Radeon 680M vs GeForce GTX 780 6 GB

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking	not rated	298
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Architecture	Kepler (2012−2018)	RDNA 2 (2020−2022)
GPU code name	GK110B	RDNA 2 Rembrandt
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Release date	10 September 2013 (10 years ago)	4 January 2022 (2 years ago)
Current price	$1790	no data

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 cores	2304	768
Core clock speed	863 MHz	no data
Boost clock speed	902 MHz	2400 MHz
Number of transistors	7,080 million	13,100 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	250 Watt	45 Watt
Texture fill rate	173.2	115.2
Floating-point performance	4,156 gflops	no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on GeForce GTX 780 6 GB and Radeon 680M compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). 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.

Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x8
Length	267 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	None

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	System Shared
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	System Shared
Memory bus width	384 Bit	System Shared
Memory clock speed	6008 MHz	System Shared
Memory bandwidth	288.4 GB/s	no data
Shared memory	no data	-

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	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	No outputs
HDMI	+	no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (11_1)	12 (12_1)
Shader Model	5.1	6.5
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	2.0
Vulkan	1.1.126	1.2
CUDA	3.5	no data

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	10 September 2013	4 January 2022
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	System Shared
Chip lithography	28 nm	6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	250 Watt	45 Watt

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