Radeon HD 6330M vs GeForce GTX 680M

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking503not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation3.71no data
Power efficiency5.76no data
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)
GPU code nameGK104Robson
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date4 June 2012 (12 years ago)26 November 2010 (14 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$310.50 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores134480
Core clock speed719 MHz500 MHz
Boost clock speed758 MHzno data
Number of transistors3,540 million292 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)100 Watt7 Watt
Texture fill rate84.904.000
Floating-point processing power2.038 TFLOPS0.08 TFLOPS
ROPs324
TMUs1128

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 sizelargeno data
Bus supportPCI Express 3.0no data
InterfaceMXM-B (3.0)PCIe 2.0 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 typeGDDR5GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount4 GB1 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed1800 MHz800 MHz
Memory bandwidth115.2 GB/s12.8 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 API11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model5.15.0
OpenGL4.54.4
OpenCL1.11.2
Vulkan1.1.126N/A
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 4 June 2012 26 November 2010
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 1 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 100 Watt 7 Watt

GTX 680M has an age advantage of 1 year, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 42.9% more advanced lithography process.

HD 6330M, on the other hand, has 1328.6% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 680M and Radeon HD 6330M. We've got no test results to judge.


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