GeForce GTX 860M SLI vs 680MX

Place in performance ranking	392	370
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Value for money	8.56	4.64
Architecture	Kepler (2012−2018)	Maxwell (2014−2018)
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	23 October 2012 (11 years old)	12 March 2014 (10 years old)
Current price	$200	$489

Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

GTX 680MX has 84% better value for money than GTX 860M SLI.

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 cores	1536	1280
CUDA cores	1536	no data
Core clock speed	720 MHz	1029 MHz
Number of transistors	3540 Million	2x 1870 Million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	122 Watt	120 Watt
Texture fill rate	92.2 billion/sec	no data

Size and compatibility

Information on GeForce GTX 680MX and GeForce GTX 860M SLI 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 size	large	large
Bus support	PCI Express 3.0	no data
SLI options	+	+

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 type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	2x 4 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	2x 128 Bit
Memory clock speed	2500 MHz	5000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	160 GB/s	no data
Shared memory	-	-

Technologies

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

3D Vision	+	no data
Optimus	+	+

API support

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

DirectX	12 API	12 (FL 11_0)
OpenGL	4.5	no data
OpenCL	1.1	no data
CUDA	+	+

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

GTX 860M SLI 12.27
+14.8%

860M SLI outperforms 680MX by 15% 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

GTX 860M SLI 27223
+6.8%

860M SLI outperforms 680MX by 7% 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

GTX 860M SLI 9840
+46.1%

860M SLI outperforms 680MX by 46% 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 HD

55
+19.6%

−19.6%

Performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

16−18

−11.8%

18−20
+11.8%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	21−24 −18.2%	24−27 +18.2%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	16−18 −17.6%	20−22 +17.6%
Battlefield 5	35−40 −16.7%	40−45 +16.7%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	27−30 −14.3%	30−35 +14.3%
Cyberpunk 2077	16−18 −11.8%	18−20 +11.8%
Far Cry 5	27−30 −18.5%	30−35 +18.5%
Far Cry New Dawn	27−30 −13.8%	30−35 +13.8%
Forza Horizon 4	35−40 −15.8%	40−45 +15.8%
Hitman 3	27−30 −17.9%	30−35 +17.9%
Horizon Zero Dawn	21−24 −13.6%	24−27 +13.6%
Red Dead Redemption 2	18−20 −16.7%	21−24 +16.7%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	21−24 −13%	24−27 +13%
Watch Dogs: Legion	18−20 −21.1%	21−24 +21.1%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	21−24 −18.2%	24−27 +18.2%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	16−18 −17.6%	20−22 +17.6%
Battlefield 5	35−40 −16.7%	40−45 +16.7%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	27−30 −14.3%	30−35 +14.3%
Cyberpunk 2077	16−18 −11.8%	18−20 +11.8%
Far Cry 5	27−30 −18.5%	30−35 +18.5%
Far Cry New Dawn	27−30 −13.8%	30−35 +13.8%
Forza Horizon 4	35−40 −15.8%	40−45 +15.8%
Hitman 3	27−30 −17.9%	30−35 +17.9%
Horizon Zero Dawn	21−24 −13.6%	24−27 +13.6%
Metro Exodus	16−18 −18.8%	18−20 +18.8%
Red Dead Redemption 2	18−20 −16.7%	21−24 +16.7%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	21−24 −13%	24−27 +13%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	26 +4%	24−27 −4%
Watch Dogs: Legion	18−20 −21.1%	21−24 +21.1%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	21−24 −18.2%	24−27 +18.2%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	16−18 −17.6%	20−22 +17.6%
Battlefield 5	35−40 −16.7%	40−45 +16.7%
Cyberpunk 2077	16−18 −11.8%	18−20 +11.8%
Far Cry 5	27−30 −18.5%	30−35 +18.5%
Far Cry New Dawn	27−30 −13.8%	30−35 +13.8%
Forza Horizon 4	35−40 −15.8%	40−45 +15.8%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	14 −78.6%	24−27 +78.6%
Watch Dogs: Legion	18−20 −21.1%	21−24 +21.1%

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	16−18 −12.5%	18−20 +12.5%
Hitman 3	16−18 −11.8%	18−20 +11.8%
Horizon Zero Dawn	16−18 −12.5%	18−20 +12.5%
Metro Exodus	9−10 −22.2%	10−12 +22.2%
Red Dead Redemption 2	8−9 −12.5%	9−10 +12.5%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	14−16 −14.3%	16−18 +14.3%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	10−11 −20%	12−14 +20%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	7−8 −28.6%	9−10 +28.6%
Battlefield 5	18−20 −26.3%	24−27 +26.3%
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6 −20%	6−7 +20%
Far Cry 5	16−18 −17.6%	20−22 +17.6%
Far Cry New Dawn	18−20 −22.2%	21−24 +22.2%
Forza Horizon 4	20−22 −15%	21−24 +15%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−11 −20%	12−14 +20%
Watch Dogs: Legion	5−6 −40%	7−8 +40%

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	7−8 −14.3%	8−9 +14.3%
Hitman 3	10−11 −10%	10−12 +10%
Horizon Zero Dawn	9−10 +0%	9−10 +0%
Metro Exodus	4−5 −25%	5−6 +25%
Red Dead Redemption 2	6−7 −16.7%	7−8 +16.7%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	6−7 −16.7%	7−8 +16.7%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	9−10 −22.2%	10−12 +22.2%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	6−7 −16.7%	7−8 +16.7%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	5−6 −20%	6−7 +20%
Battlefield 5	9−10 −33.3%	12−14 +33.3%
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 −100%	2−3 +100%
Far Cry 5	9−10 −11.1%	10−11 +11.1%
Far Cry New Dawn	10−12 −9.1%	12−14 +9.1%
Forza Horizon 4	14−16 −14.3%	16−18 +14.3%
Watch Dogs: Legion	3−4 −33.3%	4−5 +33.3%

This is how GTX 680MX and GTX 860M SLI compete in popular games:

1080p resolution:

GTX 680MX is 19.6% faster than GTX 860M SLI

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

in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, with 1080p resolution and the High Preset, the GTX 680MX is 4% faster than the GTX 860M SLI.
in Cyberpunk 2077, with 4K resolution and the Ultra Preset, the GTX 860M SLI is 100% faster than the GTX 680MX.

All in all, in popular games: