NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX Mac vs AMD Radeon R9 M290X

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX Mac
AMD Radeon R9 M290X
1536 Shaders
2GB GDDR5
719MHz
1280 Shaders
4GB GDDR5
900MHz
Peak AI Performance
2.21 TOPS
INT32
Peak AI Performance
2.3 TFLOPS
FP32
FP32
2.21 TFLOPS
FP32
2.3 TFLOPS
Form Factor
Soldered
Form Factor
Soldered
TDP
122W
TDP
100W

Peak AI Performance

  • 4% slower vs Radeon R9 M290X
  • 4% faster vs GeForce GTX 680MX Mac
GeForce GTX 680MX Mac - 2.21 TOPS INT32
x1
Radeon R9 M290X - 2.3 TFLOPS FP32
x1.04

FP32

  • 4% slower vs Radeon R9 M290X
  • 4% faster vs GeForce GTX 680MX Mac
GeForce GTX 680MX Mac - 2.21 TFLOPS FP32
x1
Radeon R9 M290X - 2.3 TFLOPS FP32
x1.04
  • 4% faster vs Radeon R9 M290X
  • 4% slower vs GeForce GTX 680MX Mac
GeForce GTX 680MX Mac - 160GB/s
x1.04
Radeon R9 M290X - 153.6GB/s
x1
  • 22% higher vs Radeon R9 M290X
  • 18% lower vs GeForce GTX 680MX Mac
GeForce GTX 680MX Mac - 122W
x1.22
Radeon R9 M290X - 100W
x1
GB6 OpenCL N/A
0%
Manufacturer
NVIDIA
Manufacturer
AMD
Chip Designer
NVIDIA
Chip Designer
AMD
Architecture
Kepler
Architecture
GCN 1
Family
GeForce 600
Family
Radeon R 200
Codename
NVE4
GK104
-
-
Codename
Pitcairn
-
Variant
Neptune XT
Market Segment
Laptop
Market Segment
Laptop
Release Date
10/23/2012
Release Date
5/31/2014
Foundry
TSMC
Foundry
TSMC
Fabrication Node
28nm
Fabrication Node
28nm
Die Size
294 mm²
Die Size
212 mm²
Transistor Count
3.5 Billion
Transistor Count
2.8 Billion
Transistor Density
12.04M/mm²
Transistor Density
13.21M/mm²
Form
Soldered
Form
Soldered
Shading Units
1536 Shaders
Shading Units
1280 Shaders
Texture Mapping Units
128 TMUs
Texture Mapping Units
80 TMUs
Render Output Units
32 ROPs
Render Output Units
32 ROPs
Streaming Multiprocessors
8 SMs
-
-
-
-
Compute Units
20 CUs
-
719MHz
850MHz Base
900MHz
Peak AI Performance
2.21 TOPS
INT32
Peak AI Performance
2.3 TFLOPS
FP32
FP32
2.21 TFLOPS
FP32
2.3 TFLOPS
FP64
90 GFLOPS
FP64
140 GFLOPS
INT32
2.21 TOPS
-
-
Pixel Fillrate
23.008 GPixel/s
Pixel Fillrate
28.8 GPixel/s
Texture Fillrate
92.032 GTexel/s
Texture Fillrate
72 GTexel/s
L1
48KB/SM Tex
16KB/SM
-
L1
-
-
16KB/CU
L2
512KB Shared
L2
512KB Shared
2GB
GDDR5
4GB
GDDR5
Bus Width
256Bit
Bus Width
256Bit
Clock
1250MHz
Transfer Rate
5GT/s
Bandwidth
160GB/s
Clock
1200MHz
Transfer Rate
4.8GT/s
Bandwidth
153.6GB/s
TDP
122W
TDP
100W
Max Resolution
2560x1600
Max Resolution
4096x2160
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
Variable Refresh Rate
G-Sync
FreeSync
Variable Refresh Rate
-
-
Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Not Supported
Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Not Supported
Multi Monitor Support
2
Multi Monitor Support
3
Model
NVENC 1
Model
VCE 1.0
Codec
AVC (H.264)
Codec
AVC (H.264)
Model
NVDEC 1
Model
UVD 4.0
Codec
MPEG-1
MPEG-2
MPEG-4
VC-1
AVC (H.264)
Codec
MPEG-1
MPEG-2
MPEG-4
VC-1
AVC (H.264)
Direct X
12
Direct 3D
11_0
Direct X
12
Direct 3D
11_1
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
3.0
Vulkan
1.2
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
2.1
Vulkan
1.2
Shader Model
6.5
CUDA
3.0
-
-
PureVideo HD
VP5
VDPAU
Feature Set D
Shader Model
6.5
-
-
GFX
6
-
-
-
-
Not a Card
Not a Card
PCIe Version
3.0
PCIe Lanes
16
PCIe Version
3.0
PCIe Lanes
16
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