NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX vs NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 PCI

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX and NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 PCI 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 Quadro NVS 280 PCI

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 11 month(s) later
2.6x more core clock speed: 720 MHz vs 275 MHz
83.8x more texture fill rate: 92.2 billion / sec vs 1.1 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 140 nm
32x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 64 MB
5x more memory clock speed: 2500 MHz vs 500 MHz
517.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4138 vs 8
2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 534 vs 261

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	23 October 2012 vs 28 October 2003
Core clock speed	720 MHz vs 275 MHz
Texture fill rate	92.2 billion / sec vs 1.1 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 140 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 64 MB
Memory clock speed	2500 MHz vs 500 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	4138 vs 8
PassMark - G2D Mark	534 vs 261

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 PCI

9.4x lower typical power consumption: 13 Watt vs 122 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	13 Watt vs 122 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 PCI

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

4138

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

534

261

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 PCI
PassMark - G3D Mark	4138	8
PassMark - G2D Mark	534	261
Geekbench - OpenCL	12178
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 Quadro NVS 280 PCI
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	Rankine
Launch date	23 October 2012	28 October 2003
Place in performance rating	650	653
Type	Laptop	Workstation
Code name		NV34 B1
Technical info
Core clock speed	720 MHz	275 MHz
CUDA cores	1536
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	140 nm
Pipelines	1536
Texture fill rate	92.2 billion / sec	1.1 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	122 Watt	13 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		PCI
Length		168 mm
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	8 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	2500 MHz	500 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 DMS-59