NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M
VS
AMD Radeon R9 M390
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M
VS
AMD Radeon R9 M390

General info

The general info section in the graphics cards comparison list contains information about the date of release, type, overall rating and other useful data for identifying winner between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M  vs  AMD Radeon R9 M390.

370
Place in performance rating
361
25.04
Value for money (0-100)
no data
Kepler
Architecture
GCN
GK104
Code name
Pitcairn
Laptop
Type
Laptop
4 June 2012 (9 years ago)
Release date
9 June 2015 (6 years ago)
$310.50
Launch price (MSRP)
no data
$293 (0.9x MSRP)
Price now
no data
2.56
Value for money
no data
N13E-GTX
GPU code name
Pitcairn
Laptop
Market segment
Laptop

Technical specs

Which GPU is better between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M  vs  AMD Radeon R9 M390 in the fabrication process, power consumption, and also base and turbo frequency of the GPU is the most important part containing in the graphics cards hierarchy.

1344
Pipelines
1024
720 MHz
Core clock speed
no data
758 MHz
Boost Clock
no data
3,540 million
Transistor count
5000 Million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
100 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
no data
80.6 billion/sec
Texture fill rate
no data
2,038 gflops
Floating-point performance
no data
1344
CUDA cores
no data
1344
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1024
758 MHz
Boost clock speed
no data
3,540 million
Number of transistors
5000 Million
100 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
no data

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Let’s discuss how graphics cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M and AMD Radeon R9 M390 come in different sizes (length), connector types and types of interfaces.

MXM-B (3.0)
Interface
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None
Supplementary power connectors
no data
large
Laptop size
large
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SLI options
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PCI Express 3.0
Bus support
PCIe 3.0

Memory

Graphics cards memory plays important role both in gaming and in applications for graphics. The card will perform much quicker and better, if it has more memory capacity and right memory type. What is the difference between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M vs AMD Radeon R9 M390.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR5
4 GB
Maximum RAM amount
4 GB
256 Bit
Memory bus width
256 Bit
1800 MHz
Memory clock speed
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115.2 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
no data
-
Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

Let’s find out the difference in extra ports between two graphics cards. What's the difference between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M vs AMD Radeon R9 M390.

No outputs
Display Connectors
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Eyefinity
1

Technologies

Let’s have a look what is the difference. It is worthwhile to note that NVIDIA and AMD are using different technologies.

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3D Vision
no data
+
CUDA
no data
+
Optimus
no data
no data
AppAcceleration
-
no data
FreeSync
1
no data
HD3D
+
no data
PowerTune
+
no data
TrueAudio
-
no data
ZeroCore
+
no data
Enduro
-
+
TXAA
no data
+
Adaptive VSync
no data
+
Verde Drivers
no data
DirectX 11
DirectX 11
no data
no data
DualGraphics
1
no data
Switchable graphics
1
no data
DirectCompute 5.0
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API support

The confrontation between the two contenders NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M and AMD Radeon R9 M390 is practically over. The hardware support (API) does not greatly affect the overall performance, it is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and other performance tests. 

12 API
DirectX
DirectX® 12
4.5
OpenGL
4.4
1.1.126
Vulkan
no data
5.1
Shader Model
no data
1.1
OpenCL
Not Listed
no data
Mantle
+

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M and AMD Radeon R9 M390 graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M or AMD Radeon R9 M390 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M
AMD Radeon R9 M390
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M
AMD Radeon R9 M390
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M
AMD Radeon R9 M390
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M
AMD Radeon R9 M390
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M
AMD Radeon R9 M390
Legend
5 Stutters – This game is very likely to stutter and have poor frame rates. Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, average frame rates are expected to fall below 25fps
May Stutter – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, stutters and poor frame rates are expected.
30 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 25fps
40 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 35fps
60 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 58fps
May Run Fluently – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, fluent frame rates are expected.
? Uncertain – This graphics card experienced unexpected performance issues during testing for this game. A slower card may be able to achieve better and more consistent frame rates than this particular GPU running the same benchmark scene.
Uncertain – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game and no reliable interpolation can be made based on the performances of surrounding cards of the same class or family.
The value in the fields displays the average frame rate of all values in the database. Move your cursor over the value to see individual results.

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M

More pipelines (1344 vs 1024)

Advantages of AMD Radeon R9 M390

0.26% faster in synthetic tests

So, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M or AMD Radeon R9 M390?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend AMD Radeon R9 M390 .

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M versus AMD Radeon R9 M390 performance benchmarks comparison

Overall benchmark performance

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User rating

4.6 Out of 7 Hitesti Score
4.0 Out of 1 Hitesti Score