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    GeForce GTX 680M vs Mobility Radeon HD 5870

    Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing GeForce GTX 680M and Mobility Radeon HD 5870. Here you can take a closer look at graphics cards specs, such as core clock speed, memory type and size, display connectors, etc. The price, overall benchmark and gaming performances are usually defining factors when it comes to choosing between GeForce GTX 680M and Mobility Radeon HD 5870. Make sure that the graphics card has compatible dimensions and will properly fit in your new or current computer case. Also these graphics cards may have different system power recommendations, so take that into consideration and upgrade your PSU if necessary.
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    GeForce GTX 680M and Mobility Radeon HD 5870 are Laptop Graphics Cards

    Note: GeForce GTX 680M and Mobility Radeon HD 5870 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 5870 here:

    GeForce GTX 680M Laptops
    Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Laptops

    Main Specs

      GeForce GTX 680M Mobility Radeon HD 5870
    Power consumption (TDP) 100 Watt 50 Watt
    Interface MXM-B (3.0) MXM-B (3.0)
    Supplementary power connectors None
    Memory type GDDR5 DDR3, GDDR3, GDDR5
    Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 1 GB
    Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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    • GeForce GTX 680M has 100% more power consumption, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870.
    • Both video cards are using MXM-B (3.0) interface connection to a motherboard.
    • GeForce GTX 680M has 3 GB more memory, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870.
    • Both cards are used in Laptops.
    • GeForce GTX 680M is build with Kepler architecture, and Mobility Radeon HD 5870 - with Terascale 2.
    • Core clock speed of GeForce GTX 680M is 20 MHz higher, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870.
    • GeForce GTX 680M is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Mobility Radeon HD 5870 - by 40 nm process technology.
    • Memory clock speed of GeForce GTX 680M is 800 MHz higher, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870.

    Game benchmarks

    high / 1080p 16−18 10−11
    ultra / 1080p 9−10 6−7
    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 53% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870.

    Full Specs

      GeForce GTX 680M Mobility Radeon HD 5870
    Architecture Kepler Terascale 2
    Code name N13E-GTX Broadway-XT
    Type Laptop Laptop
    Release date 4 June 2012 7 January 2010
    Pipelines 1344 800
    Core clock speed 720 MHz 700 MHz
    Boost Clock 758 MHz
    Transistor count 3,540 million 1,040 million
    Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
    Texture fill rate 80.6 billion/sec 28.00
    Floating-point performance 2,038 gflops 1,120.0 gflops
    Memory bus width 256 Bit 128 Bit
    Memory clock speed 1800 MHz 1000 MHz
    Memory bandwidth 115.2 GB/s 64 GB/s
    Shared memory - -
    DirectX 12 API 11.2 (11_0)
    Shader Model 5.1 5.0
    OpenGL 4.5 4.4
    OpenCL 1.1 1.2
    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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