Alviso vs GeForce GTX 680MX
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 425 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | Kepler (2012−2018) | Generation 3.0 (2005) |
| GPU code name | no data | Alviso |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop |
| Release date | 23 October 2012 (11 years ago) | no data |
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 |
| CUDA cores | 1536 | no data |
| Core clock speed | 720 MHz | no data |
| Number of transistors | 3540 Million | no data |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 130 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 122 Watt | no data |
| Texture fill rate | 92.2 billion/sec | no data |
| ROPs | no data | 4 |
| TMUs | no data | 4 |
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 size | large | no data |
| Bus support | PCI Express 3.0 | no data |
| 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 | no data |
| Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | no data |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | no data |
| Memory clock speed | 2500 MHz | no data |
| Memory bandwidth | 160 GB/s | no data |
| 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 | + | - |
| Optimus | + | - |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 API | 9.0c |
| Shader Model | no data | 3.0 |
| OpenGL | 4.5 | 1.4 |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | N/A |
| Vulkan | - | N/A |
| CUDA | + | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 130 nm |
GTX 680MX has a 364.3% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 680MX and Alviso. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that GeForce GTX 680MX is a notebook card while Alviso is a desktop 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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