Radeon RX 560X Mobile vs GeForce GTX 680MX

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Aggregated performance score

GTX 680MX
2012
2048 MB GDDR5
10.70

Radeon RX 560X Mobile outperforms GeForce GTX 680MX by 4% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

Primary Details

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

Place in performance ranking392389
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation8.635.41
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)Polaris (2016−2019)
GPU code nameno dataPolaris 11
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date23 October 2012 (11 years ago)5 January 2017 (7 years ago)
Current price$200 $520

Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

GTX 680MX has 60% better value for money than RX 560X Mobile.

Detailed Specifications

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 cores15361024
CUDA cores1536no data
Core clock speed720 MHz1172 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1275 MHz
Number of transistors3540 Million3,000 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)122 Watt60-80 Watt
Texture fill rate92.2 billion/sec81.60
Floating-point performanceno data2,611 gflops

Form Factor & Compatibility

Information on GeForce GTX 680MX and Radeon RX 560X Mobile 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 3.0no data
Interfaceno dataMXM-B (3.0)
SLI options+no data

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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount2 GB4 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed2500 MHz6000 MHz
Memory bandwidth160 GB/s92.8 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 Connectorsno dataNo outputs

Supported GPU Technologies

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

FreeSyncno data+
3D Vision+no data
Optimus+no data

API Compatibility

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

DirectX12 API12 (12_0)
Shader Modelno data6.4
OpenGL4.54.6
OpenCL1.12.0
Vulkanno data1.2.131
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 10.70
RX 560X Mobile 11.12
+3.9%

Radeon RX 560X Mobile outperforms GeForce GTX 680MX by 4% based on our aggregated benchmark results.


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
+28.6%
RX 560X Mobile 19829

GeForce GTX 680MX outperforms Radeon RX 560X Mobile by 29% 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
RX 560X Mobile 8212
+21.9%

Radeon RX 560X Mobile outperforms GeForce GTX 680MX by 22% 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
+57.1%
35
−57.1%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 16−18
−35.3%
23
+35.3%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 21−24
−13.6%
25
+13.6%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 16−18
−76.5%
30
+76.5%
Battlefield 5 35−40
−44.4%
52
+44.4%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 27−30
−3.6%
27−30
+3.6%
Cyberpunk 2077 16−18
+0%
17
+0%
Far Cry 5 27−30
−44.4%
39
+44.4%
Far Cry New Dawn 27−30
−34.5%
39
+34.5%
Forza Horizon 4 35−40
−36.8%
52
+36.8%
Hitman 3 27−30
−39.3%
39
+39.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn 21−24
−4.5%
21−24
+4.5%
Red Dead Redemption 2 18−20
−5.6%
18−20
+5.6%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 21−24
−17.4%
27
+17.4%
Watch Dogs: Legion 18−20
−52.6%
29
+52.6%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 21−24
+4.8%
21
−4.8%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 16−18
−23.5%
21
+23.5%
Battlefield 5 35−40
−22.2%
44
+22.2%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 27−30
−3.6%
27−30
+3.6%
Cyberpunk 2077 16−18
+13.3%
15
−13.3%
Far Cry 5 27−30
−33.3%
36
+33.3%
Far Cry New Dawn 27−30
−24.1%
36
+24.1%
Forza Horizon 4 35−40
−28.9%
49
+28.9%
Hitman 3 27−30
−21.4%
34
+21.4%
Horizon Zero Dawn 21−24
−4.5%
21−24
+4.5%
Metro Exodus 16−18
−25%
20
+25%
Red Dead Redemption 2 18−20
−5.6%
18−20
+5.6%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 21−24
−8.7%
25
+8.7%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 26
−38.5%
36
+38.5%
Watch Dogs: Legion 18−20
−31.6%
25
+31.6%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 21−24
+37.5%
16
−37.5%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 16−18
+0%
16−18
+0%
Battlefield 5 35−40
−8.3%
39
+8.3%
Cyberpunk 2077 16−18
+30.8%
13
−30.8%
Far Cry 5 27−30
−22.2%
33
+22.2%
Far Cry New Dawn 27−30
−13.8%
33
+13.8%
Forza Horizon 4 35−40
+0%
38
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 14
−57.1%
22
+57.1%
Watch Dogs: Legion 18−20
+72.7%
11
−72.7%

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 16−18
+0%
16−18
+0%
Hitman 3 16−18
+0%
16−18
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 16−18
−6.3%
16−18
+6.3%
Metro Exodus 9−10
+0%
9−10
+0%
Red Dead Redemption 2 8−9
+0%
8−9
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 14−16
+0%
14−16
+0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 10−11
−10%
10−12
+10%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 7−8
+0%
7−8
+0%
Battlefield 5 18−20
−5.3%
20−22
+5.3%
Cyberpunk 2077 5−6
+0%
5−6
+0%
Far Cry 5 16−18
−5.9%
18−20
+5.9%
Far Cry New Dawn 18−20
−5.6%
18−20
+5.6%
Forza Horizon 4 20−22
−5%
21−24
+5%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 10−11
−10%
10−12
+10%
Watch Dogs: Legion 5−6
−20%
6−7
+20%

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 7−8
+0%
7−8
+0%
Hitman 3 10−11
+0%
10−11
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 9−10
+0%
9−10
+0%
Metro Exodus 4−5
+0%
4−5
+0%
Red Dead Redemption 2 6−7
+0%
6−7
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 6−7
+0%
6−7
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 9−10
+0%
9−10
+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 6−7
+0%
6−7
+0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 5−6
+0%
5−6
+0%
Battlefield 5 9−10
−11.1%
10−11
+11.1%
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Far Cry 5 9−10
+0%
9−10
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 10−12
+0%
10−12
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 14−16
+0%
14−16
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 3−4
−33.3%
4−5
+33.3%

This is how GTX 680MX and RX 560X Mobile compete in popular games:

  • GTX 680MX is 57.1% faster than RX 560X Mobile in 1080p

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

  • in Watch Dogs: Legion, with 1080p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the GTX 680MX is 72.7% faster than the RX 560X Mobile.
  • in Assassin's Creed Valhalla, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the RX 560X Mobile is 76.5% faster than the GTX 680MX.

All in all, in popular games:

  • GTX 680MX is ahead in 5 tests (7%)
  • RX 560X Mobile is ahead in 40 tests (59%)
  • there's a draw in 23 tests (34%)

Pros & Cons Summary


Performance score 10.70 11.12
Recency 23 October 2012 5 January 2017
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 4 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 122 Watt 60 Watt

Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between GeForce GTX 680MX and Radeon RX 560X Mobile.


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