GeForce G102M vs GTX 660M Mac Edition
Aggregate performance score
We've compared GeForce GTX 660M Mac Edition and GeForce G102M, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.
660M Mac Edition outperforms G102M by a whopping 259% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 1043 | 1344 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 2.27 | 2.27 |
| Architecture | Kepler (2012−2018) | Tesla (2006−2010) |
| GPU code name | GK107 | C79 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Release date | 1 April 2013 (13 years ago) | 8 January 2009 (17 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. Real power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially if overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 384 | 16 |
| Core clock speed | 950 MHz | 450 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 1,270 million | 314 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 65 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 50 Watt | 14 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 30.40 | 3.600 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.7296 TFLOPS | 0.0352 TFLOPS |
| Gigaflops | no data | 48 |
| ROPs | 16 | 4 |
| TMUs | 32 | 8 |
| L1 Cache | 32 KB | no data |
| L2 Cache | 256 KB | 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 | no data | PCI-E 1.0 |
| Interface | MXM-B (3.0) | PCIe 1.0 x16 |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | no 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 type | GDDR5 | GDDR2 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 512 MB | Up to 512 MB |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 64 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1250 MHz | 400 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 80 GB/s | 6.4 GB/s |
| Shared memory | - | - |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | No outputs | VGAHDMIDisplayPortSingle Link DVILVDS |
| Multi monitor support | no data | + |
| HDMI | - | + |
| Maximum VGA resolution | no data | 2048x1536 |
Supported technologies
Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.
| Power management | no data | 8.0 |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (11_0) | 11.1 (10_0) |
| Shader Model | 5.1 | 4.0 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 2.1 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | N/A |
| Vulkan | 1.1.126 | N/A |
| CUDA | 3.0 | + |
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 | 1.47 | 0.41 |
| Recency | 1 April 2013 | 8 January 2009 |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 65 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 50 Watt | 14 Watt |
GTX 660M Mac Edition has a 259% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 4 years, and a 132% more advanced lithography process.
GeForce G102M, on the other hand, has 257% lower power consumption.
The GeForce GTX 660M Mac Edition is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce G102M in performance tests.
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