RTX 5000 Ada Generation vs Radeon 680M

Place in the ranking	369	8
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	19.51	21.61
Architecture	RDNA 2.0 (2020−2024)	Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code name	Rembrandt+	AD102
Market segment	Laptop	Workstation
Release date	3 January 2023 (2 years ago)	9 August 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 cores	768	12800
Core clock speed	2000 MHz	1155 MHz
Boost clock speed	2200 MHz	2550 MHz
Number of transistors	13,100 million	76,300 million
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	50 Watt	250 Watt
Texture fill rate	105.6	1,020
Floating-point processing power	3.379 TFLOPS	65.28 TFLOPS
ROPs	32	176
TMUs	48	400
Tensor Cores	no data	400
Ray Tracing Cores	12	100

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).

Interface	PCIe 4.0 x8	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	no data	267 mm
Width	no data	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 16-pin

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 type	System Shared	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	System Shared	32 GB
Memory bus width	System Shared	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	System Shared	2250 MHz
Memory bandwidth	no data	576.0 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 Connectors

Portable Device Dependent

4x DisplayPort 1.4a

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	6.7	6.8
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	2.0	3.0
Vulkan	1.3	1.3
CUDA	-	8.9

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.

Radeon 680M 14.17

RTX 5000 Ada Generation 78.49
+454%

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.

Radeon 680M 5448

RTX 5000 Ada Generation 30174
+454%

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 HD	37 −441%	200−210 +441%
1440p	18 −428%	95−100 +428%
4K	10 −450%	55−60 +450%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2	28 −436%	150−160 +436%
Cyberpunk 2077	39 −438%	210−220 +438%
Elden Ring	34 −429%	180−190 +429%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5	45−50 −443%	250−260 +443%
Counter-Strike 2	23 −422%	120−130 +422%
Cyberpunk 2077	14 −436%	75−80 +436%
Forza Horizon 4	56 −436%	300−310 +436%
Metro Exodus	39 −438%	210−220 +438%
Red Dead Redemption 2	35−40 −443%	190−200 +443%
Valorant	161 −428%	850−900 +428%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5	45−50 −443%	250−260 +443%
Counter-Strike 2	21 −424%	110−120 +424%
Cyberpunk 2077	11 −445%	60−65 +445%
Dota 2	48 −442%	260−270 +442%
Elden Ring	66 −430%	350−400 +430%
Far Cry 5	36 −428%	190−200 +428%
Fortnite	80−85 −400%	400−450 +400%
Forza Horizon 4	47 −453%	260−270 +453%
Grand Theft Auto V	36 −428%	190−200 +428%
Metro Exodus	27 −419%	140−150 +419%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	100−110 −434%	550−600 +434%
Red Dead Redemption 2	35−40 −443%	190−200 +443%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	40−45 −435%	230−240 +435%
Valorant	30 −433%	160−170 +433%
World of Tanks	180−190 −438%	1000−1050 +438%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	45−50 −443%	250−260 +443%
Counter-Strike 2	24−27 −420%	130−140 +420%
Cyberpunk 2077	9 −400%	45−50 +400%
Dota 2	61 −392%	300−310 +392%
Far Cry 5	50−55 −447%	290−300 +447%
Forza Horizon 4	40 −450%	220−230 +450%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	100−110 −434%	550−600 +434%
Valorant	146 −448%	800−850 +448%

1440p
High Preset

Dota 2	17 −429%	90−95 +429%
Elden Ring	21−24 −445%	120−130 +445%
Grand Theft Auto V	17 −429%	90−95 +429%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	110−120 −446%	650−700 +446%
Red Dead Redemption 2	12−14 −442%	65−70 +442%
World of Tanks	100−105 −450%	550−600 +450%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	27−30 −436%	150−160 +436%
Counter-Strike 2	12−14 −442%	65−70 +442%
Cyberpunk 2077	5 −440%	27−30 +440%
Far Cry 5	30−35 −429%	180−190 +429%
Forza Horizon 4	27 −419%	140−150 +419%
Metro Exodus	30−35 −448%	170−180 +448%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	17 −429%	90−95 +429%
Valorant	35−40 −443%	190−200 +443%

4K
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2	9−10 −400%	45−50 +400%
Dota 2	24−27 −420%	130−140 +420%
Elden Ring	9−10 −400%	45−50 +400%
Grand Theft Auto V	24−27 −420%	130−140 +420%
Metro Exodus	9−10 −400%	45−50 +400%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	40−45 −448%	230−240 +448%
Red Dead Redemption 2	9−10 −400%	45−50 +400%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	24−27 −420%	130−140 +420%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	12−14 −438%	70−75 +438%
Counter-Strike 2	9−10 −400%	45−50 +400%
Cyberpunk 2077	2 −400%	10−11 +400%
Dota 2	18 −428%	95−100 +428%
Far Cry 5	18−20 −428%	95−100 +428%
Fortnite	16−18 −431%	85−90 +431%
Forza Horizon 4	14 −436%	75−80 +436%
Valorant	14−16 −433%	80−85 +433%

This is how Radeon 680M and RTX 5000 Ada Generation compete in popular games:

RTX 5000 Ada Generation is 441% faster in 1080p
RTX 5000 Ada Generation is 428% faster in 1440p
RTX 5000 Ada Generation is 450% faster in 4K

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	14.17	78.49
Recency	3 January 2023	9 August 2023
Chip lithography	6 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	50 Watt	250 Watt

Radeon 680M has 400% lower power consumption.

RTX 5000 Ada Generation, on the other hand, has a 453.9% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 7 months, and a 20% more advanced lithography process.

The RTX 5000 Ada Generation is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon 680M in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon 680M is a notebook card while RTX 5000 Ada Generation is a workstation one.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.