GeForce GTX 660M: specs and benchmarks

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Aggregate performance score

GeForce GTX 660M provides acceptable gaming and benchmark performance at 12.52% of a leader's which is GeForce RTX 5090 D.

Summary

NVIDIA started GeForce GTX 660M sales 22 March 2012. This is a laptop graphics card based on a Kepler architecture and made with 28 nm manufacturing process. It is primarily aimed at gamers. 1 GB of GDDR5 memory clocked at 2 GHz are supplied, and together with 128bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 64.0 GB/s.

Compatibility-wise, this is a graphics card attached via MXM-B (3.0) interface. Power consumption is at 50 Watt.

Primary details

Some basic facts about GeForce GTX 660M: architecture, market segment, release date etc.

Place in the ranking414
Place by popularitynot in top-100
Power efficiency18.98of 100.00 (Radeon 890M)
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)
GPU code nameGK107
Market segmentLaptop
Release date22 March 2012 (13 years ago)

Detailed specifications

GeForce GTX 660M's specs such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of GeForce GTX 660M's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.

Pipelines / CUDA cores384of 24064 (RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell)
Core clock speed835 MHzof 2670 MHz (Arc B580)
Boost clock speed950 MHzof 3230 MHz (Radeon RX 9060 XT)
Number of transistors1,270 millionof 185,000 million (Radeon Instinct MI350X)
Manufacturing process technology28 nmof 3 nm (Arc Graphics 140V)
Power consumption (TDP)50 Wattof 2400 Watt (Data Center GPU Max Subsystem)
Texture fill rate30.40of 2,554 (Radeon Instinct MI300X)
Floating-point processing power0.7296 TFLOPSof 126 (RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell)
ROPs16of 512 (Moore Threads MTT S4000)
TMUs32of 1280 (Data Center GPU Max NEXT)

Form factor & compatibility

This section provides details about the physical dimensions of GeForce GTX 660M and its compatibility with other computer components. This information is useful when selecting a computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards, it includes details about the interface and bus (for motherboard compatibility) and additional power connectors (for power supply compatibility).

Laptop sizelarge
Bus supportPCI Express 2.0, PCI Express 3.0
InterfaceMXM-B (3.0)
SLI options+

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of memory installed on GeForce GTX 660M: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors have no dedicated memory and use a shared part of system RAM instead.

Memory typeGDDR5
Maximum RAM amount1 GBof 288 GB (Radeon Instinct MI325X)
Memory bus width128bitof 8192 Bit (Radeon Instinct MI250X)
Memory clock speed2000 MHzof 16000 GB/s (GeForce RTX 4050 Mobile)
Memory bandwidth64.0 GB/sof 5,171 GB/s (Radeon Instinct MI300X)
Shared memory-

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on GeForce GTX 660M. As a rule, this section is relevant only for desktop reference graphics cards, since for notebook ones the availability of certain video outputs depends on the laptop model, while non-reference desktop models can (though not necessarily will) bear a different set of video ports.

Display ConnectorsNo outputs
HDMI+
HDCP+
Maximum VGA resolutionUp to 2048x1536

Supported technologies

Technological solutions and APIs supported by GeForce GTX 660M. You'll probably need this information if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Optimus+

API and SDK compatibility

APIs supported by GeForce GTX 660M, sometimes including their particular versions.

DirectX12 API
Shader Model5.1
OpenGL4.5of 4.6 (GeForce RTX 5090 D)
OpenCL1.1
Vulkan1.1.126
CUDA+

Benchmark performance

Synthetic benchmark performance of GeForce GTX 660M. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score.

GTX 660M 12.52

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

GTX 660M 5269

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

GTX 660M 2369

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

GTX 660M 10971

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

GTX 660M 1751

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

GTX 660M 12861

GeekBench 5 OpenCL

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses OpenCL API by Khronos Group.

GTX 660M 4047

GeekBench 5 Vulkan

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses Vulkan API by AMD & Khronos Group.

GTX 660M 3524

GeekBench 5 CUDA

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses CUDA API by NVIDIA.

GTX 660M 2901

Octane Render OctaneBench

This is a special benchmark measuring graphics card performance in OctaneRender, which is a realistic GPU rendering engine by OTOY Inc., available either as a standalone program, or as a plugin for 3DS Max, Cinema 4D and many other apps. It renders four different static scenes, then compares render times with a reference GPU which is currently GeForce GTX 980. This benchmark has nothing to do with gaming and is aimed at professional 3D graphics artists.

GTX 660M 13

Gaming performance

Let's see how good GeForce GTX 660M is for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in frames per second. Comparisons with game system requirements are included, but remember that sometimes official requirements may reflect reality inaccurately.

Average FPS across all PC games

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

900p30
Full HD35
1200p38

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2 70−75
Cyberpunk 2077 24−27
Sons of the Forest 24−27

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5 55−60
Counter-Strike 2 70−75
Cyberpunk 2077 24−27
Far Cry 5 40−45
Fortnite 70−75
Forza Horizon 4 50−55
Forza Horizon 5 35−40
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 45−50
Sons of the Forest 24−27
Valorant 110−120

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5 55−60
Counter-Strike 2 70−75
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 89
Cyberpunk 2077 24−27
Dota 2 80−85
Far Cry 5 40−45
Fortnite 70−75
Forza Horizon 4 50−55
Forza Horizon 5 35−40
Grand Theft Auto V 45−50
Metro Exodus 24−27
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 45−50
Sons of the Forest 24−27
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 30−35
Valorant 110−120

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 55−60
Cyberpunk 2077 24−27
Dota 2 80−85
Far Cry 5 40−45
Forza Horizon 4 50−55
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 45−50
Sons of the Forest 24−27
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 30−35
Valorant 110−120

Full HD
Epic Preset

Fortnite 70−75

1440p
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2 24−27
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 95−100
Grand Theft Auto V 18−20
Metro Exodus 14−16
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 100−110
Valorant 130−140

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 30−35
Cyberpunk 2077 10−12
Far Cry 5 27−30
Forza Horizon 4 30−35
Sons of the Forest 14−16
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 18−20

1440p
Epic Preset

Fortnite 27−30

4K
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2 7−8
Grand Theft Auto V 24−27
Metro Exodus 9−10
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 16−18
Valorant 65−70

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 16−18
Counter-Strike 2 7−8
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
Dota 2 45−50
Far Cry 5 12−14
Forza Horizon 4 21−24
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 12−14
Sons of the Forest 9−10

4K
Epic Preset

Fortnite 12−14

Closest competitors

GeForce GTX 660M's performance relative to its closest rivals among notebook graphics cards.


AMD equivalent

According to our data, the closest AMD alternative to GeForce GTX 660M is Radeon RX Vega M GL / 870, which is faster by 1% and higher by 3 positions in our ranking.

Here are some closest AMD rivals to GeForce GTX 660M:

Similar GPUs

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Recommended processors

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