NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX: specs and benchmarks

Summary

NVIDIA started GeForce GTX 680MX sales 23 October 2012. This is Kepler architecture notebook card based on 28 nm manufacturing process and 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.

General info

Of GeForce GTX 680MX's architecture, market segment and release date.

Place in performance rating	306
Value for money	6.97
Architecture	Kepler (2012−2018)
Market segment	Laptop
Release date	23 October 2012 (9 years ago)
Price now	$200	of 49999 (A100 SXM4)

Technical specs

GeForce GTX 680MX's general performance parameters 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 18432 (AD102)
CUDA cores	1536
Core clock speed	720 MHz	of 2610 (Radeon RX 6500 XT)
Number of transistors	3540 Million	of 14400 (GeForce GTX 1080 SLI Mobile)
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	of 4 (H100 PCIe)
Thermal design power (TDP)	122 Watt	of 900 (Tesla S2050)
Texture fill rate	92.2 billion/sec	of 939.8 (H100 SXM5)

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Information on GeForce GTX 680MX's compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. 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	large
Bus support	PCI Express 3.0
SLI options	+

Memory

Parameters of memory installed on GeForce GTX 680MX: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors don't have dedicated memory and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	of 128 (Radeon Instinct MI250X)
Memory bus width	256 Bit	of 19000 (GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB)
Memory clock speed	2500 MHz	of 21000 (GeForce RTX 3090 Ti)
Memory bandwidth	160 GB/s	of 14400 (Radeon R7 M260)
Shared memory	-

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 support

APIs supported by GeForce GTX 680MX, sometimes including their particular versions.

DirectX	12 API
OpenGL	4.5	of 4.6 (GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile)
OpenCL	1.1
CUDA	+

Benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance of GeForce GTX 680MX. Note that overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range.

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Overall score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. 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.

Mining hashrates

Cryptocurrency mining performance of GeForce GTX 680MX. Usually measured in megahashes per second.

Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256)

57 Mh/s

Game benchmarks

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.

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

Full HD

55

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

14−16

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	14−16
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	14−16
Battlefield 5	14−16
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	14−16
Cyberpunk 2077	14−16
Far Cry 5	14−16
Far Cry New Dawn	14−16
Forza Horizon 4	14−16
Hitman 3	14−16
Horizon Zero Dawn	14−16
Red Dead Redemption 2	14−16
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	14−16
Watch Dogs: Legion	14−16

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	14−16
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	14−16
Battlefield 5	14−16
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	14−16
Cyberpunk 2077	14−16
Far Cry 5	14−16
Far Cry New Dawn	14−16
Forza Horizon 4	14−16
Hitman 3	14−16
Horizon Zero Dawn	14−16
Metro Exodus	14−16
Red Dead Redemption 2	14−16
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	14−16
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	26
Watch Dogs: Legion	14−16

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	14−16
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	14−16
Battlefield 5	14−16
Cyberpunk 2077	14−16
Far Cry 5	14−16
Far Cry New Dawn	14−16
Forza Horizon 4	14−16
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	14
Watch Dogs: Legion	14−16

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	14−16
Hitman 3	14−16
Horizon Zero Dawn	14−16
Metro Exodus	14−16
Red Dead Redemption 2	14−16
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	14−16

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	14−16
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	14−16
Battlefield 5	14−16
Cyberpunk 2077	14−16
Far Cry 5	14−16
Far Cry New Dawn	14−16
Forza Horizon 4	14−16
Watch Dogs: Legion	14−16

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	14−16
Hitman 3	14−16
Horizon Zero Dawn	14−16
Metro Exodus	14−16
Red Dead Redemption 2	14−16
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	14−16
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	14−16

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	14−16
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	14−16
Battlefield 5	14−16
Cyberpunk 2077	14−16
Far Cry 5	14−16
Far Cry New Dawn	14−16
Forza Horizon 4	14−16
Watch Dogs: Legion	14−16

Relative perfomance

Overall GeForce GTX 680MX performance compared to nearest competitors among notebook video cards.

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