NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M vs AMD Radeon R9 270X

What is the difference between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M and AMD Radeon R9 270X. Find out which graphics card has better performance.

Graphics Processor (GPU)

GK104GPU NameCuracao
N13E-GTX-A2Model numberCuracao XT
(215-0848004)
KeplerArchitectureGCN 1.0
TSMCFoundryTSMC
28 nmProcess Size28 nm
3,540 millionTransistors2,800 million
294 mm²Die Size212 mm²

Graphics Card

Jun 4th, 2012Release DateOct 8th, 2013
GeForce 600MFamilyVolcanic Islands
(R9 200)
End-of-lifeProductionEnd-of-life
GeForce 500MPredecessorSea Islands
MXM-B (3.0)Bus InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16

Memory

4 GBMemory Size2 GB
GDDR5Memory TypeGDDR5
256 bitMemory Bus256 bit
115.2 GB/sBandwidth179.2 GB/s

Performance

21.22 GPixel/sPixel fillrate33.60 GPixel/s
84.90 GTexel/sTexture fillrate84.00 GTexel/s
2.038 TFLOPSFP32 (float) performance2.688 TFLOPS
84.90 GFLOPS (1:24)FP64 (double) performance168.0 GFLOPS (1:16)

Clock Speeds

719 MHzBase Clock1000 MHz
758 MHzBoost Clock1050 MHz
900 MHz
3.6 Gbps effective
Memory Clock1400 MHz
5.6 Gbps effective

Render Config

1344Shading Units1280
112TMUs80
32ROPs32
16 KB (per SMX)L1 Cache16 KB (per CU)
512 KBL2 Cache512 KB

Board Design

MXM ModuleSlot WidthDual-slot
100 WThermal design power (TDP)180 W
No outputsDisplay Connectors2x DVI
1x HDMI
1x DisplayPort
NonePower Connectors2x 6-pin
P2051BBoard NumberC631,
C632

API support

12 (11_0)DirectX12 (11_1)
4.6OpenGL4.6
3.0OpenCL1.2
1.1Vulkan1.2
5.1Shader Model5.1