Iris Plus Graphics 645 vs GeForce GTX 660 Rev. 2

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated665
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data20.34
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)Generation 9.5 (2016−2020)
GPU code nameGK104Coffee Lake GT3e
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date13 September 2014 (10 years ago)7 October 2019 (5 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 cores960384
Core clock speed980 MHz300 MHz
Boost clock speed1032 MHz1050 MHz
Number of transistors3,540 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology28 nm14 nm+++
Power consumption (TDP)140 Watt15 Watt
Texture fill rate82.5650.40
Floating-point processing power1.981 TFLOPS0.8064 TFLOPS
ROPs246
TMUs8048

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).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16Ring Bus
Length241 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pinno data

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 typeGDDR5System Shared
Maximum RAM amount2 GBSystem Shared
Memory bus width192 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speed1502 MHzSystem Shared
Memory bandwidth144.2 GB/sno data
Shared memory-+

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 Connectors2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPortPortable Device Dependent
HDMI+-

Supported technologies

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

Quick Syncno data+

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)12 (12_1)
Shader Model5.16.4
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan1.1.1261.3
CUDA3.0-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 13 September 2014 7 October 2019
Chip lithography 28 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 140 Watt 15 Watt

Iris Plus Graphics 645 has an age advantage of 5 years, a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 833.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 660 Rev. 2 and Iris Plus Graphics 645. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 660 Rev. 2 is a desktop card while Iris Plus Graphics 645 is a notebook one.


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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Rev. 2
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