GeForce RTX 5090 vs Radeon 680M

Place in the ranking	504	1
Place by popularity	not in top-100	58
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	11.55
Power efficiency	11.93	12.82
Architecture	RDNA 2.0 (2020−2024)	Blackwell 2.0 (2025)
GPU code name	Rembrandt+	GB202
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	3 January 2023 (2 years ago)	30 January 2025 (recently)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$1,999

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the performance-to-price ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices for comparison.

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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	768	21760
Core clock speed	2000 MHz	2017 MHz
Boost clock speed	2200 MHz	2407 MHz
Number of transistors	13,100 million	92,200 million
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	50 Watt	575 Watt
Texture fill rate	105.6	1,637
Floating-point processing power	3.379 TFLOPS	104.8 TFLOPS
ROPs	32	176
TMUs	48	680
Tensor Cores	no data	680
Ray Tracing Cores	12	170

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).

Interface	PCIe 4.0 x8	PCIe 5.0 x16
Length	no data	304 mm
Width	no data	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 16-pin

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	System Shared	GDDR7
Maximum RAM amount	System Shared	32 GB
Memory bus width	System Shared	512 Bit
Memory clock speed	System Shared	1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth	no data	1.79 TB/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	Portable Device Dependent	1x HDMI 2.1b, 3x DisplayPort 2.1b
HDMI	-	+

API and SDK compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	6.7	6.8
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	2.0	3.0
Vulkan	1.3	1.4
CUDA	-	10.1

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.

Radeon 680M 8.09

RTX 5090 100.00
+1136%

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.

Radeon 680M 3334

RTX 5090 41430
+1143%

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	37 −459%	207 +459%
1440p	18 −922%	184 +922%
4K	10 −1310%	141 +1310%

Cost per frame, $

1080p	no data	9.66
1440p	no data	10.86
4K	no data	14.18

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2	28 −661%	210−220 +661%
Cyberpunk 2077	39 −1054%	450−500 +1054%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5	27−30 −318%	110−120 +318%
Counter-Strike 2	26 −719%	210−220 +719%
Cyberpunk 2077	14 −1114%	170−180 +1114%
Forza Horizon 4	56 −1061%	650−700 +1061%
Forza Horizon 5	38 −766%	300−350 +766%
Metro Exodus	39 −408%	190−200 +408%
Red Dead Redemption 2	24−27 −550%	150−160 +550%
Valorant	161 −413%	800−850 +413%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5	27−30 −318%	110−120 +318%
Counter-Strike 2	21 −914%	210−220 +914%
Cyberpunk 2077	11 −1082%	130−140 +1082%
Dota 2	48 −265%	170−180 +265%
Far Cry 5	36 −342%	159 +342%
Fortnite	50−55 −504%	300−350 +504%
Forza Horizon 4	47 −1070%	550−600 +1070%
Forza Horizon 5	21−24 −1467%	300−350 +1467%
Grand Theft Auto V	36 −1011%	400−450 +1011%
Metro Exodus	27 −633%	190−200 +633%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	65−70 −216%	210−220 +216%
Red Dead Redemption 2	24−27 −550%	150−160 +550%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	24−27 −569%	170−180 +569%
Valorant	30 −2653%	800−850 +2653%
World of Tanks	120−130 −116%	270−280 +116%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	27−30 −318%	110−120 +318%
Counter-Strike 2	18 −1022%	202 +1022%
Cyberpunk 2077	9 −1122%	110−120 +1122%
Dota 2	61 −1130%	750−800 +1130%
Far Cry 5	35−40 −483%	210−220 +483%
Forza Horizon 4	40 −1025%	450−500 +1025%
Forza Horizon 5	26 −1165%	300−350 +1165%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	65−70 −216%	210−220 +216%
Valorant	146 −466%	800−850 +466%

1440p
High Preset

Dota 2	17 −894%	160−170 +894%
Grand Theft Auto V	17 −1135%	210−220 +1135%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	40−45 −1120%	500−550 +1120%
Red Dead Redemption 2	7−8 −1229%	90−95 +1229%
World of Tanks	60−65 −732%	500−550 +732%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	16−18 −444%	85−90 +444%
Cyberpunk 2077	5 −1100%	60−65 +1100%
Far Cry 5	18−20 −789%	160−170 +789%
Forza Horizon 4	27 −1011%	300−310 +1011%
Forza Horizon 5	12−14 −1738%	230−240 +1738%
Metro Exodus	14−16 −1027%	160−170 +1027%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	17 −1135%	210−220 +1135%
Valorant	21−24 −2500%	550−600 +2500%

4K
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2	5−6 −3380%	174 +3380%
Dota 2	18−20 −884%	180−190 +884%
Grand Theft Auto V	18−20 −1111%	230−240 +1111%
Metro Exodus	3−4 −5467%	167 +5467%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	24−27 −736%	200−210 +736%
Red Dead Redemption 2	6−7 −967%	60−65 +967%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	18−20 −1111%	230−240 +1111%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	7−8 −1200%	90−95 +1200%
Counter-Strike 2	2 −2650%	55 +2650%
Cyberpunk 2077	2 −1100%	24−27 +1100%
Dota 2	18 −1122%	220−230 +1122%
Far Cry 5	10−11 −950%	100−110 +950%
Fortnite	9−10 −967%	95−100 +967%
Forza Horizon 4	14 −1114%	170−180 +1114%
Forza Horizon 5	6−7 −2583%	160−170 +2583%
Valorant	8−9 −4450%	350−400 +4450%

1440p
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2

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This is how Radeon 680M and RTX 5090 compete in popular games:

RTX 5090 is 459% faster in 1080p
RTX 5090 is 922% faster in 1440p
RTX 5090 is 1310% faster in 4K

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

in Metro Exodus, with 4K resolution and the High Preset, the RTX 5090 is 5467% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

RTX 5090 is ahead in 44 tests (98%)
there's a draw in 1 test (2%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	8.09	100.00
Recency	3 January 2023	30 January 2025
Chip lithography	6 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	50 Watt	575 Watt

Radeon 680M has 1050% lower power consumption.

RTX 5090, on the other hand, has a 1136.1% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 2 years, and a 20% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce RTX 5090 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon 680M in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon 680M is a notebook card while GeForce RTX 5090 is a desktop one.

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