Radeon 680M vs GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile and Radeon 680M, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

RTX 3070 Mobile
2021
8 GB GDDR6, 125 Watt
37.28
+143%

RTX 3070 Mobile outperforms 680M by a whopping 143% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking127347
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency22.2221.02
ArchitectureAmpere (2020−2024)RDNA 2.0 (2020−2024)
GPU code nameGA104Rembrandt+
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date12 January 2021 (3 years ago)3 January 2023 (1 year ago)

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 cores5120768
Core clock speed1110 MHz2000 MHz
Boost clock speed1560 MHz2200 MHz
Number of transistors17,400 million13,100 million
Manufacturing process technology8 nm6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)125 Watt50 Watt
Texture fill rate249.6105.6
Floating-point processing power15.97 TFLOPS3.379 TFLOPS
ROPs8032
TMUs16048
Tensor Cores160no data
Ray Tracing Cores4012

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
InterfacePCIe 4.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x8
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 typeGDDR6System Shared
Maximum RAM amount8 GBSystem Shared
Memory bus width256 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speed1750 MHzSystem Shared
Memory bandwidth448.0 GB/sno data
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 outputsPortable Device Dependent

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.56.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.02.0
Vulkan1.21.3
CUDA8.6-

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.

RTX 3070 Mobile 37.28
+143%
Radeon 680M 15.33

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.

RTX 3070 Mobile 14364
+143%
Radeon 680M 5909

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.

RTX 3070 Mobile 33996
+228%
Radeon 680M 10371

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.

RTX 3070 Mobile 77148
+123%
Radeon 680M 34600

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.

RTX 3070 Mobile 25478
+271%
Radeon 680M 6865

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.

RTX 3070 Mobile 136558
+216%
Radeon 680M 43225

3DMark Ice Storm GPU

Ice Storm Graphics is an obsolete benchmark, part of 3DMark suite. Ice Storm was used to measure entry level laptops and Windows-based tablets performance. It utilizes DirectX 11 feature level 9 to display a battle between two space fleets near a frozen planet in 1280x720 resolution. Discontinued in January 2020, it is now superseded by 3DMark Night Raid.

RTX 3070 Mobile 510435
+41.9%
Radeon 680M 359776

3DMark Time Spy Graphics

RTX 3070 Mobile 9619
+318%
Radeon 680M 2303

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 maya-04

RTX 3070 Mobile 199
+223%
Radeon 680M 62

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 sw-03

RTX 3070 Mobile 69
Radeon 680M 89
+28.5%

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 snx-02

RTX 3070 Mobile 11
Radeon 680M 58
+418%

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 catia-04

RTX 3070 Mobile 108
+53.6%
Radeon 680M 70

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 creo-01

RTX 3070 Mobile 55
+26.5%
Radeon 680M 44

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 mediacal-01

RTX 3070 Mobile 56
+68.8%
Radeon 680M 33

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 showcase-01

RTX 3070 Mobile 136
+343%
Radeon 680M 31

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 energy-01

RTX 3070 Mobile 12
Radeon 680M 29
+140%

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 3dsmax-05

RTX 3070 Mobile 232
+198%
Radeon 680M 78

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:

