GeForce 405M vs GTX 1660 Super

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	205	not rated
Place by popularity	8	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	46.78	no data
Power efficiency	18.47	no data
Architecture	Turing (2018−2022)	Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)
GPU code name	TU116	GT218
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Release date	29 October 2019 (5 years ago)	5 January 2011 (14 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$229	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the performance-to-price ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices for comparison.

Performance to price scatter graph

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	1408	16
Core clock speed	1530 MHz	606 MHz
Boost clock speed	1785 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	6,600 million	260 million
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	125 Watt	14 Watt
Texture fill rate	157.1	4.848
Floating-point processing power	5.027 TFLOPS	0.03878 TFLOPS
Gigaflops	no data	73
ROPs	48	4
TMUs	88	8

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 2.0
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	229 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	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	GDDR6	GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	Up to 512 MB
Memory bus width	192 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz	Up to 800 (DDR3), Up to 800 (GDDR3) MHz
Memory bandwidth	336.0 GB/s	25.6 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	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	DisplayPort, HDMI, VGA, Dual Link DVI, Single Link DVI
Multi monitor support	no data	+
HDMI	+	+
HDCP	+	-
Maximum VGA resolution	no data	2048x1536
G-SYNC support	+	-

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
NVENC	+	no data
Ansel	+	no data

API and SDK compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (12_1)	12 API
Shader Model	6.5	4.1
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
OpenCL	1.2	1.1
Vulkan	1.2.131	N/A
CUDA	7.5	+

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	29 October 2019	5 January 2011
Chip lithography	12 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	125 Watt	14 Watt

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