GeForce GTX 560M vs GTX 680MX

Place in the ranking	430	743
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	6.13	3.04
Architecture	Kepler (2012−2018)	Fermi 2.0 (2010−2014)
GPU code name	no data	GF116
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	23 October 2012 (12 years ago)	30 May 2011 (13 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	192
Core clock speed	720 MHz	775 MHz
Number of transistors	3540 Million	1,170 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	122 Watt	75 Watt
Texture fill rate	92.2 billion/sec	24.80
Floating-point processing power	no data	0.5952 TFLOPS
ROPs	no data	24
TMUs	no data	32

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	PCI-E 2.0
Interface	no data	MXM-B (3.0)
Supplementary power connectors	no data	None
SLI options	+	2-way

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	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	1536 MB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	Up to 192 Bit
Memory clock speed	2500 MHz	1250 MHz
Memory bandwidth	160 GB/s	Up to 60 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 Connectors

no data

No outputs

Supported technologies

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

3D Blu-Ray	-	+
3D Gaming	-	+
3D Vision	+	-
Optimus	+	+

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 API	12 API
Shader Model	no data	5.1
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
OpenCL	1.1	1.1
Vulkan	-	N/A
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
+228%

GTX 560M 3.27

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.

GTX 680MX 4138
+228%

GTX 560M 1260

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.

GTX 680MX 6736
+270%

GTX 560M 1820

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
+174%

GTX 560M 9300

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.

GTX 680MX 12221
+148%

GTX 560M 4919

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.

GTX 680MX 36
+140%

GTX 560M 15

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:

900p	100−110 +223%	31 −223%
Full HD	60 +57.9%	38 −57.9%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

16−18
+183%

6−7

−183%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	24−27 +150%	10−11 −150%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	16−18 +700%	2−3 −700%
Battlefield 5	30−35 +467%	6−7 −467%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	21−24 +175%	8−9 −175%
Cyberpunk 2077	16−18 +183%	6−7 −183%
Far Cry 5	24−27 +317%	6−7 −317%
Far Cry New Dawn	30−33 +233%	9−10 −233%
Forza Horizon 4	70−75 +294%	18−20 −294%
Hitman 3	20−22 +150%	8−9 −150%
Horizon Zero Dawn	55−60 +142%	24−27 −142%
Metro Exodus	35−40 +600%	5−6 −600%
Red Dead Redemption 2	30−33 +275%	8−9 −275%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	35−40 +169%	12−14 −169%
Watch Dogs: Legion	65−70 +62.5%	40−45 −62.5%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	24−27 +150%	10−11 −150%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	16−18 +700%	2−3 −700%
Battlefield 5	30−35 +467%	6−7 −467%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	21−24 +175%	8−9 −175%
Cyberpunk 2077	16−18 +183%	6−7 −183%
Far Cry 5	24−27 +317%	6−7 −317%
Far Cry New Dawn	30−33 +233%	9−10 −233%
Forza Horizon 4	70−75 +294%	18−20 −294%
Hitman 3	20−22 +150%	8−9 −150%
Horizon Zero Dawn	55−60 +142%	24−27 −142%
Metro Exodus	35−40 +600%	5−6 −600%
Red Dead Redemption 2	30−33 +275%	8−9 −275%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	35−40 +169%	12−14 −169%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	27−30 +86.7%	14−16 −86.7%
Watch Dogs: Legion	65−70 +62.5%	40−45 −62.5%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	24−27 +150%	10−11 −150%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	16−18 +700%	2−3 −700%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	21−24 +175%	8−9 −175%
Cyberpunk 2077	16−18 +183%	6−7 −183%
Far Cry 5	24−27 +317%	6−7 −317%
Forza Horizon 4	70−75 +294%	18−20 −294%
Hitman 3	20−22 +150%	8−9 −150%
Horizon Zero Dawn	55−60 +142%	24−27 −142%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	35−40 +169%	12−14 −169%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	14 −7.1%	14−16 +7.1%
Watch Dogs: Legion	65−70 +62.5%	40−45 −62.5%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

30−33
+275%

8−9

−275%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	21−24 +250%	6−7 −250%
Far Cry New Dawn	16−18 +220%	5−6 −220%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	10−11 +233%	3−4 −233%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	7−8 +250%	2−3 −250%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	10−12 +450%	2−3 −450%
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6 +150%	2−3 −150%
Far Cry 5	12−14 +200%	4−5 −200%
Forza Horizon 4	45−50 +250%	14−16 −250%
Hitman 3	14−16 +75%	8−9 −75%
Horizon Zero Dawn	21−24 +175%	8−9 −175%
Metro Exodus	16−18 +300%	4−5 −300%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	14−16 +275%	4−5 −275%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−11 +400%	2−3 −400%
Watch Dogs: Legion	65−70 +240%	20−22 −240%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

18−20
+157%

7−8

−157%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	10−11 +900%	1−2 −900%
Far Cry New Dawn	8−9 +300%	2−3 −300%
Hitman 3	7−8 +250%	2−3 −250%
Horizon Zero Dawn	45−50 +243%	14−16 −243%
Metro Exodus	9−10 +350%	2−3 −350%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	8−9 +300%	2−3 −300%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	6−7 +200%	2−3 −200%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	5−6 +400%	1−2 −400%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	5−6 +400%	1−2 −400%
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2	0−1
Far Cry 5	6−7 +500%	1−2 −500%
Forza Horizon 4	14−16 +1300%	1−2 −1300%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	8−9 +300%	2−3 −300%
Watch Dogs: Legion	4−5 +300%	1−2 −300%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

10−11
+150%

4−5

−150%

This is how GTX 680MX and GTX 560M compete in popular games:

GTX 680MX is 223% faster in 900p
GTX 680MX is 58% faster in 1080p

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

in Forza Horizon 4, with 4K resolution and the Ultra Preset, the GTX 680MX is 1300% faster.
in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, with 1080p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the GTX 560M is 7% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

GTX 680MX is ahead in 61 test (98%)
GTX 560M is ahead in 1 test (2%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	10.73	3.27
Recency	23 October 2012	30 May 2011
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	1536 MB
Chip lithography	28 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	122 Watt	75 Watt

GTX 680MX has a 228.1% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 1 year, a 33.3% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 42.9% more advanced lithography process.

GTX 560M, on the other hand, has 62.7% lower power consumption.

The GeForce GTX 680MX is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTX 560M in performance tests.

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