GeForce GTX 660M Mac Edition vs FirePro V4900
Aggregate performance score
We've compared FirePro V4900 with GeForce GTX 660M Mac Edition, including specs and performance data.
V4900 outperforms GTX 660M Mac Edition by an impressive 65% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 821 | 966 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 2.39 | 2.17 |
| Architecture | TeraScale 2 (2009−2015) | Kepler (2012−2018) |
| GPU code name | Turks | GK107 |
| Market segment | Workstation | Laptop |
| Release date | 1 November 2011 (13 years ago) | 1 April 2013 (11 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 480 | 384 |
| Core clock speed | 800 MHz | 950 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 716 million | 1,270 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 75 Watt | 50 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 19.20 | 30.40 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.768 TFLOPS | 0.7296 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 8 | 16 |
| TMUs | 24 | 32 |
Form factor & compatibility
Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | MXM-B (3.0) |
| Length | 163 mm | no data |
| Width | 1-slot | no data |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | None |
VRAM capacity and type
Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.
| Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 512 MB |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1000 MHz | 1250 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 64 GB/s | 80 GB/s |
Connectivity and outputs
Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.
| Display Connectors | 1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort | No outputs |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 11.2 (11_0) | 12 (11_0) |
| Shader Model | 5.0 | 5.1 |
| OpenGL | 4.4 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 1.2 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.1.126 |
| CUDA | - | 3.0 |
Gaming performance
Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 2.57 | 1.56 |
| Recency | 1 November 2011 | 1 April 2013 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 512 MB |
| Chip lithography | 40 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 75 Watt | 50 Watt |
FirePro V4900 has a 64.7% higher aggregate performance score, and a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount.
GTX 660M Mac Edition, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, a 42.9% more advanced lithography process, and 50% lower power consumption.
The FirePro V4900 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTX 660M Mac Edition in performance tests.
Be aware that FirePro V4900 is a workstation card while GeForce GTX 660M Mac Edition is a notebook one.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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