AMD Radeon R9 M290X vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX

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Combined performance score

GTX 680MX
10.69
+28.5%

GeForce GTX 680MX outperforms Radeon R9 M290X by 28% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in performance ranking391466
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money8.471.65
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)GCN (2011−2017)
GPU code nameno dataNeptune
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date23 October 2012 (11 years old)7 January 2014 (10 years old)
Current price$200 $613
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

GTX 680MX has 413% better value for money than R9 M290X.

Technical specs

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores15361280
CUDA cores1536no data
Compute unitsno data20
Core clock speed720 MHz850 MHz
Boost clock speedno data900 MHz
Number of transistors3540 Million2,800 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)122 Watt100 Watt
Texture fill rate92.2 billion/sec72.00
Floating-point performanceno data2,304 gflops

Size and compatibility

Information on GeForce GTX 680MX and Radeon R9 M290X 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 sizelargelarge
Bus supportPCI Express 3.0PCIe 3.0 x16
Interfaceno dataPCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone
SLI options+no data

Memory

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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount2 GB4 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed2500 MHz1200 MHz
Memory bandwidth160 GB/s153.6 GB/s
Shared memory--

Video outputs and ports

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 Connectorsno dataNo outputs
Eyefinityno data1

Technologies

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

AppAccelerationno data-
Endurono data-
FreeSyncno data1
HD3Dno data+
PowerTuneno data+
DualGraphicsno data1
TrueAudiono data-
ZeroCoreno data+
Switchable graphicsno data1
3D Vision+no data
Optimus+no data

API support

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

DirectX12 APIDirectX® 11
Shader Modelno data5.1
OpenGL4.54.4
OpenCL1.1Not Listed
Mantleno data+
CUDA+no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

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


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance 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 10.69
+28.5%
R9 M290X 8.32

GeForce GTX 680MX outperforms Radeon R9 M290X by 28% in our combined benchmark results.


Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. 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.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

GTX 680MX 4142
+28.4%
R9 M290X 3226

GeForce GTX 680MX outperforms Radeon R9 M290X by 28% in Passmark.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

GTX 680MX 25501
+6.4%
R9 M290X 23961

GeForce GTX 680MX outperforms Radeon R9 M290X by 6% in 3DMark Vantage Performance.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

GTX 680MX 6736
R9 M290X 6817
+1.2%

Radeon R9 M290X outperforms GeForce GTX 680MX by 1% in 3DMark 11 Performance GPU.

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 HD55
+19.6%
46
−19.6%

Performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 16−18
+30.8%
12−14
−30.8%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 21−24
+29.4%
16−18
−29.4%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 16−18
+41.7%
12−14
−41.7%
Battlefield 5 35−40
+28.6%
27−30
−28.6%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 27−30
+21.7%
21−24
−21.7%
Cyberpunk 2077 16−18
+30.8%
12−14
−30.8%
Far Cry 5 27−30
+35%
20−22
−35%
Far Cry New Dawn 27−30
+31.8%
21−24
−31.8%
Forza Horizon 4 35−40
+31%
27−30
−31%
Hitman 3 27−30
+33.3%
21−24
−33.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn 21−24
+29.4%
16−18
−29.4%
Red Dead Redemption 2 18−20
+20%
14−16
−20%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 21−24
+27.8%
18−20
−27.8%
Watch Dogs: Legion 18−20
+35.7%
14−16
−35.7%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 21−24
+29.4%
16−18
−29.4%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 16−18
+41.7%
12−14
−41.7%
Battlefield 5 35−40
+28.6%
27−30
−28.6%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 27−30
+21.7%
21−24
−21.7%
Cyberpunk 2077 16−18
+30.8%
12−14
−30.8%
Far Cry 5 27−30
+35%
20−22
−35%
Far Cry New Dawn 27−30
+31.8%
21−24
−31.8%
Forza Horizon 4 35−40
+31%
27−30
−31%
Hitman 3 27−30
+33.3%
21−24
−33.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn 21−24
+29.4%
16−18
−29.4%
Metro Exodus 16−18
+33.3%
12−14
−33.3%
Red Dead Redemption 2 18−20
+20%
14−16
−20%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 21−24
+27.8%
18−20
−27.8%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 26
+52.9%
16−18
−52.9%
Watch Dogs: Legion 18−20
+35.7%
14−16
−35.7%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 21−24
+29.4%
16−18
−29.4%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 16−18
+41.7%
12−14
−41.7%
Battlefield 5 35−40
+28.6%
27−30
−28.6%
Cyberpunk 2077 16−18
+30.8%
12−14
−30.8%
Far Cry 5 27−30
+35%
20−22
−35%
Far Cry New Dawn 27−30
+31.8%
21−24
−31.8%
Forza Horizon 4 35−40
+31%
27−30
−31%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 14
−21.4%
16−18
+21.4%
Watch Dogs: Legion 18−20
+35.7%
14−16
−35.7%

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 16−18
+33.3%
12−14
−33.3%
Hitman 3 16−18
+30.8%
12−14
−30.8%
Horizon Zero Dawn 16−18
+14.3%
14−16
−14.3%
Metro Exodus 9−10
+50%
6−7
−50%
Red Dead Redemption 2 8−9
+33.3%
6−7
−33.3%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 14−16
+27.3%
10−12
−27.3%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 10−11
+42.9%
7−8
−42.9%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 7−8
+75%
4−5
−75%
Battlefield 5 18−20
+58.3%
12−14
−58.3%
Cyberpunk 2077 5−6
+25%
4−5
−25%
Far Cry 5 16−18
+30.8%
12−14
−30.8%
Far Cry New Dawn 18−20
+50%
12−14
−50%
Forza Horizon 4 20−22
+42.9%
14−16
−42.9%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 10−11
+25%
8−9
−25%
Watch Dogs: Legion 5−6
+66.7%
3−4
−66.7%

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 7−8
+16.7%
6−7
−16.7%
Hitman 3 10−11
+25%
8−9
−25%
Horizon Zero Dawn 9−10
+12.5%
8−9
−12.5%
Metro Exodus 4−5
+100%
2−3
−100%
Red Dead Redemption 2 6−7
+50%
4−5
−50%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 6−7
+50%
4−5
−50%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 9−10
+50%
6−7
−50%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 6−7
+20%
5−6
−20%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 5−6
+25%
4−5
−25%
Battlefield 5 9−10
+80%
5−6
−80%
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Far Cry 5 9−10
+28.6%
7−8
−28.6%
Far Cry New Dawn 10−12
+22.2%
9−10
−22.2%
Forza Horizon 4 14−16
+55.6%
9−10
−55.6%
Watch Dogs: Legion 3−4
+50%
2−3
−50%

This is how GTX 680MX and R9 M290X compete in popular games:

1080p resolution:

  • GTX 680MX is 19.6% faster than R9 M290X

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

  • in Metro Exodus, with 4K resolution and the High Preset, the GTX 680MX is 100% faster than the R9 M290X.
  • in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, with 1080p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the R9 M290X is 21.4% faster than the GTX 680MX.

All in all, in popular games:

  • GTX 680MX is ahead in 66 tests (97%)
  • R9 M290X is ahead in 1 test (1%)
  • there's a draw in 1 test (1%)

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 10.69 8.32
Recency 23 October 2012 7 January 2014
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 4 GB
Power consumption (TDP) 122 Watt 100 Watt

The GeForce GTX 680MX is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon R9 M290X in performance tests.


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