NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX

• Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 11 month(s) later
• Around 87% higher texture fill rate: 92.2 billion / sec vs 49.4 billion / sec
• 3x more pipelines: 1536 vs 512
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
• 2x lower typical power consumption: 122 Watt vs 244 Watt
• Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1536 MB
• Around 25% higher memory clock speed: 2500 MHz vs 2004 MHz (4008 data rate)
• Around 9% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 524 vs 482
• Around 9% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 35.434 vs 32.378

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580

• 2.1x more core clock speed: 1544 MHz vs 720 MHz
• Around 10% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4612 vs 4192
• Around 24% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 15124 vs 12227
• Around 58% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 40.048 vs 25.421
• Around 19% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 872.651 vs 734.936
• Around 88% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 4.338 vs 2.31
• 2.3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 132.363 vs 56.706
• Around 5% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 5953 vs 5683
• Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3717 vs 3571
• Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3357 vs 3336
• Around 5% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 5953 vs 5683
• Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3717 vs 3571
• Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3357 vs 3336

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580

PassMark - G3D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	4192 4612
PassMark - G2D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	524 482
Geekbench - OpenCL	GPU 1 GPU 2	12227 15124
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	25.421 40.048
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	734.936 872.651
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	2.31 4.338
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	35.434 32.378
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	56.706 132.363
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	5683 5953
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3571 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3336 3357
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	5683 5953
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3571 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3336 3357

Compare specifications (specs)