GPU Comparison
GEFORCE
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M
CORE STATE
GK104
VRAM
4 GB
CLOCK SPEED
758 MHz
TDP
100 W
BUS WIDTH
256 bit
ARCHITECTURE
Kepler
PROCESS
28 nm
LAUNCH DATE
2012
VS
GEFORCE
GeForce GTX 690
CORE STATE
GK104
VRAM
2 GB
CLOCK SPEED
1019 MHz
TDP
300 W
BUS WIDTH
256 bit
ARCHITECTURE
Kepler
PROCESS
28 nm
LAUNCH DATE
2012
PERFORMANCE BENCHMARKS
geekbench_metal
geekbench_opencl
geekbench_vulkan
DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS
SPECIFICATION
GTX 680M
GTX 690
Core Specs
Shading Units
1,344
1,536
+14.3%
Shaders
1,344
1,536
+14.3%
TMUs
112
128
+14.3%
ROPs
32
32
0.0%
Clocks
Base Clock
719 MHz
915 MHz
Boost Clock
758 MHz
1019 MHz
Memory Clock
900 MHz
3.6 Gbps effective
1502 MHz
6 Gbps effective
Memory
Memory Size
4 GB
2 GB
VRAM (MB)
4,096
2,048
-50.0%
Memory Type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Memory Bus
256 bit
256 bit
Bandwidth
115.2 GB/s
192.3 GB/s
Cache
L1 Cache
16 KB (per SMX)
16 KB (per SMX)
L2 Cache
512 KB
512 KB
Performance
Pixel Rate
21.22 GPixel/s
32.61 GPixel/s
Texture Rate
84.90 GTexel/s
130.4 GTexel/s
FP32 (TFLOPS)
2.038 TFLOPS
3.130 TFLOPS
FP64 (TFLOPS)
84.90 GFLOPS (1:24)
130.4 GFLOPS (1:24)
Power
TDP
100 W
300 W
TDP (W)
100
300
+200.0%
Suggested PSU
—
700 W
Power Connectors
None
2x 8-pin
Architecture
Architecture
Kepler
Kepler
GPU Name
GK104
GK104
Generation
GeForce 600M
GeForce 600
Process Size
28 nm
28 nm
Transistors
3,540 million
3,540 million
Die Size
294 mm²
294 mm²
Foundry
TSMC
TSMC
Density
12.0M / mm²
12.0M / mm²
API Support
DirectX
12 (11_0)
12 (11_0)
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
Vulkan
1.2.175
1.2.175
OpenCL
3.0
3.0
CUDA
3.0
3.0
Shader Model
6.5 (5.1)
6.5 (5.1)
Physical
Slot Width
MXM Module
Dual-slot
Length
—
279 mm
11 inches
Height
—
111 mm
4.4 inches
Outputs
Portable Device Dependent
3x DVI1x mini-DisplayPort 1.2
Bus Interface
MXM-B (3.0)
PCIe 3.0 x16
Other
Launch Price
—
999 USD
Production
End-of-life
End-of-life
Predecessor
GeForce 500M
GeForce 500
Successor
GeForce 700M
GeForce 700