GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Mobile vs GTX 680M

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce GTX 680M and GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Mobile, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

GTX 680M
2012
4 GB GDDR5, 100 Watt
8.41

RTX 3050 Ti Mobile outperforms GTX 680M by a whopping 213% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking502209
Place by popularitynot in top-10053
Cost-effectiveness evaluation3.71no data
Power efficiency5.7724.05
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameGK104GA106
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date4 June 2012 (12 years ago)11 May 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$310.50 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores13442560
Core clock speed719 MHz735 MHz
Boost clock speed758 MHz1035 MHz
Number of transistors3,540 million13,250 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)100 Watt75 Watt
Texture fill rate84.9082.80
Floating-point processing power2.038 TFLOPS5.299 TFLOPS
ROPs3248
TMUs11280
Tensor Coresno data80
Ray Tracing Coresno data20

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Laptop sizelargelarge
Bus supportPCI Express 3.0no data
InterfaceMXM-B (3.0)PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno data
SLI options+-

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount4 GB4 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1800 MHz1500 MHz
Memory bandwidth115.2 GB/s192.0 GB/s
Shared memory--

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display ConnectorsNo outputsNo outputs

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Optimus+-

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 API12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model5.16.6
OpenGL4.54.6
OpenCL1.13.0
Vulkan1.1.1261.2
CUDA+8.6

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. 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 8.41
RTX 3050 Ti Mobile 26.31
+213%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

GTX 680M 3239
RTX 3050 Ti Mobile 10139
+213%

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 5898
RTX 3050 Ti Mobile 18057
+206%

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

GTX 680M 4049
RTX 3050 Ti Mobile 13360
+230%

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

GTX 680M 27684
RTX 3050 Ti Mobile 72925
+163%

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

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

900p67
−199%
200−210
+199%
Full HD63
−19%
75
+19%
1440p12−14
−250%
42
+250%
4K7−8
−257%
25
+257%

Cost per frame, $

1080p4.93no data
1440p25.88no data
4K44.36no data

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 12−14
−377%
62
+377%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 20−22
−175%
55−60
+175%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 12−14
−400%
60
+400%
Battlefield 5 24−27
−228%
80−85
+228%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 16−18
−200%
50−55
+200%
Cyberpunk 2077 12−14
−354%
59
+354%
Far Cry 5 18−20
−205%
55−60
+205%
Far Cry New Dawn 21−24
−183%
65−70
+183%
Forza Horizon 4 55−60
−165%
140−150
+165%
Hitman 3 16−18
−400%
80
+400%
Horizon Zero Dawn 45−50
−145%
110−120
+145%
Metro Exodus 24−27
−472%
143
+472%
Red Dead Redemption 2 21−24
−326%
98
+326%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 27−30
−204%
85−90
+204%
Watch Dogs: Legion 55−60
−298%
231
+298%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 20−22
−175%
55−60
+175%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 12−14
−192%
35
+192%
Battlefield 5 24−27
−228%
80−85
+228%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 16−18
−200%
50−55
+200%
Cyberpunk 2077 12−14
−246%
45
+246%
Far Cry 5 18−20
−205%
55−60
+205%
Far Cry New Dawn 21−24
−183%
65−70
+183%
Forza Horizon 4 55−60
−165%
140−150
+165%
Hitman 3 16−18
−381%
77
+381%
Horizon Zero Dawn 45−50
−145%
110−120
+145%
Metro Exodus 24−27
−356%
114
+356%
Red Dead Redemption 2 21−24
−239%
78
+239%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 27−30
−275%
105
+275%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 24−27
−125%
50−55
+125%
Watch Dogs: Legion 55−60
−250%
203
+250%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 20−22
−175%
55−60
+175%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 12−14
−117%
26
+117%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 16−18
−200%
50−55
+200%
Cyberpunk 2077 12−14
−208%
40
+208%
Far Cry 5 18−20
−205%
55−60
+205%
Forza Horizon 4 55−60
−165%
140−150
+165%
Hitman 3 16−18
−319%
67
+319%
Horizon Zero Dawn 45−50
−95.7%
92
+95.7%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 27−30
−221%
90
+221%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 24−27
−108%
50
+108%
Watch Dogs: Legion 55−60
+107%
28
−107%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 21−24
−252%
81
+252%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 16−18
−194%
45−50
+194%
Far Cry New Dawn 12−14
−192%
35−40
+192%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 8−9
−225%
24−27
+225%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 4−5
−550%
26
+550%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 8−9
−250%
27−30
+250%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
−450%
22
+450%
Far Cry 5 10−11
−190%
27−30
+190%
Forza Horizon 4 30−35
−333%
140−150
+333%
Hitman 3 12−14
−283%
46
+283%
Horizon Zero Dawn 16−18
−306%
69
+306%
Metro Exodus 10−12
−445%
60
+445%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 8−9
−663%
61
+663%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 8−9
−288%
30−35
+288%
Watch Dogs: Legion 50−55
−162%
139
+162%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 14−16
−300%
56
+300%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 7−8
−257%
24−27
+257%
Far Cry New Dawn 6−7
−217%
18−20
+217%
Hitman 3 4−5
−400%
20
+400%
Horizon Zero Dawn 30−35
−313%
120−130
+313%
Metro Exodus 6−7
−683%
47
+683%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 5−6
−480%
29
+480%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 5−6
−200%
14−16
+200%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 4−5
−225%
12−14
+225%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4−5
−250%
14−16
+250%
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
−900%
10
+900%
Far Cry 5 4−5
−250%
14−16
+250%
Forza Horizon 4 10−11
−240%
30−35
+240%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 4−5
−750%
34
+750%
Watch Dogs: Legion 3−4
−233%
10
+233%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 8−9
−263%
29
+263%

This is how GTX 680M and RTX 3050 Ti Mobile compete in popular games:

  • RTX 3050 Ti Mobile is 199% faster in 900p
  • RTX 3050 Ti Mobile is 19% faster in 1080p
  • RTX 3050 Ti Mobile is 250% faster in 1440p
  • RTX 3050 Ti Mobile is 257% faster in 4K

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

  • in Watch Dogs: Legion, with 1080p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the GTX 680M is 107% faster.
  • in Cyberpunk 2077, with 4K resolution and the Ultra Preset, the RTX 3050 Ti Mobile is 900% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • GTX 680M is ahead in 1 test (1%)
  • RTX 3050 Ti Mobile is ahead in 71 test (99%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 8.41 26.31
Recency 4 June 2012 11 May 2021
Chip lithography 28 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 100 Watt 75 Watt

RTX 3050 Ti Mobile has a 212.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 8 years, a 250% more advanced lithography process, and 33.3% lower power consumption.

The GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTX 680M in performance tests.


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