Full HD116
+214%
37
−214%
1440p74
+335%
17
−335%
4K45
+309%
11
−309%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 119
+205%
39
−205%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 75−80
+103%
35−40
−103%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 91
+139%
38
−139%
Battlefield 5 120−130
+111%
55−60
−111%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 75−80
+117%
35−40
−117%
Cyberpunk 2077 107
+269%
29
−269%
Far Cry 5 80−85
+97.6%
40−45
−97.6%
Far Cry New Dawn 90−95
+97.9%
45−50
−97.9%
Forza Horizon 4 180−190
+69.1%
110−120
−69.1%
Hitman 3 114
+256%
32
−256%
Horizon Zero Dawn 150−160
+82.6%
85−90
−82.6%
Metro Exodus 120−130
+102%
60−65
−102%
Red Dead Redemption 2 85−90
+87.2%
45−50
−87.2%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 130−140
+137%
55−60
−137%
Watch Dogs: Legion 120−130
+48.2%
85−90
−48.2%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 188
+382%
35−40
−382%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 76
+145%
31
−145%
Battlefield 5 120−130
+111%
55−60
−111%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 75−80
+117%
35−40
−117%
Cyberpunk 2077 88
+319%
21
−319%
Far Cry 5 80−85
+97.6%
40−45
−97.6%
Far Cry New Dawn 90−95
+97.9%
45−50
−97.9%
Forza Horizon 4 180−190
+69.1%
110−120
−69.1%
Hitman 3 106
+253%
30
−253%
Horizon Zero Dawn 150−160
+82.6%
85−90
−82.6%
Metro Exodus 143
+138%
60−65
−138%
Red Dead Redemption 2 81
+72.3%
45−50
−72.3%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 183
+289%
47
−289%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 75−80
+92.5%
40−45
−92.5%
Watch Dogs: Legion 181
+113%
85−90
−113%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 75−80
+103%
35−40
−103%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 68
+152%
27
−152%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 75−80
+117%
35−40
−117%
Cyberpunk 2077 74
+335%
17
−335%
Far Cry 5 80−85
+97.6%
40−45
−97.6%
Forza Horizon 4 167
+51.8%
110−120
−51.8%
Hitman 3 98
+263%
27
−263%
Horizon Zero Dawn 132
+207%
43
−207%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 168
+320%
40
−320%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 94
+292%
24
−292%
Watch Dogs: Legion 60
+233%
18
−233%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 82
+74.5%
45−50
−74.5%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 70−75
+115%
30−35
−115%
Far Cry New Dawn 55−60
+111%
27−30
−111%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 40−45
+122%
18−20
−122%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 53
+253%
14−16
−253%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 40−45
+132%
18−20
−132%
Cyberpunk 2077 47
+327%
11
−327%
Far Cry 5 40−45
+115%
20−22
−115%
Forza Horizon 4 210−220
+124%
90−95
−124%
Hitman 3 68
+240%
20−22
−240%
Horizon Zero Dawn 112
+220%
35−40
−220%
Metro Exodus 91
+184%
30−35
−184%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 125
+363%
27
−363%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 50−55
+212%
17
−212%
Watch Dogs: Legion 159
+51.4%
100−110
−51.4%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 73
+152%
27−30
−152%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 35−40
+118%
16−18
−118%
Far Cry New Dawn 30−35
+138%
12−14
−138%
Hitman 3 38
+192%
12−14
−192%
Horizon Zero Dawn 119
+33.7%
85−90
−33.7%
Metro Exodus 71
+294%
18−20
−294%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 64
+392%
13
−392%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 24−27
+150%
10−11
−150%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 33
+313%
8−9
−313%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 21−24
+156%
9−10
−156%
Cyberpunk 2077 22
+450%
4
−450%
Far Cry 5 21−24
+144%
9−10
−144%
Forza Horizon 4 93
+288%
24−27
−288%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 71
+407%
14
−407%
Watch Dogs: Legion 27
+286%
7−8
−286%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 44
+193%
14−16
−193%

This is how RTX 3070 Mobile and Radeon 680M compete in popular games:

  • RTX 3070 Mobile is 214% faster in 1080p
  • RTX 3070 Mobile is 335% faster in 1440p
  • RTX 3070 Mobile is 309% faster in 4K

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

  • in Cyberpunk 2077, with 4K resolution and the Ultra Preset, the RTX 3070 Mobile is 450% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Without exception, RTX 3070 Mobile surpassed Radeon 680M in all 72 of our tests.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 37.28 15.33
Recency 12 January 2021 3 January 2023
Chip lithography 8 nm 6 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 125 Watt 50 Watt

RTX 3070 Mobile has a 143.2% higher aggregate performance score.

Radeon 680M, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, a 33.3% more advanced lithography process, and 150% lower power consumption.

The GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon 680M in performance tests.


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