GeForce GTX 670M vs 660 OEM

Place in performance ranking	698	619
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.08	17.64
Architecture	Kepler (2012−2018)	Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code name	GK104	N13E-GS1-LP
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Release date	22 August 2012 (11 years ago)	22 March 2012 (12 years ago)
Current price	$481	$2.59

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

GTX 670M has 21950% better value for money than GTX 660 OEM.

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	1152	336
CUDA cores	no data	336
Core clock speed	823 MHz	598 MHz
Boost clock speed	888 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	3,540 million	1,950 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	130 Watt	75 Watt
Texture fill rate	85.25	33.5 billion/sec
Floating-point performance	2,046 gflops	803.7 gflops

Form factor & compatibility

Information on GeForce GTX 660 OEM and GeForce GTX 670M compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop size	no data	large
Bus support	no data	PCI Express 2.0
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	MXM-B (3.0)
Length	241 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	no data
SLI options	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	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	3 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	192bit
Memory clock speed	5600 MHz	1500 MHz
Memory bandwidth	179.2 GB/s	72.0 GB/s
Shared memory	no data	-

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	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	No outputs
HDMI	+	+
HDCP	no data	+
Maximum VGA resolution	no data	Up to 2048x1536

Supported technologies

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

Optimus

no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (11_0)	12 API
Shader Model	5.1	5.1
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
OpenCL	1.2	1.1
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.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

900p	27−30 −44.4%	39 +44.4%
Full HD	30−35 −36.7%	41 +36.7%

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	3.35	4.49
Recency	22 August 2012	22 March 2012
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	3 GB
Chip lithography	28 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	130 Watt	75 Watt