GeForce GTX 660M Mac Edition vs 610M

Place in the ranking	1150	961
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	4.34	2.17
Architecture	Fermi 2.0 (2010−2014)	Kepler (2012−2018)
GPU code name	GF119	GK107
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	1 December 2011 (12 years ago)	1 April 2013 (11 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	48	384
Core clock speed	738 MHz	950 MHz
Boost clock speed	900 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	292 million	1,270 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	12 Watt	50 Watt
Texture fill rate	5.904	30.40
Floating-point processing power	0.1417 TFLOPS	0.7296 TFLOPS
Video decoders	H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p	no data
ROPs	4	16
TMUs	8	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).

Bus support	PCI Express 2.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	MXM-B (3.0)
Supplementary power connectors	no data	None

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	DDR3	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	512 MB
Memory bus width	64bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	900 MHz	1250 MHz
Memory bandwidth	Up to 14.4 GB/s	80 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	No outputs
HDMI	+	-
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	1.2
Vulkan	N/A	1.1.126
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.

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

3−4

−100%

6−7
+100%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	5−6 −100%	10−11 +100%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 −100%	6−7 +100%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −100%	6−7 +100%
Far Cry New Dawn	1−2 −100%	2−3 +100%
Hitman 3	5−6 −100%	10−11 +100%
Horizon Zero Dawn	12−14 −100%	24−27 +100%
Red Dead Redemption 2	0−1	0−1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	6−7 −100%	12−14 +100%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 −93.5%	60−65 +93.5%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	5−6 −100%	10−11 +100%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 −100%	6−7 +100%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −100%	6−7 +100%
Far Cry New Dawn	1−2 −100%	2−3 +100%
Hitman 3	5−6 −100%	10−11 +100%
Horizon Zero Dawn	12−14 −100%	24−27 +100%
Red Dead Redemption 2	0−1	0−1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	6−7 −100%	12−14 +100%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−11 −80%	18−20 +80%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 −93.5%	60−65 +93.5%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	5−6 −100%	10−11 +100%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 −100%	6−7 +100%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −100%	6−7 +100%
Hitman 3	5−6 −100%	10−11 +100%
Horizon Zero Dawn	12−14 −100%	24−27 +100%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	6−7 −100%	12−14 +100%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−11 −80%	18−20 +80%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 −93.5%	60−65 +93.5%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

0−1

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	0−1	0−1
Far Cry New Dawn	1−2 −100%	2−3 +100%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	0−1	0−1
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 −100%	2−3 +100%
Far Cry 5	1−2 −100%	2−3 +100%
Hitman 3	7−8 −100%	14−16 +100%
Horizon Zero Dawn	4−5 −100%	8−9 +100%
Watch Dogs: Legion	2−3 −100%	4−5 +100%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

3−4

−100%

6−7
+100%

4K
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn

0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2 −100%	2−3 +100%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	0−1	0−1
Far Cry 5	0−1	0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

2−3

−100%

4−5
+100%

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.75	1.56
Recency	1 December 2011	1 April 2013
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	512 MB
Chip lithography	40 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	12 Watt	50 Watt

GeForce 610M has a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and 316.7% lower power consumption.

GTX 660M Mac Edition, on the other hand, has a 108% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 1 year, and a 42.9% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce GTX 660M Mac Edition is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce 610M in performance tests.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.