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GTX 680M

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Release date ≤ Q2 2014.

Average Bench: 18.7% (225th of 714)

Based on 1,365 user benchmarks.  Device: 10DE 11A0 Model: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M
Poor: 13%Average: 18.7% Great: 31%

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Terrible average bench

The Nvidia GTX 680M averaged 81.3% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This isn't a great result which indicates that there are much faster alternatives on the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. Locally-deformable PRT (Bat) 21.8fps
Avg. Force Splatted Flocking (Swarm) 22.4fps

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Nvidia GTX 680M is just 18.1%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Nvidia GTX 680M performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. High dynamic range lighting (Teapot) 23.3fps
Avg. Parallax occlusion mapping (Stones) 28.6fps
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Average Bench

(Based on 1,365 samples)
Rank 22518.7%
Min Avg Max
13.4 Lighting 21.8 43.3
19.6 Reflection 23.3 28
21.7 Parallax 28.6 33.7
17.8% 24.6 fps
Min Avg Max
26.5 MRender 28.4 30.1
18 Gravity 26.1 29.7
21 Splatting 22.4 23.8
20.6% 25.6 fps
User Benchmarks Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
The fastest GPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
Clevo(1558 0372) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 758 MHz, MLim: 900 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 425.31
22.2% Poor
Lighting 29.5
Reflection 22.3
Parallax 29.1
24% 27 fps
MRender 27.6
Gravity 17.7
Splatting 23
19% 22.8 fps
MSI(1462 10BC) ≥ 4GB
Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 25.21.14.2531
19.5% Very poor
Lighting 23
Reflection 23.5
Parallax 29.7
19% 25.4 fps
MRender 27.1
Gravity 28.1
Splatting 22.5
21% 25.9 fps
Dell(1028 0550) 2GB
CLim: 758 MHz, MLim: 900 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 425.31
16% Very poor
Lighting 15.9
Reflection 23.5
Parallax 30
13% 23.1 fps
MRender 29
Gravity 29.3
Splatting 23.4
22% 27.2 fps
Dell(1028 0550) 2GB
CLim: 758 MHz, MLim: 900 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 389.12
16% Very poor
Lighting 16.3
Reflection 23.5
Parallax 29.3
13% 23 fps
MRender 28.5
Gravity 27.5
Splatting 23
21% 26.3 fps
MSI(1462 10BC) ≥ 4GB
Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 25.21.14.2531
15.9% Very poor
Lighting 16.1
Reflection 23.9
Parallax 29.8
13% 23.3 fps
MRender 27.5
Gravity 28.8
Splatting 23
21% 26.4 fps
Dell(1028 0550) 2GB
CLim: 758 MHz, MLim: 900 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 425.31
13.2% Very poor
Lighting 12.8
Reflection 23.7
Parallax 29.3
10% 21.9 fps
MRender 27.2
Gravity 18.1
Splatting 22.9
18% 22.7 fps
Dell(1028 04A4) 2GB
CLim: 758 MHz, MLim: 900 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 425.31
9.31% Terrible
Lighting 17.3
Reflection 22.9
Parallax 29.4
14% 23.2 fps
Dell(1028 057B) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 771 MHz, MLim: 900 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 389.12
3.64% Terrible
Lighting 4
Reflection 5
Parallax 5.7
3% 4.9 fps
MRender 6.5
Gravity 5
Splatting 4.8
4% 5.43 fps
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Hardware Id Samples Bench ± SD Model / Price
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Dell(1028 0550) 17% 19% ± 5%
Dell(1028 057B) 16% 17% ± 3%
MSI(1462 10BC) 15% 18% ± 2%
Dell(1028 0551) 12% 17% ± 2%
Clevo(1558 0371) 7% 20% ± 5%
Dell(1028 048F) 6% 28% ± 6%
Clevo(1558 7102) 5% 19% ± 2%
Clevo(1558 0000) 4% 19% ± 2%
Dell(1028 0580) 4% 18% ± 2%
Clevo(1558 5105) 3% 17% ± 2%
Clevo(1558 0372) 2% 18% ± 6%
Dell(1028 043A) 2% 14% ± 5%
Dell(1028 04A4) 1% 12% ± 4%
Clevo(1558 0270) 1% 22% ± 5%
Dell(1028 0490) 1% 19% ± 3%
Clevo(1558 0376) 1% 18% ± 2%
Dell(1028 02A2) 1% 16% ± 3%
Clevo(1558 7200) 0% 14% ± 1%
PNY(196E 0964) 0% 20% ± 0%
Nvidia(10DE 0964) 0% 19% ± 0%
Clevo(1558 0271) 0% 20% ± 0%
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Gaming 16%
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Desktop
Desktop 69%
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Workstation 14%
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System: Alienware M17xR4

CPU
Core i7-3630QMIntel  $420Bench 61%, 65,927 samples242x
Core i7-3610QMIntel  $300Bench 62%, 38,575 samples139x
Core i7-3740QMIntel  $220Bench 64%, 14,369 samples77x
GPU
GTX 680MNvidiaBench 19%, 1,365 samples77x
SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples25x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples21x
MX500 1TBCrucial  $66Bench 106%, 202,785 samples16x
RAM
NT4GC64B8HG0NS-DI 4x4GBNanyaBench 52%, 422 samples40x
HMT351S6CFR8C-PB 2x4GBHynixBench 50%, 25,458 samples19x
NT4GC64B8HG0NS-DI 2x4GBNanyaBench 51%, 5,366 samples19x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 46% - Average Total price: $520

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