GeForce GTX 680M vs Radeon HD 4850

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce GTX 680M and Radeon HD 4850, 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 Radeon HD 4850, check out specs charts below.

GeForce GTX 680M is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: GeForce GTX 680M is only used in laptop graphics. It has 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 here:

Main Specs

  GeForce GTX 680M Radeon HD 4850
Power consumption (TDP) 100 Watt 110 Watt
Interface MXM-B (3.0) PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None 1x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 512 MB
Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x S-Video
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  • Radeon HD 4850 has 10% more power consumption, than GeForce GTX 680M.
  • GeForce GTX 680M is connected by MXM-B (3.0), and Radeon HD 4850 uses PCIe 2.0 x16 interface.
  • Radeon HD 4850 has 508 GB more memory, than GeForce GTX 680M.
  • GeForce GTX 680M is used in Laptops, and Radeon HD 4850 - in Desktops.
  • GeForce GTX 680M is build with Kepler architecture, and Radeon HD 4850 - with Terascale 1.
  • Core clock speed of GeForce GTX 680M is 95 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 4850.
  • GeForce GTX 680M is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 4850 - by 55 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of GeForce GTX 680M is 807 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 4850.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 16−18 1−2
ultra / 1080p 9−10 0−1
QHD / 1440p 4−5 0−1
4K / 2160p 4−5
low / 720p 30−35 12−14
medium / 1080p 20−22 3−4
The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 680M in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 283% more, than Radeon HD 4850.

Full Specs

  GeForce GTX 680M Radeon HD 4850
Architecture Kepler Terascale 1
Code name N13E-GTX RV770
Type Laptop Desktop
Release date 4 June 2012 25 June 2008
Pipelines 1344 800
Core clock speed 720 MHz 625 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 25.00
Floating-point performance 2,038 gflops 1,000.0 gflops
Length 246 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz 993 MHz
Memory bandwidth 115.2 GB/s 63.55 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
Optimus +
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