GeForce GTX 680M and GeForce GTS 250 - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GTX 680M vs GeForce GTS 250
GeForce GTX 680M
3312
GeForce GTS 250
616
GeForce GTX 680M
GeForce GTS 250
Architecture
Kepler (2012−2018)
Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code name
N13E-GTX
G92B
Market segment
Laptop
Desktop
Release date
June 2012
March 2009
Bus support
PCI Express 3.0
-
Interface
MXM-B (3.0)
PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
None
6-pin
SLI options
+
+
Boost clock speed
758 MHz
-
Core clock speed
720 MHz
738 MHz
CUDA cores
1344
128
Floating-point performance
2,038 gflops
387.1 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
55 nm
Number of transistors
3,540 million
754 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1344
128
Power consumption (TDP)
100 Watt
150 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature
-
105 °C
Texture fill rate
80.6 billion/sec
47.2 billion/sec
Memory type
GDDR5
GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount
4 GB
1 GB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
256 Bit
Memory clock speed
1800 MHz
1100 MHz
Memory bandwidth
115.2 GB/s
70.4 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
No outputs
Two Dual Link DVI
Multi monitor support
-
+
HDMI
-
+
Maximum VGA resolution
-
2048x1536
Audio input for HDMI
-
S/PDIF
DirectX
12 API
11.1 (10_0)
CUDA
+
+
OpenCL
1.1
1.1
OpenGL
4.5
3.0
Shader Model
5.1
4.0
Vulkan
1.1.126
N/A
Optimus
+
-