Arc A310 vs GeForce GTX 660M Mac Edition

Place in the ranking	969	366
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	2.17	13.09
Architecture	Kepler (2012−2018)	Generation 12.7 (2022−2023)
GPU code name	GK107	DG2-128
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	1 April 2013 (11 years ago)	12 October 2022 (2 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 cores	384	768
Core clock speed	950 MHz	2000 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	2000 MHz
Number of transistors	1,270 million	7,200 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	50 Watt	75 Watt
Texture fill rate	30.40	64.00
Floating-point processing power	0.7296 TFLOPS	3.072 TFLOPS
ROPs	16	16
TMUs	32	32
Tensor Cores	no data	96
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	6

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).

Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 4.0 x8
Width	no data	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	None	None

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	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	4 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1250 MHz	1937 MHz
Memory bandwidth	80 GB/s	124.0 GB/s
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 Connectors

No outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (11_0)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	5.1	6.6
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	3.0
Vulkan	1.1.126	1.3
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:

Full HD

4−5

−825%

37
+825%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2	32 +0%	32 +0%
Elden Ring	40−45 +0%	40−45 +0%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5	45−50 +0%	45−50 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	26 +0%	26 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	80 +0%	80 +0%
Metro Exodus	35−40 +0%	35−40 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	35−40 +0%	35−40 +0%
Valorant	55−60 +0%	55−60 +0%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5	45−50 +0%	45−50 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	26 +0%	26 +0%
Dota 2	28 +0%	28 +0%
Elden Ring	40−45 +0%	40−45 +0%
Far Cry 5	50−55 +0%	50−55 +0%
Fortnite	80−85 +0%	80−85 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	65 +0%	65 +0%
Grand Theft Auto V	28 +0%	28 +0%
Metro Exodus	35−40 +0%	35−40 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	100−110 +0%	100−110 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	35−40 +0%	35−40 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	40−45 +0%	40−45 +0%
Valorant	55−60 +0%	55−60 +0%
World of Tanks	180−190 +0%	180−190 +0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	45−50 +0%	45−50 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	24−27 +0%	24−27 +0%
Far Cry 5	50−55 +0%	50−55 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	54 +0%	54 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	100−110 +0%	100−110 +0%
Valorant	55−60 +0%	55−60 +0%

1440p
High Preset

Dota 2	20−22 +0%	20−22 +0%
Elden Ring	21−24 +0%	21−24 +0%
Grand Theft Auto V	21−24 +0%	21−24 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	120−130 +0%	120−130 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	12−14 +0%	12−14 +0%
World of Tanks	100−105 +0%	100−105 +0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	27−30 +0%	27−30 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	12−14 +0%	12−14 +0%
Far Cry 5	30−35 +0%	30−35 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	30−35 +0%	30−35 +0%
Metro Exodus	30−35 +0%	30−35 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	18−20 +0%	18−20 +0%
Valorant	35−40 +0%	35−40 +0%

4K
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2	9−10 +0%	9−10 +0%
Dota 2	24−27 +0%	24−27 +0%
Elden Ring	9−10 +0%	9−10 +0%
Grand Theft Auto V	24−27 +0%	24−27 +0%
Metro Exodus	9−10 +0%	9−10 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	40−45 +0%	40−45 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	9−10 +0%	9−10 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	24−27 +0%	24−27 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	12−14 +0%	12−14 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	9−10 +0%	9−10 +0%
Far Cry 5	18−20 +0%	18−20 +0%
Fortnite	16−18 +0%	16−18 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	20−22 +0%	20−22 +0%
Valorant	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%

This is how GTX 660M Mac Edition and Arc A310 compete in popular games:

Arc A310 is 825% faster in 1080p

All in all, in popular games:

there's a draw in 55 tests (100%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	1.57	14.23
Recency	1 April 2013	12 October 2022
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	4 GB
Chip lithography	28 nm	6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	50 Watt	75 Watt

GTX 660M Mac Edition has 50% lower power consumption.

Arc A310, on the other hand, has a 806.4% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 9 years, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 366.7% more advanced lithography process.

The Arc A310 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTX 660M Mac Edition in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 660M Mac Edition is a notebook card while Arc A310 is a desktop one.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.