.0
Laptop size	large
SLI options	2-way
Interface		PCIe 1.0 x16
Length		270 mm
Supplementary power connectors		2x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12 API	10.0
OpenCL	1.1
OpenGL	4.5	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	160 GB / s	103.7 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	2500 MHz	1080 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
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		2x DVI, 1x S-Video