GeForce GTX 680MX vs Baffin
Aggregated performance score
GeForce GTX 680MX outperforms Baffin by a substantial 32% based on our aggregated benchmark results.
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in performance ranking | 479 | 395 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | no data | 8.71 |
| Architecture | GCN 4.0 (2016−2020) | Kepler (2012−2018) |
| GPU code name | Baffin | no data |
| Market segment | Desktop | Laptop |
| Release date | no data | 23 October 2012 (11 years ago) |
| Current price | $127 | $200 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.
Detailed specifications
General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 1024 | 1536 |
| CUDA cores | no data | 1536 |
| Core clock speed | no data | 720 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 3,000 million | 3540 Million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 14 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | no data | 122 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | no data | 92.2 billion/sec |
Form factor & compatibility
Information on Baffin and GeForce GTX 680MX compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.
| Laptop size | no data | large |
| Bus support | no data | PCI Express 3.0 |
| SLI options | no data | + |
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 type | no data | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | no data | 2 GB |
| Memory bus width | no data | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | no data | 2500 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | no data | 160 GB/s |
| Shared memory | no data | - |
Supported technologies
Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.
| 3D Vision | no data | + |
| Optimus | no data | + |
API compatibility
List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (12_0) | 12 API |
| Shader Model | 6.7 | no data |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.5 |
| OpenCL | 2.1 | 1.1 |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | no data |
| CUDA | no data | + |
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 HD | 40−45
−37.5%
| 55
+37.5%
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Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 8.10 | 10.70 |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 28 nm |
The GeForce GTX 680MX is our recommended choice as it beats the Baffin in performance tests.
Be aware that Baffin is a desktop card while GeForce GTX 680MX is a notebook one.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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