NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. 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.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 2 month(s) later
2x more core clock speed: 1440 MHz vs 720 MHz
2.3x more boost clock speed: 1710 MHz vs 758 MHz
5770.5x more texture fill rate: 465.1 GTexel/s vs 80.6 billion / sec
6.5x more pipelines: 8704 vs 1344
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 8 nm vs 28 nm
2.5x more maximum memory size: 10 GB vs 4 GB
7.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 25146 vs 3278
3x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1053 vs 351
17.7x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 167014 vs 9444
16.3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 457.414 vs 28.081
6.8x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 6022.79 vs 879.575
18.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 51.221 vs 2.823
4.4x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 175.219 vs 40.155
23.9x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 2381.93 vs 99.75
27.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 34537 vs 1263
Around 54% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3716 vs 2409
Around 8% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3356 vs 3111
27.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 34537 vs 1263
Around 54% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3716 vs 2409
Around 8% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3356 vs 3111

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 Sep 2020 vs 4 June 2012
Core clock speed	1440 MHz vs 720 MHz
Boost clock speed	1710 MHz vs 758 MHz
Texture fill rate	465.1 GTexel/s vs 80.6 billion / sec
Pipelines	8704 vs 1344
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm vs 28 nm
Maximum memory size	10 GB vs 4 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	25146 vs 3278
PassMark - G2D Mark	1053 vs 351
Geekbench - OpenCL	167014 vs 9444
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	457.414 vs 28.081
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	6022.79 vs 879.575
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	51.221 vs 2.823
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	175.219 vs 40.155
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	2381.93 vs 99.75
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	34537 vs 1263
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3716 vs 2409
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3356 vs 3111
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	34537 vs 1263
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3716 vs 2409
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3356 vs 3111

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M

3.2x lower typical power consumption: 100 Watt vs 320 Watt
Around 52% higher memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 1188 MHz, 19 Gbps effective

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt vs 320 Watt
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz vs 1188 MHz, 19 Gbps effective

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

25146

3278

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1053

351

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

167014

9444

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

457.414

28.081

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

6022.79

879.575

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

51.221

2.823

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

175.219

40.155

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2381.93

99.75

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

34537

1263

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3716

2409

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3356

3111

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

34537

1263

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3716

2409

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3356

3111

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M
PassMark - G3D Mark	25146	3278
PassMark - G2D Mark	1053	351
Geekbench - OpenCL	167014	9444
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	457.414	28.081
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	6022.79	879.575
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	51.221	2.823
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	175.219	40.155
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	2381.93	99.75
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	34537	1263
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3716	2409
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3356	3111
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	34537	1263
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3716	2409
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3356	3111
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	4420	0

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	Kepler
Code name	GA102	GK104
Launch date	1 Sep 2020	4 June 2012
Launch price (MSRP)	$699	$310.50
Place in performance rating	56	1018
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Price now		$499.99
Value for money (0-100)		8.46
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1710 MHz	758 MHz
Core clock speed	1440 MHz	720 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	28 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	465.1 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	29.77 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	29.77 TFLOPS
Pipelines	8704	1344
Pixel fill rate	164.2 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	465.1 GTexel/s	80.6 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	320 Watt	100 Watt
Transistor count	28300 million	3,540 million
CUDA cores		1344
Floating-point performance		2,038 gflops
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot
Height	40 mm, 1.6 inches
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	MXM-B (3.0)
Length	285 mm, 11.2 inches
Recommended system power (PSU)	700 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 12-pin	None
Width	112 mm, 4.4 inches
Bus support		PCI Express 3.0
Laptop size		large
SLI options		2-way
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12 API
OpenCL	3.0	1.1
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Shader Model	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	10 GB	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	760.3 GB/s	115.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	320 bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1188 MHz, 19 Gbps effective	1800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6X	GDDR5
Shared memory		0
Technologies
3D Vision
Adaptive VSync
CUDA
DirectX 11		DirectX 11
SLI
TXAA