Radeon 680M vs Arc 8-Core iGPU

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Arc 8-Core iGPU and Radeon 680M, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

Arc 8-Core iGPU
2023
18.52
+30.7%

Arc 8-Core iGPU outperforms 680M by a substantial 31% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking300368
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data19.55
ArchitectureXe LPG (2023)RDNA 2.0 (2020−2024)
GPU code nameMeteor Lake iGPURembrandt+
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date14 December 2023 (1 year ago)3 January 2023 (2 years ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores8768
Core clock speedno data2000 MHz
Boost clock speed2300 MHz2200 MHz
Number of transistorsno data13,100 million
Manufacturing process technology5 nm6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data50 Watt
Texture fill rateno data105.6
Floating-point processing powerno data3.379 TFLOPS
ROPsno data32
TMUsno data48
Ray Tracing Coresno data12

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Interfaceno dataPCIe 4.0 x8
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeno dataSystem Shared
Maximum RAM amountno dataSystem Shared
Memory bus widthno dataSystem Shared
Memory clock speedno dataSystem Shared
Shared memory-+

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectorsno dataPortable Device Dependent

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12_212 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Modelno data6.7
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data2.0
Vulkan-1.3

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Arc 8-Core iGPU 18.52
+30.7%
Radeon 680M 14.17

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

Arc 8-Core iGPU 12375
+19.3%
Radeon 680M 10371

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

Arc 8-Core iGPU 38877
+12.4%
Radeon 680M 34600

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

Arc 8-Core iGPU 8561
+24.7%
Radeon 680M 6865

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

Arc 8-Core iGPU 44226
+2.3%
Radeon 680M 43225

3DMark Ice Storm GPU

Ice Storm Graphics is an obsolete benchmark, part of 3DMark suite. Ice Storm was used to measure entry level laptops and Windows-based tablets performance. It utilizes DirectX 11 feature level 9 to display a battle between two space fleets near a frozen planet in 1280x720 resolution. Discontinued in January 2020, it is now superseded by 3DMark Night Raid.

Arc 8-Core iGPU 397122
+10.4%
Radeon 680M 359776

3DMark Time Spy Graphics

Arc 8-Core iGPU 3277
+42.3%
Radeon 680M 2303

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD36
−2.8%
37
+2.8%
1440p20
+11.1%
18
−11.1%
4K15
+50%
10
−50%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2 26
−7.7%
28
+7.7%
Elden Ring 30
−13.3%
34
+13.3%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5 55−60
+28.3%
45−50
−28.3%
Counter-Strike 2 23
+0%
23
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 71
+26.8%
56
−26.8%
Metro Exodus 40
+2.6%
39
−2.6%
Red Dead Redemption 2 40−45
+22.9%
35−40
−22.9%
Valorant 75−80
−115%
161
+115%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5 55−60
+28.3%
45−50
−28.3%
Counter-Strike 2 23
+9.5%
21
−9.5%
Dota 2 25
−92%
48
+92%
Elden Ring 55−60
−13.8%
66
+13.8%
Far Cry 5 34
−5.9%
36
+5.9%
Fortnite 95−100
+23.8%
80−85
−23.8%
Forza Horizon 4 59
+25.5%
47
−25.5%
Grand Theft Auto V 25
−44%
36
+44%
Metro Exodus 29
+7.4%
27
−7.4%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 120−130
+23.3%
100−110
−23.3%
Red Dead Redemption 2 40−45
+22.9%
35−40
−22.9%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 55−60
+34.9%
40−45
−34.9%
Valorant 75−80
+150%
30
−150%
World of Tanks 220−230
+19.4%
180−190
−19.4%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 55−60
+28.3%
45−50
−28.3%
Counter-Strike 2 30−35
+32%
24−27
−32%
Far Cry 5 60−65
+20.8%
50−55
−20.8%
Forza Horizon 4 46
+15%
40
−15%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 120−130
+23.3%
100−110
−23.3%
Valorant 75−80
−94.7%
146
+94.7%

1440p
High Preset

Dota 2 11
−54.5%
17
+54.5%
Elden Ring 30−33
+36.4%
21−24
−36.4%
Grand Theft Auto V 11
−54.5%
17
+54.5%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 160−170
+40.3%
110−120
−40.3%
Red Dead Redemption 2 16−18
+41.7%
12−14
−41.7%
World of Tanks 120−130
+27%
100−105
−27%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 35−40
+35.7%
27−30
−35.7%
Counter-Strike 2 14−16
+15.4%
12−14
−15.4%
Far Cry 5 45−50
+41.2%
30−35
−41.2%
Forza Horizon 4 30
+11.1%
27
−11.1%
Metro Exodus 40−45
+35.5%
30−35
−35.5%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 24−27
+47.1%
17
−47.1%
Valorant 45−50
+34.3%
35−40
−34.3%

4K
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2 14−16
+66.7%
9−10
−66.7%
Dota 2 9
−178%
24−27
+178%
Elden Ring 12−14
+44.4%
9−10
−44.4%
Grand Theft Auto V 9
−178%
24−27
+178%
Metro Exodus 12−14
+44.4%
9−10
−44.4%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 55−60
+31%
40−45
−31%
Red Dead Redemption 2 12−14
+33.3%
9−10
−33.3%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 9
−178%
24−27
+178%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 18−20
+38.5%
12−14
−38.5%
Counter-Strike 2 14−16
+66.7%
9−10
−66.7%
Far Cry 5 24−27
+33.3%
18−20
−33.3%
Fortnite 21−24
+37.5%
16−18
−37.5%
Forza Horizon 4 15
+7.1%
14
−7.1%
Valorant 21−24
+46.7%
14−16
−46.7%

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 39
+0%
39
+0%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 14
+0%
14
+0%

Full HD
High Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 11
+0%
11
+0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 9
+0%
9
+0%
Dota 2 61
+0%
61
+0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 5
+0%
5
+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 2
+0%
2
+0%
Dota 2 18
+0%
18
+0%

This is how Arc 8-Core iGPU and Radeon 680M compete in popular games:

  • Radeon 680M is 3% faster in 1080p
  • Arc 8-Core iGPU is 11% faster in 1440p
  • Arc 8-Core iGPU is 50% faster in 4K

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

  • in Valorant, with 1080p resolution and the High Preset, the Arc 8-Core iGPU is 150% faster.
  • in Dota 2, with 4K resolution and the High Preset, the Radeon 680M is 178% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Arc 8-Core iGPU is ahead in 41 test (65%)
  • Radeon 680M is ahead in 13 tests (21%)
  • there's a draw in 9 tests (14%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 18.52 14.17
Recency 14 December 2023 3 January 2023
Chip lithography 5 nm 6 nm

Arc 8-Core iGPU has a 30.7% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 11 months, and a 20% more advanced lithography process.

The Arc 8-Core iGPU is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon 680M in performance tests.


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Intel Arc 8-Core iGPU
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