GeForce GTX 660M Mac Edition vs GT 230M

Place in the ranking	1222	970
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	1.75	2.29
Architecture	Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)	Kepler (2012−2018)
GPU code name	GT216	GK107
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	15 June 2009 (15 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
CUDA cores	48	no data
Core clock speed	500 MHz	950 MHz
Number of transistors	486 million	1,270 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	23 Watt	50 Watt
Texture fill rate	8.000	30.40
Floating-point processing power	0.1056 TFLOPS	0.7296 TFLOPS
Gigaflops	158	no data
ROPs	8	16
TMUs	16	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	medium sized	no data
Bus support	PCI-E 2.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	MXM-B (3.0)
Width	no data	MXM Module
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	GDDR3	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	Up to 1 GB	512 MB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	Up to 600 (DDR2), Up to 800 (GDDR3), Up to 1066 (GDDR3) MHz	1250 MHz
Memory bandwidth	16 (DDR2), 25 (DDR3)	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	Dual Link DVIVGADisplayPortHDMISingle Link DVI	No outputs
HDMI	+	-
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	no data
Audio input for HDMI	HDA	no data

Supported technologies

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

Power management

8.0

no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	11.1 (10_1)	12 (11_0)
Shader Model	4.1	5.1
OpenGL	2.1	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

−167%

8−9
+167%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	4−5 −150%	10−11 +150%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 −167%	8−9 +167%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −167%	8−9 +167%
Far Cry New Dawn	1−2 −100%	2−3 +100%
Hitman 3	5−6 −180%	14−16 +180%
Horizon Zero Dawn	10−12 −173%	30−33 +173%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	6−7 −167%	16−18 +167%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−33 −183%	85−90 +183%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	4−5 −150%	10−11 +150%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 −167%	8−9 +167%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −167%	8−9 +167%
Far Cry New Dawn	1−2 −100%	2−3 +100%
Hitman 3	5−6 −180%	14−16 +180%
Horizon Zero Dawn	10−12 −173%	30−33 +173%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	6−7 −167%	16−18 +167%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−11 −170%	27−30 +170%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−33 −183%	85−90 +183%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	4−5 −150%	10−11 +150%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 −167%	8−9 +167%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −167%	8−9 +167%
Hitman 3	5−6 −180%	14−16 +180%
Horizon Zero Dawn	10−12 −173%	30−33 +173%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	6−7 −167%	16−18 +167%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−11 −170%	27−30 +170%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−33 −183%	85−90 +183%

1440p
High Preset

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	6−7 −167%	16−18 +167%
Horizon Zero Dawn	3−4 −167%	8−9 +167%
Watch Dogs: Legion	1−2 −100%	2−3 +100%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

3−4

−167%

8−9
+167%

4K
Ultra Preset

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

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

2−3

−150%

5−6
+150%

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.55	1.56
Recency	15 June 2009	1 April 2013
Chip lithography	40 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	23 Watt	50 Watt

GT 230M has 117.4% lower power consumption.

GTX 660M Mac Edition, on the other hand, has a 183.6% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 3 years, and a 42.9% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce GTX 660M Mac Edition is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GT 230M in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce GT 230M is a notebook card while GeForce GTX 660M Mac Edition is a desktop one.

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