NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX vs NVIDIA GeForce FX 5100

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX and NVIDIA GeForce FX 5100 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 FX 5100

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX

Videocard is newer: launch date 9 year(s) 7 month(s) later
3.6x more core clock speed: 720 MHz vs 200 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 150 nm
32x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 64 MB
7.5x more memory clock speed: 2500 MHz vs 332 MHz
449.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3593 vs 8
Around 78% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 440 vs 247

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	23 October 2012 vs 6 March 2003
Core clock speed	720 MHz vs 200 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 150 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 64 MB
Memory clock speed	2500 MHz vs 332 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	3593 vs 8
PassMark - G2D Mark	440 vs 247

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce FX 5100

8.7x more texture fill rate: 800 MTexel / s vs 92.2 billion / sec

Texture fill rate	800 MTexel / s vs 92.2 billion / sec

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5100

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3593

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

440

247

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5100
PassMark - G3D Mark	3593	8
PassMark - G2D Mark	440	247
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	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5100
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	Rankine
Launch date	23 October 2012	6 March 2003
Place in performance rating	701	704
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Code name		NV34 A1
Technical info
Core clock speed	720 MHz	200 MHz
CUDA cores	1536
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	150 nm
Pipelines	1536
Texture fill rate	92.2 billion / sec	800 MTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	122 Watt
Transistor count	3540 Million	45 million
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI Express 3.0
Laptop size	large
SLI options	2-way
Interface		AGP 8x
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	12 API	9.0a
OpenCL	1.1
OpenGL	4.5	1.5 (2.1)
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	64 MB
Memory bandwidth	160 GB / s	2.656 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	2500 MHz	332 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 VGA, 1x S-Video