Iris Xe Graphics 64EUs (Alder Lake) vs GeForce GTX 660 OEM

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking783not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency1.81no data
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)Gen. 11 Ice Lake (2019−2022)
GPU code nameGK104Alder Lake Xe
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date22 August 2012 (13 years ago)4 January 2022 (3 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 cores115264
Core clock speed823 MHzno data
Boost clock speed888 MHz1400 MHz
Number of transistors3,540 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology28 nm10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)130 Wattno data
Texture fill rate85.25no data
Floating-point processing power2.046 TFLOPSno data
ROPs32no 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).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16no data
Length241 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-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 typeGDDR5no data
Maximum RAM amount2 GBno data
Memory bus width256 Bitno data
Memory clock speed1400 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth179.2 GB/sno data
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 Connectors2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPortno data
HDMI+-

Supported technologies

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

Quick Syncno data+

API and SDK compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)DirectX 12_1
Shader Model5.1no data
OpenGL4.6no data
OpenCL1.2no data
Vulkan1.1.126-
CUDA3.0-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 22 August 2012 4 January 2022
Chip lithography 28 nm 10 nm

Iris Xe Graphics 64EUs (Alder Lake) has an age advantage of 9 years, and a 180% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 660 OEM and Iris Xe Graphics 64EUs (Alder Lake). We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 660 OEM is a desktop graphics card while Iris Xe Graphics 64EUs (Alder Lake) is a notebook one.

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