GeForce GTX 285M SLI vs GTX 680MX

Place in the ranking	430	685
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	6.13	1.92
Architecture	Kepler (2012−2018)	G9x (2007−2010)
GPU code name	no data	N10E-GTX
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	23 October 2012 (12 years ago)	2 March 2009 (15 years ago)

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	256
Core clock speed	720 MHz	576 MHz
Number of transistors	3540 Million	1508 Million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	122 Watt	150 Watt
Texture fill rate	92.2 billion/sec	no data

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	large
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	GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	2 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	2500 MHz	1020 MHz
Memory bandwidth	160 GB/s	no data
Shared memory	-	-

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	10
OpenGL	4.5	no data
OpenCL	1.1	no data
CUDA	+	+

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. 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.

GTX 680MX 10.73
+159%

GTX 285M SLI 4.14

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3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution.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.

GTX 680MX 25501
+127%

GTX 285M SLI 11233

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

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

Full HD

+0%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

16−18
+143%

7−8

−143%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	24−27 +108%	12−14 −108%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	16−18 +433%	3−4 −433%
Battlefield 5	30−35 +240%	10−11 −240%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	21−24 +144%	9−10 −144%
Cyberpunk 2077	16−18 +143%	7−8 −143%
Far Cry 5	24−27 +178%	9−10 −178%
Far Cry New Dawn	30−33 +150%	12−14 −150%
Forza Horizon 4	70−75 +184%	24−27 −184%
Hitman 3	20−22 +100%	10−11 −100%
Horizon Zero Dawn	55−60 +107%	27−30 −107%
Metro Exodus	35−40 +289%	9−10 −289%
Red Dead Redemption 2	30−33 +173%	10−12 −173%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	35−40 +119%	16−18 −119%
Watch Dogs: Legion	65−70 +51.2%	40−45 −51.2%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	24−27 +108%	12−14 −108%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	16−18 +433%	3−4 −433%
Battlefield 5	30−35 +240%	10−11 −240%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	21−24 +144%	9−10 −144%
Cyberpunk 2077	16−18 +143%	7−8 −143%
Far Cry 5	24−27 +178%	9−10 −178%
Far Cry New Dawn	30−33 +150%	12−14 −150%
Forza Horizon 4	70−75 +184%	24−27 −184%
Hitman 3	20−22 +100%	10−11 −100%
Horizon Zero Dawn	55−60 +107%	27−30 −107%
Metro Exodus	35−40 +289%	9−10 −289%
Red Dead Redemption 2	30−33 +173%	10−12 −173%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	35−40 +119%	16−18 −119%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	27−30 +75%	16−18 −75%
Watch Dogs: Legion	65−70 +51.2%	40−45 −51.2%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	24−27 +108%	12−14 −108%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	16−18 +433%	3−4 −433%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	21−24 +144%	9−10 −144%
Cyberpunk 2077	16−18 +143%	7−8 −143%
Far Cry 5	24−27 +178%	9−10 −178%
Forza Horizon 4	70−75 +184%	24−27 −184%
Hitman 3	20−22 +100%	10−11 −100%
Horizon Zero Dawn	55−60 +107%	27−30 −107%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	35−40 +119%	16−18 −119%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	14 −14.3%	16−18 +14.3%
Watch Dogs: Legion	65−70 +51.2%	40−45 −51.2%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

30−33
+173%

10−12

−173%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	21−24 +163%	8−9 −163%
Far Cry New Dawn	16−18 +167%	6−7 −167%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	10−11 +150%	4−5 −150%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	7−8 +250%	2−3 −250%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	10−12 +267%	3−4 −267%
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6 +150%	2−3 −150%
Far Cry 5	12−14 +140%	5−6 −140%
Forza Horizon 4	45−50 +717%	6−7 −717%
Hitman 3	14−16 +55.6%	9−10 −55.6%
Horizon Zero Dawn	21−24 +120%	10−11 −120%
Metro Exodus	16−18	0−1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	14−16 +200%	5−6 −200%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−11 +233%	3−4 −233%
Watch Dogs: Legion	65−70 +162%	24−27 −162%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

18−20
+125%

8−9

−125%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	10−11 +233%	3−4 −233%
Far Cry New Dawn	8−9 +167%	3−4 −167%
Hitman 3	7−8	0−1
Horizon Zero Dawn	45−50 +4700%	1−2 −4700%
Metro Exodus	9−10 +800%	1−2 −800%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	8−9 +167%	3−4 −167%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	6−7 +100%	3−4 −100%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	5−6 +150%	2−3 −150%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	5−6 +150%	2−3 −150%
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2	0−1
Far Cry 5	6−7 +200%	2−3 −200%
Forza Horizon 4	14−16 +367%	3−4 −367%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	8−9 +167%	3−4 −167%
Watch Dogs: Legion	4−5 +300%	1−2 −300%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

10−11
+100%

5−6

−100%

This is how GTX 680MX and GTX 285M SLI compete in popular games:

A tie in 1080p

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

in Horizon Zero Dawn, with 4K resolution and the High Preset, the GTX 680MX is 4700% faster.
in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, with 1080p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the GTX 285M SLI is 14% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

GTX 680MX is ahead in 64 tests (98%)
GTX 285M SLI is ahead in 1 test (2%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	10.73	4.14
Recency	23 October 2012	2 March 2009
Chip lithography	28 nm	55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	122 Watt	150 Watt

GTX 680MX has a 159.2% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 3 years, a 96.4% more advanced lithography process, and 23% lower power consumption.

The GeForce GTX 680MX is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTX 285M SLI in performance tests.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.