Apple M3 Max 30-Core GPU vs GeForce GTX 1660 Ti

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking159not rated
Place by popularity33not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation44.71no data
Power efficiency19.39no data
ArchitectureTuring (2018−2022)no data
GPU code nameTU116no data
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date22 February 2019 (5 years ago)31 October 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$279 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores153630
Core clock speed1500 MHzno data
Boost clock speed1770 MHzno data
Number of transistors6,600 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology12 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)120 Watt53 Watt
Texture fill rate169.9no data
Floating-point processing power5.437 TFLOPSno data
ROPs48no data
TMUs96no 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).

Laptop sizeno datamedium sized
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16no data
Length229 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 8-pinno 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 typeGDDR6LPDDR5-6400
Maximum RAM amount6 GBno data
Memory bus width192 Bitno data
Memory clock speed1500 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth288.0 GB/sno data
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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPortno data
HDMI+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)no data
Shader Model6.5no data
OpenGL4.6no data
OpenCL1.2no data
Vulkan1.2.131-
CUDA7.5-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 22 February 2019 31 October 2023
Chip lithography 12 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 120 Watt 53 Watt

Apple M3 Max 30-Core GPU has an age advantage of 4 years, a 140% more advanced lithography process, and 126.4% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 1660 Ti and Apple M3 Max 30-Core GPU. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 1660 Ti is a desktop card while Apple M3 Max 30-Core GPU is a notebook one.


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