Radeon RX 7900 XT vs GeForce GTX 680MX

Place in the ranking	430	13
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	37.48
Power efficiency	6.08	17.22
Architecture	Kepler (2012−2018)	RDNA 3.0 (2022−2024)
GPU code name	no data	Navi 31
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	23 October 2012 (12 years ago)	3 November 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$899

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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	5376
Core clock speed	720 MHz	1387 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	2394 MHz
Number of transistors	3540 Million	57,700 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	122 Watt	300 Watt
Texture fill rate	92.2 billion/sec	804.4
Floating-point processing power	no data	51.48 TFLOPS
ROPs	no data	192
TMUs	no data	336
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	84

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
Interface	no data	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	no data	276 mm
Width	no data	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	2x 8-pin
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	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	20 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	320 Bit
Memory clock speed	2500 MHz	2500 MHz
Memory bandwidth	160 GB/s	800.0 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	1x HDMI 2.1a, 2x DisplayPort 2.1, 1x USB Type-C
HDMI	-	+

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	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	no data	6.7
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
OpenCL	1.1	2.2
Vulkan	-	1.3
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

RX 7900 XT 74.74
+597%

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

RX 7900 XT 28832
+597%

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

RX 7900 XT 75896
+1027%

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

RX 7900 XT 142489
+459%

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 12217

RX 7900 XT 185275
+1417%

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	55 −276%	207 +276%
1440p	18−21 −694%	143 +694%
4K	12−14 −625%	87 +625%

Cost per frame, $

1080p	no data	4.34
1440p	no data	6.29
4K	no data	10.33

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

16−18

−1294%

237
+1294%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	24−27 −512%	150−160 +512%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	16−18 −744%	130−140 +744%
Battlefield 5	30−35 −606%	240−250 +606%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	21−24 −445%	120−130 +445%
Cyberpunk 2077	16−18 −1147%	212 +1147%
Far Cry 5	24−27 −372%	110−120 +372%
Far Cry New Dawn	30−33 −517%	180−190 +517%
Forza Horizon 4	70−75 −244%	240−250 +244%
Hitman 3	20−22 −545%	120−130 +545%
Horizon Zero Dawn	55−60 −362%	260−270 +362%
Metro Exodus	35−40 −343%	150−160 +343%
Red Dead Redemption 2	30−33 −310%	120−130 +310%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	35−40 −814%	300−350 +814%
Watch Dogs: Legion	65−70 −135%	150−160 +135%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	24−27 −512%	150−160 +512%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	16−18 −744%	130−140 +744%
Battlefield 5	30−35 −606%	240−250 +606%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	21−24 −445%	120−130 +445%
Cyberpunk 2077	16−18 −1018%	190 +1018%
Far Cry 5	24−27 −372%	110−120 +372%
Far Cry New Dawn	30−33 −517%	180−190 +517%
Forza Horizon 4	70−75 −244%	240−250 +244%
Hitman 3	20−22 −545%	120−130 +545%
Horizon Zero Dawn	55−60 −362%	260−270 +362%
Metro Exodus	35−40 −343%	150−160 +343%
Red Dead Redemption 2	30−33 −310%	120−130 +310%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	35−40 −1306%	492 +1306%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	27−30 −479%	160−170 +479%
Watch Dogs: Legion	65−70 −135%	150−160 +135%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	24−27 −512%	150−160 +512%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	16−18 −744%	130−140 +744%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	21−24 −445%	120−130 +445%
Cyberpunk 2077	16−18 −953%	179 +953%
Far Cry 5	24−27 −372%	110−120 +372%
Forza Horizon 4	70−75 −244%	240−250 +244%
Hitman 3	20−22 −545%	120−130 +545%
Horizon Zero Dawn	55−60 −503%	350 +503%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	35−40 −1111%	424 +1111%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	14 −1793%	265 +1793%
Watch Dogs: Legion	65−70 −135%	150−160 +135%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

30−33

−310%

120−130
+310%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	21−24 −690%	160−170 +690%
Far Cry New Dawn	16−18 −600%	110−120 +600%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	10−11 −790%	85−90 +790%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	7−8 −1286%	95−100 +1286%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	10−12 −645%	80−85 +645%
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6 −2340%	122 +2340%
Far Cry 5	12−14 −600%	80−85 +600%
Forza Horizon 4	45−50 −453%	270−280 +453%
Hitman 3	14−16 −679%	100−110 +679%
Horizon Zero Dawn	21−24 −1159%	277 +1159%
Metro Exodus	16−18 −781%	141 +781%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	14−16 −2067%	325 +2067%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−11 −1280%	130−140 +1280%
Watch Dogs: Legion	65−70 −253%	240−250 +253%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

18−20

−567%

120−130
+567%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	10−11 −780%	85−90 +780%
Far Cry New Dawn	8−9 −763%	65−70 +763%
Hitman 3	7−8 −857%	65−70 +857%
Horizon Zero Dawn	45−50 −371%	220−230 +371%
Metro Exodus	9−10 −1256%	120−130 +1256%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	8−9 −1888%	159 +1888%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	6−7 −950%	60−65 +950%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	5−6 −1120%	60−65 +1120%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	5−6 −940%	50−55 +940%
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 −5900%	60 +5900%
Far Cry 5	6−7 −733%	50−55 +733%
Forza Horizon 4	14−16 −871%	130−140 +871%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	8−9 −2063%	173 +2063%
Watch Dogs: Legion	4−5 −1150%	50−55 +1150%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

10−11

−740%

80−85
+740%

This is how GTX 680MX and RX 7900 XT compete in popular games:

RX 7900 XT is 276% faster in 1080p
RX 7900 XT is 694% faster in 1440p
RX 7900 XT is 625% faster in 4K

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

in Cyberpunk 2077, with 4K resolution and the Ultra Preset, the RX 7900 XT is 5900% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

Without exception, RX 7900 XT surpassed GTX 680MX in all 72 of our tests.

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	10.73	74.74
Recency	23 October 2012	3 November 2022
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	20 GB
Chip lithography	28 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	122 Watt	300 Watt

GTX 680MX has 145.9% lower power consumption.

RX 7900 XT, on the other hand, has a 596.6% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 10 years, a 900% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 460% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon RX 7900 XT is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTX 680MX in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 680MX is a notebook card while Radeon RX 7900 XT is a desktop one.

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