NVIDIA started GeForce GTX 680M SLI sales 4 June 2012. This is a laptop graphics card based on a Kepler architecture and made with 28 nm manufacturing process. It is primarily aimed at gamers. 2x 4 GB of GDDR5 memory clocked at 3.6 GHz are supplied.

Primary details

Some basic facts about GeForce GTX 680M SLI: architecture, market segment, release date etc.

Place in the ranking	324
Place by popularity	not in top-100
Architecture	Kepler (2012−2018)
GPU code name	N13E-GTX
Market segment	Laptop
Release date	4 June 2012 (12 years ago)

Detailed specifications

GeForce GTX 680M SLI's specs such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of GeForce GTX 680M SLI's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	2688	of 21760 (GeForce RTX 5090)
Core clock speed	720 MHz	of 2800 MHz (Playstation 5 Pro GPU)
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	of 3 nm (Arc Graphics 140V)

Form factor & compatibility

This section provides details about the physical dimensions of GeForce GTX 680M SLI and its compatibility with other computer components. This information is useful when selecting a computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards, it includes details about the interface and bus (for motherboard compatibility) and additional power connectors (for power supply compatibility).

Laptop size	large
SLI options	+

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of memory installed on GeForce GTX 680M SLI: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors have no dedicated memory and use a shared part of system RAM instead.

Memory type	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	2x 4 GB	of 294912 (Radeon Instinct MI325X)
Memory bus width	2x 256 Bit	of 8192 Bit (Radeon Instinct MI250X)
Memory clock speed	3600 MHz	of 20000 (RTX 5000 Ada Generation Mobile)
Shared memory	-

Supported technologies

Technological solutions and APIs supported by GeForce GTX 680M SLI. You'll probably need this information if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Optimus

API compatibility

APIs supported by GeForce GTX 680M SLI, sometimes including their particular versions.

DirectX	11
CUDA	+

Benchmark performance

Synthetic benchmark performance of GeForce GTX 680M SLI. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

GTX 680M SLI 16.62

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

GTX 680M SLI 10952

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

GTX 680M SLI 32635

Unigine Heaven 3.0

This is an old DirectX 11 benchmark using Unigine, a 3D game engine by eponymous Russian company. It displays a fantasy medieval town sprawling over several flying islands. Version 3.0 was released in 2012, and in 2013 it was superseded by Heaven 4.0, which introduced several slight improvements, including a newer version of Unigine.

GTX 680M SLI 108

Gaming performance

Let's see how good GeForce GTX 680M SLI is for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in frames per second. Comparisons with game system requirements are included, but remember that sometimes official requirements may reflect reality inaccurately.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular modern games across different resolutions:

900p	133
Full HD	98

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

24−27

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	35−40
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	27−30
Battlefield 5	50−55
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	30−35
Cyberpunk 2077	24−27
Far Cry 5	35−40
Far Cry New Dawn	45−50
Forza Horizon 4	100−110
Hitman 3	30−35
Horizon Zero Dawn	80−85
Metro Exodus	55−60
Red Dead Redemption 2	45−50
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	50−55
Watch Dogs: Legion	80−85

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	35−40
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	27−30
Battlefield 5	50−55
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	30−35
Cyberpunk 2077	24−27
Far Cry 5	35−40
Far Cry New Dawn	45−50
Forza Horizon 4	100−110
Hitman 3	30−35
Horizon Zero Dawn	80−85
Metro Exodus	55−60
Red Dead Redemption 2	45−50
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	50−55
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	35−40
Watch Dogs: Legion	80−85

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	35−40
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	27−30
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	30−35
Cyberpunk 2077	24−27
Far Cry 5	35−40
Forza Horizon 4	100−110
Hitman 3	30−35
Horizon Zero Dawn	80−85
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	50−55
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	35−40
Watch Dogs: Legion	80−85

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

45−50

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	30−35
Far Cry New Dawn	24−27

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	16−18
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	14−16
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	18−20
Cyberpunk 2077	9−10
Far Cry 5	18−20
Forza Horizon 4	85−90
Hitman 3	20−22
Horizon Zero Dawn	30−35
Metro Exodus	30−33
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	30−35
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	18−20
Watch Dogs: Legion	100−105

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

27−30

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	16−18
Far Cry New Dawn	12−14
Hitman 3	12−14
Horizon Zero Dawn	80−85
Metro Exodus	16−18
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	16−18

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	10−11
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	8−9
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	8−9
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4
Far Cry 5	9−10
Forza Horizon 4	21−24
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	16−18
Watch Dogs: Legion	7−8

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

14−16

Closest competitors

GeForce GTX 680M SLI's performance relative to its closest rivals among notebook graphics cards.

Arc 7-Cores iGPU 103.19

Radeon RX Vega M GH 102.71

Radeon RX 6300M 100.18

GeForce GTX 680M SLI 100

GeForce GTX 1650 Ti Max-Q 99.94

GeForce GTX 1650 Max-Q 96.33

Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire 96.27

AMD equivalent

According to our data, the closest AMD alternative to GeForce GTX 680M SLI is Radeon RX 6300M, which is nearly equal in speed and higher by 1 position in our ranking.