GeForce GTX 1660 Mobile vs HD Graphics

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1146not rated
Place by popularity99not in top-100
Power efficiency1.59no data
ArchitectureGeneration 7.0 (2012−2013)Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code nameIvy Bridge GT1TU116B
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date1 April 2012 (12 years ago)15 May 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$229

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 cores481280
Core clock speed650 MHz1455 MHz
Boost clock speed1050 MHz1590 MHz
Number of transistors392 million6,600 million
Manufacturing process technology22 nm12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)35 Wattno data
Texture fill rate6.300127.2
Floating-point processing power0.1008 TFLOPS4.07 TFLOPS
ROPs148
TMUs680

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 1.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
WidthIGPno 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 typeSystem SharedGDDR6
Maximum RAM amountSystem Shared6 GB
Memory bus widthSystem Shared192 Bit
Memory clock speedSystem Shared2000 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data384.0 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 ConnectorsNo outputs1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
HDMI-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (11_0)12 (12_1)
Shader Model5.06.5
OpenGL4.04.6
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan1.1.801.2.140
CUDA-7.5

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 April 2012 15 May 2019
Chip lithography 22 nm 12 nm

GTX 1660 Mobile has an age advantage of 7 years, and a 83.3% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between HD Graphics and GeForce GTX 1660 Mobile. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that HD Graphics is a desktop card while GeForce GTX 1660 Mobile is a notebook one.


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