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    GeForce GTX 680M vs Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2

    If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce GTX 680M and Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2, 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 stacks up against Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2, check out specs charts below.
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    GeForce GTX 680M and Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2 are Laptop Graphics Cards

    Note: GeForce GTX 680M and Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2 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 or Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2 here:

    GeForce GTX 680M Laptops
    Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2 Laptops

    Main Specs

      GeForce GTX 680M Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2
    Power consumption (TDP) 100 Watt
    Interface MXM-B (3.0) PCIe 2.0 x16
    Supplementary power connectors None
    Memory type GDDR5 GDDR3, GDDR5
    Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 2 GB
    Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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    • GeForce GTX 680M is connected by MXM-B (3.0), and Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2 uses PCIe 2.0 x16 interface.
    • GeForce GTX 680M has 2 GB more memory, than Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2.
    • Both cards are used in Laptops.
    • GeForce GTX 680M is build with Kepler architecture, and Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2 - with Terascale 1.
    • Core clock speed of GeForce GTX 680M is 170 MHz higher, than Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2.
    • GeForce GTX 680M is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2 - by 55 nm process technology.
    • Memory clock speed of GeForce GTX 680M is 912 MHz higher, than Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2.

    Game benchmarks

    high / 1080p 16−18 9−10
    ultra / 1080p 9−10 5−6
    QHD / 1440p 4−5 0−1
    4K / 2160p 4−5 −
    low / 720p 30−35 21−24
    medium / 1080p 20−22 12−14
    The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 680M in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 66% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2.

    Full Specs

      GeForce GTX 680M Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2
    Architecture Kepler Terascale 1
    Code name N13E-GTX M98-XT
    Type Laptop Laptop
    Release date 4 June 2012 9 January 2009
    Pipelines 1344 1600
    Core clock speed 720 MHz 550 MHz
    Boost Clock 758 MHz
    Transistor count 3,540 million 956 million
    Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 55 nm
    Texture fill rate 80.6 billion/sec 22.00
    Floating-point performance 2,038 gflops 2x 880.0 gflops
    Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
    Memory clock speed 1800 MHz 888 MHz
    Memory bandwidth 115.2 GB/s 89.6 GB/s
    Shared memory - -
    DirectX 12 API 10.1 (10_1)
    Shader Model 5.1 4.1
    OpenGL 4.5 3.3
    OpenCL 1.1 1.1
    Vulkan 1.1.126 N/A
    CUDA +
    CUDA cores 1344
    Bus support PCI Express 3.0
    SLI options +
    Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 100 Mh/s
    Laptop size large large
    Optimus +
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