UHD Graphics 730 vs GeForce GTX 660M Mac Edition

Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce GTX 660M Mac Edition with UHD Graphics 730, including specs and performance data.

GTX 660M Mac Edition
2013
512 MB GDDR5, 50 Watt
1.56

UHD Graphics 730 outperforms GTX 660M Mac Edition by a whopping 166% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking961681
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency2.2319.76
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)Generation 12.2 (2022−2023)
GPU code nameGK107Raptor Lake GT1
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date1 April 2013 (11 years ago)3 January 2023 (1 year 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 cores384192
Core clock speed950 MHz300 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1550 MHz
Number of transistors1,270 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology28 nm10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)50 Watt15 Watt
Texture fill rate30.4018.60
Floating-point processing power0.7296 TFLOPS0.5952 TFLOPS
ROPs166
TMUs3212

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).

InterfaceMXM-B (3.0)Ring Bus
Widthno dataIGP
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno 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 amount512 MBSystem Shared
Memory bus width128 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speed1250 MHzSystem Shared
Memory bandwidth80 GB/sno 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 ConnectorsNo outputsMotherboard Dependent

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)12 (12_1)
Shader Model5.16.6
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan1.1.1261.3
CUDA3.0-

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 1.56 4.15
Recency 1 April 2013 3 January 2023
Chip lithography 28 nm 10 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 50 Watt 15 Watt

UHD Graphics 730 has a 166% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 9 years, a 180% more advanced lithography process, and 233.3% lower power consumption.

The UHD Graphics 730 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTX 660M Mac Edition in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 660M Mac Edition is a notebook card while UHD Graphics 730 is a desktop one.


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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M Mac Edition
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