ATI Radeon IGP 340 vs GeForce GTX 680
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 361 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 3.03 | no data |
| Power efficiency | 5.08 | no data |
| Architecture | Kepler (2012−2018) | Rage 6 (2000−2007) |
| GPU code name | GK104 | RS200 |
| Market segment | Desktop | Desktop |
| Release date | 22 March 2012 (12 years ago) | 5 October 2002 (22 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $499 | no data |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.
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 cores | 1536 | no data |
| Core clock speed | 1006 MHz | 183 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1058 MHz | no data |
| Number of transistors | 3,540 million | 30 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 180 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 195 Watt | no data |
| Texture fill rate | 135.4 | 0.37 |
| Floating-point processing power | 3.25 TFLOPS | no data |
| ROPs | 32 | 2 |
| TMUs | 128 | 2 |
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).
| Bus support | PCI Express 3.0 | no data |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | AGP 4x |
| Length | 254 mm | no data |
| Height | 4.376" (11.1 cm) | no data |
| Width | 2-slot | IGP |
| Supplementary power connectors | 2x 6-pin | None |
| SLI options | + | - |
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 | GDDR5 | System Shared |
| Maximum RAM amount | 2048 MB | System Shared |
| Memory bus width | 256-bit GDDR5 | System Shared |
| Memory clock speed | 1502 MHz | System Shared |
| Memory bandwidth | 192.2 GB/s | no data |
| Shared memory | - | no data |
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 Connectors | One Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One HDMI, One DisplayPort | No outputs |
| Multi monitor support | 4 displays | no data |
| HDMI | + | - |
| HDCP | + | - |
| Maximum VGA resolution | 2048x1536 | no data |
| Audio input for HDMI | Internal | no data |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (11_0) | 7.0 |
| Shader Model | 5.1 | no data |
| OpenGL | 4.2 | 1.4 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | N/A |
| Vulkan | 1.1.126 | N/A |
| CUDA | + | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 22 March 2012 | 5 October 2002 |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 180 nm |
GTX 680 has an age advantage of 9 years, and a 542.9% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 680 and Radeon IGP 340. We've got no test results to judge.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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