ATI Radeon HD 4860 vs GeForce GTX 680M

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking496not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation3.49no data
Power efficiency5.81no data
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)TeraScale (2005−2013)
GPU code nameGK104RV790
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date4 June 2012 (12 years ago)9 September 2009 (15 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$310.50 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores1344640
Core clock speed719 MHz700 MHz
Boost clock speed758 MHzno data
Number of transistors3,540 million959 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)100 Watt130 Watt
Texture fill rate84.9022.40
Floating-point processing power2.038 TFLOPS0.896 TFLOPS
ROPs3216
TMUs11232

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).

Laptop sizelargeno data
Bus supportPCI Express 3.0no data
InterfaceMXM-B (3.0)PCIe 2.0 x16
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone2x 6-pin
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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount4 GB512 MB
Memory bus width256 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1800 MHz750 MHz
Memory bandwidth115.2 GB/s96 GB/s
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 outputs2x DVI, 1x S-Video

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Optimus+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 API10.1 (10_1)
Shader Model5.14.1
OpenGL4.53.3
OpenCL1.11.1
Vulkan1.1.126N/A
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 4 June 2012 9 September 2009
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 512 MB
Chip lithography 28 nm 55 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 100 Watt 130 Watt

GTX 680M has an age advantage of 2 years, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 96.4% more advanced lithography process, and 30% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 680M and Radeon HD 4860. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 680M is a notebook card while Radeon HD 4860 is a desktop one.


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