Radeon 680M vs GeForce RTX 3070 16 GB

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking	not rated	297
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Architecture	Ampere (2020−2022)	RDNA 2 (2020−2022)
GPU code name	GA104	RDNA 2 Rembrandt
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Release date	no data	4 January 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$599	no data
Current price	$1275 (2.1x MSRP)	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	5888	768
Boost clock speed	1725 MHz	2400 MHz
Number of transistors	17,400 million	13,100 million
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	250 Watt	45 Watt
Texture fill rate	317.4	115.2

Form factor & compatibility

Information on GeForce RTX 3070 16 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 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x8
Length	242 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	1x 12-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	GDDR6	System Shared
Maximum RAM amount	16 GB	System Shared
Memory bus width	256 Bit	System Shared
Memory clock speed	14 GB/s	System Shared
Memory bandwidth	448.0 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	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	No outputs
HDMI	+	no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12 (12_1)
Shader Model	6.5	6.5
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	2.0	2.0
Vulkan	1.2	1.2
CUDA	8.5	no data

Pros & cons summary

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Maximum RAM amount	16 GB	System Shared
Chip lithography	8 nm	6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	250 Watt	45 Watt

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