GeForce GTX 680M SLI vs Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce GTX 680M SLI and Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge, there are a couple of things to consider. Cards with more VRAM in general perform better and allow you to play on higher graphics settings. Size also makes a difference. A model with a large heatsink can occupy up to three expansion slots on a motherboard. Be sure you have enough room in your PC case. When comparing GPUs with different architectures, more processing cores and even higher TFLOPS will not always translate to better performance. To help you decide which GPU you need, we have measured frame rates in a number of popular games. For more on how the GeForce GTX 680M SLI stacks up against Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge, check out specs charts below.

GeForce GTX 680M SLI and Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge are Laptop Graphics Cards

Note: GeForce GTX 680M SLI and Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge are only used in laptop graphics. They have lower GPU clock speed compared to the desktop variant, which results in lower power consumption, but also 10-30% lower gaming performance. Check available laptop models with GeForce GTX 680M SLI or Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge here:

Main Specs

  GeForce GTX 680M SLI Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge
Power consumption (TDP) 12-45 Watt
Memory type GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2x 4 GB
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  • Both cards are used in Laptops.
  • GeForce GTX 680M SLI is build with Kepler architecture, and Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge - with GCN 1.2/2.0.
  • GeForce GTX 680M SLI and Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 35−40 3−4
ultra / 1080p 21−24 1−2
QHD / 1440p 16−18 0−1
4K / 2160p 10−11
low / 720p 60−65 14−16
medium / 1080p 40−45 5−6
The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 680M SLI in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 583% more, than Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge.

Full Specs

  GeForce GTX 680M SLI Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge
Architecture Kepler GCN 1.2/2.0
Code name N13E-GTX Bristol Ridge
Type Laptop Laptop
Release date 4 June 2012 1 June 2016
Pipelines 2688 384
Core clock speed 720 MHz
Boost Clock 800 MHz
Transistor count 3100 Million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Memory bus width 2x 256 Bit 64/128 Bit
Memory clock speed 3600 MHz
Shared memory - +
DirectX DirectX 11, Shader 5.0 DirectX 12 (FL 12_0)
CUDA +
SLI options +
Laptop size large medium sized
Optimus +
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