GeForce GTS 450 Rev. 2 vs GTX 660M

Place in the ranking	700	661
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	5.40	3.00
Architecture	Kepler (2012−2018)	Fermi 2.0 (2010−2014)
GPU code name	GK107	GF116
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	22 March 2012 (12 years ago)	15 March 2011 (13 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	384	192
Core clock speed	835 MHz	783 MHz
Boost clock speed	950 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	1,270 million	1,170 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	50 Watt	106 Watt
Texture fill rate	30.40	25.06
Floating-point processing power	0.7296 TFLOPS	0.6013 TFLOPS
ROPs	16	16
TMUs	32	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).

Laptop size	large	no data
Bus support	PCI Express 2.0, PCI Express 3.0	no data
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	no data	210 mm
Width	no data	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	1x 6-pin
SLI options	+	-

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	1 GB
Memory bus width	128bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz	902 MHz
Memory bandwidth	64.0 GB/s	57.73 GB/s
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 Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI
HDMI	+	+
HDCP	+	-
Maximum VGA resolution	Up to 2048x1536	no data

Supported technologies

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

Optimus

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 API	12 (11_0)
Shader Model	5.1	5.1
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
OpenCL	1.1	1.1
Vulkan	1.1.126	N/A
CUDA	+	2.1

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

900p	32 −9.4%	35−40 +9.4%
Full HD	34 −17.6%	40−45 +17.6%
1200p	38 −5.3%	40−45 +5.3%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

7−8

−14.3%

8−9
+14.3%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	10−12 −9.1%	12−14 +9.1%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Battlefield 5	8−9 −12.5%	9−10 +12.5%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	8−9 −12.5%	9−10 +12.5%
Cyberpunk 2077	7−8 −14.3%	8−9 +14.3%
Far Cry 5	8−9 −12.5%	9−10 +12.5%
Far Cry New Dawn	10−11 +0%	10−11 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	21−24 −9.1%	24−27 +9.1%
Hitman 3	9−10 −11.1%	10−11 +11.1%
Horizon Zero Dawn	24−27 −15.4%	30−33 +15.4%
Metro Exodus	7−8 −14.3%	8−9 +14.3%
Red Dead Redemption 2	9−10 −11.1%	10−11 +11.1%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	14−16 −14.3%	16−18 +14.3%
Watch Dogs: Legion	40−45 −7.1%	45−50 +7.1%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	10−12 −9.1%	12−14 +9.1%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Battlefield 5	8−9 −12.5%	9−10 +12.5%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	8−9 −12.5%	9−10 +12.5%
Cyberpunk 2077	7−8 −14.3%	8−9 +14.3%
Far Cry 5	8−9 −12.5%	9−10 +12.5%
Far Cry New Dawn	10−11 +0%	10−11 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	21−24 −9.1%	24−27 +9.1%
Hitman 3	9−10 −11.1%	10−11 +11.1%
Horizon Zero Dawn	24−27 −15.4%	30−33 +15.4%
Metro Exodus	7−8 −14.3%	8−9 +14.3%
Red Dead Redemption 2	9−10 −11.1%	10−11 +11.1%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	14−16 −14.3%	16−18 +14.3%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	14−16 −6.7%	16−18 +6.7%
Watch Dogs: Legion	40−45 −7.1%	45−50 +7.1%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	10−12 −9.1%	12−14 +9.1%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	8−9 −12.5%	9−10 +12.5%
Cyberpunk 2077	7−8 −14.3%	8−9 +14.3%
Far Cry 5	8−9 −12.5%	9−10 +12.5%
Forza Horizon 4	21−24 −9.1%	24−27 +9.1%
Hitman 3	9−10 −11.1%	10−11 +11.1%
Horizon Zero Dawn	24−27 −15.4%	30−33 +15.4%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	14−16 −14.3%	16−18 +14.3%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	14−16 −6.7%	16−18 +6.7%
Watch Dogs: Legion	40−45 −7.1%	45−50 +7.1%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

9−10
−11.1%

10−11

+11.1%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	7−8 −14.3%	8−9 +14.3%
Far Cry New Dawn	6−7 −16.7%	7−8 +16.7%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Far Cry 5	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Hitman 3	8−9 −12.5%	9−10 +12.5%
Horizon Zero Dawn	9−10 −11.1%	10−11 +11.1%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	21−24 −17.4%	27−30 +17.4%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

7−8

−14.3%

8−9
+14.3%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Metro Exodus	0−1	0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	0−1	0−1
Far Cry 5	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%