GeForce GTX 680 Mac Edition vs ATI Radeon IGP 350M
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 1560 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | Rage 6 (2000−2007) | Kepler (2012−2018) |
| GPU code name | RS200 | GK104 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop |
| Release date | 5 October 2002 (23 years ago) | 3 April 2013 (12 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $599 |
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 | no data | 1536 |
| Core clock speed | 183 MHz | 1006 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 1058 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 30 million | 3,540 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 180 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | no data | 195 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 0.37 | 135.4 |
| Floating-point processing power | no data | 3.25 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 2 | 32 |
| TMUs | 2 | 128 |
| L1 Cache | no data | 128 KB |
| L2 Cache | no data | 512 KB |
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 | AGP 4x | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Length | no data | 254 mm |
| Width | no data | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | 2x 6-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 | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | System Shared | 2 GB |
| Memory bus width | System Shared | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | System Shared | 1502 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | no data | 192.3 GB/s |
| Shared memory | + | - |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | No outputs | 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort |
| HDMI | - | + |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 7.0 | 12 (11_0) |
| Shader Model | no data | 5.1 |
| OpenGL | 1.4 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | N/A | 1.2 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.1.126 |
| CUDA | - | 3.0 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 5 October 2002 | 3 April 2013 |
| Chip lithography | 180 nm | 28 nm |
GTX 680 Mac Edition has an age advantage of 10 years, and a 542.9% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Radeon IGP 350M and GeForce GTX 680 Mac Edition. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Radeon IGP 350M is a notebook graphics card while GeForce GTX 680 Mac Edition is a desktop one.
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