GeForce GTX 680MX: specs and benchmarks
Aggregate performance score
GeForce GTX 680MX provides poor gaming and benchmark performance at 8.66% of a leader's which is GeForce RTX 5090 D.
Contents
Summary
NVIDIA started GeForce GTX 680MX sales 23 October 2012. This is a laptop graphics card based on a Kepler architecture and made with 28 nm manufacturing process. It is primarily aimed at gamers. 2 GB of GDDR5 memory clocked at 2.5 GHz are supplied, and together with 256 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 160 GB/s.
Power consumption is at 122 Watt.
Primary details
Some basic facts about GeForce GTX 680MX: architecture, market segment, release date etc.
| Place in the ranking | 508 | |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | |
| Power efficiency | 5.45 | of 100.00 (Radeon 890M) |
| Architecture | Kepler (2012−2018) | |
| Market segment | Laptop | |
| Release date | 23 October 2012 (12 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
GeForce GTX 680MX's specs such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of GeForce GTX 680MX's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 1536 | of 24064 (RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell) |
| Core clock speed | 720 MHz | of 2670 MHz (Arc B580) |
| Number of transistors | 3540 Million | of 185,000 million (Radeon Instinct MI350X) |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | of 3 nm (Arc Graphics 140V) |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 122 Watt | of 2400 Watt (Data Center GPU Max Subsystem) |
| Texture fill rate | 92.2 billion/sec | of 2,554 (Radeon Instinct MI300X) |
Form factor & compatibility
This section provides details about the physical dimensions of GeForce GTX 680MX and its compatibility with other computer components. This information is useful when selecting a computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards, it includes details about the interface and bus (for motherboard compatibility) and additional power connectors (for power supply compatibility).
| Laptop size | large | |
| Bus support | PCI Express 3.0 | |
| SLI options | + |
VRAM capacity and type
Parameters of memory installed on GeForce GTX 680MX: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors have no dedicated memory and use a shared part of system RAM instead.
| Memory type | GDDR5 | |
| Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | of 288 GB (Radeon Instinct MI325X) |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | of 8192 Bit (Radeon Instinct MI250X) |
| Memory clock speed | 2500 MHz | of 16000 GB/s (GeForce RTX 4050 Mobile) |
| Memory bandwidth | 160 GB/s | of 5,171 GB/s (Radeon Instinct MI300X) |
| Shared memory | - |
Supported technologies
Technological solutions and APIs supported by GeForce GTX 680MX. You'll probably need this information if you need some particular technology for your purposes.
| 3D Vision | + | |
| Optimus | + |
API and SDK compatibility
APIs supported by GeForce GTX 680MX, sometimes including their particular versions.
| DirectX | 12 API | |
| OpenGL | 4.5 | of 4.6 (GeForce RTX 5090 D) |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | |
| CUDA | + |
Benchmark performance
Synthetic benchmark performance of GeForce GTX 680MX. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.
Combined synthetic benchmark score
This is our combined benchmark score.
Passmark
This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.
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.
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.
GeekBench 5 OpenCL
Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses OpenCL API by Khronos Group.
GeekBench 5 CUDA
Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses CUDA API by NVIDIA.
Octane Render OctaneBench
This is a special benchmark measuring graphics card performance in OctaneRender, which is a realistic GPU rendering engine by OTOY Inc., available either as a standalone program, or as a plugin for 3DS Max, Cinema 4D and many other apps. It renders four different static scenes, then compares render times with a reference GPU which is currently GeForce GTX 980. This benchmark has nothing to do with gaming and is aimed at professional 3D graphics artists.
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Gaming performance
Let's see how good GeForce GTX 680MX is for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in frames per second. Comparisons with game system requirements are included, but remember that sometimes official requirements may reflect reality inaccurately.
Average FPS across all PC games
Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular modern games across different resolutions:
| Full HD | 55 |
FPS performance in popular games
Full HD
Low Preset
| Counter-Strike 2 | 45−50 | |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 18−20 | |
| Sons of the Forest | 16−18 |
Full HD
Medium Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 35−40 | |
| Counter-Strike 2 | 45−50 | |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 18−20 | |
| Far Cry 5 | 27−30 | |
| Fortnite | 50−55 | |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 35−40 | |
| Forza Horizon 5 | 27−30 | |
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 30−35 | |
| Sons of the Forest | 16−18 | |
| Valorant | 85−90 |
Full HD
High Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 35−40 | |
| Counter-Strike 2 | 45−50 | |
| Counter-Strike: Global Offensive | 130−140 | |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 18−20 | |
| Dota 2 | 65−70 | |
| Far Cry 5 | 27−30 | |
| Fortnite | 50−55 | |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 35−40 | |
| Forza Horizon 5 | 27−30 | |
| Grand Theft Auto V | 30−35 | |
| Metro Exodus | 18−20 | |
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 30−35 | |
| Sons of the Forest | 16−18 | |
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 26 | |
| Valorant | 85−90 |
Full HD
Ultra Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 35−40 | |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 18−20 | |
| Dota 2 | 65−70 | |
| Far Cry 5 | 27−30 | |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 35−40 | |
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 30−35 | |
| Sons of the Forest | 16−18 | |
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 14 | |
| Valorant | 85−90 |
Full HD
Epic Preset
| Fortnite | 50−55 |
1440p
High Preset
| Counter-Strike 2 | 16−18 | |
| Counter-Strike: Global Offensive | 65−70 | |
| Grand Theft Auto V | 12−14 | |
| Metro Exodus | 10−11 | |
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 45−50 | |
| Valorant | 95−100 |
1440p
Ultra Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 21−24 | |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 7−8 | |
| Far Cry 5 | 18−20 | |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 21−24 | |
| Sons of the Forest | 9−10 | |
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 12−14 |
1440p
Epic Preset
| Fortnite | 18−20 |
4K
High Preset
| Counter-Strike 2 | 2−3 | |
| Grand Theft Auto V | 20−22 | |
| Metro Exodus | 4−5 | |
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 9−10 | |
| Valorant | 45−50 |
4K
Ultra Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 10−11 | |
| Counter-Strike 2 | 2−3 | |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 3−4 | |
| Dota 2 | 30−35 | |
| Far Cry 5 | 9−10 | |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 14−16 | |
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 9−10 | |
| Sons of the Forest | 5−6 |
4K
Epic Preset
| Fortnite | 9−10 |
AMD equivalent
According to our data, the closest AMD alternative to GeForce GTX 680MX is Radeon R9 M485X, which is slower by 1% and lower by 4 positions in our ranking.
Here are some closest AMD rivals to GeForce GTX 680MX:
Similar GPUs
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Recommended processors
These processors are most commonly used with GeForce GTX 680MX according to our statistics.
