GeForce GTX 1660 Max-Q vs GTX 650

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking	654	not rated
Place by popularity	74	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	1.23	no data
Power efficiency	4.87	no data
Architecture	Kepler (2012−2018)	Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code name	GK107	TU116
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Release date	6 September 2012 (12 years ago)	no data (2024 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$109	$229

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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	384	no data
Core clock speed	1058 MHz	1140 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1335 MHz
Number of transistors	1,270 million	6,600 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	64 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	33.86	no data
Floating-point processing power	0.8125 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	16	no data
TMUs	32	no data

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).

Bus support	PCI Express 3.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	147 mm	no data
Height	4.38" (11.1 cm)	no data
Width	1-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	1x 6-pin

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	no data
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	no data
Memory bus width	128-bit GDDR5	no data
Memory clock speed	5.0 GB/s	8000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	80.0 GB/s	no data

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	One Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One Mini HDMI	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
Multi monitor support	4 displays	no data
HDMI	+	+
HDCP	+	-
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	no data
Audio input for HDMI	Internal	no data

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

3D Blu-Ray	+	-
3D Gaming	+	-
3D Vision	+	-

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	12 (11_0)	12.0 (12_1)
Shader Model	5.1	no data
OpenGL	4.3	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	no data
Vulkan	1.1.126	-
CUDA	+	-

Pros & cons summary

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Chip lithography

28 nm

12 nm

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