GeForce GTX 1630 vs 660M Mac Edition

Place in performance ranking	927	364
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.05	12.95
Architecture	Kepler (2012−2018)	Turing (2018−2021)
GPU code name	GK107	TU117
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	1 April 2013 (11 years ago)	28 June 2022 (2 years ago)
Current price	$149	$213

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

GTX 1630 has 25800% better value for money than GTX 660M Mac Edition.

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	384	512
Core clock speed	950 MHz	no data
Boost clock speed	no data	1785 MHz
Number of transistors	1,270 million	4,700 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	50 Watt	75 Watt
Texture fill rate	30.40	57.12
Floating-point performance	729.6 gflops	no 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).

Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 3.0 x8
Length	no data	145 mm
Width	MXM Module	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	5000 MHz	12 GB/s
Memory bandwidth	80 GB/s	96 GB/s

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	1x DVI, 1x HDMI 2.0, 1x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI	no data	+

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (11_0)	12 (12_1)
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	7.5

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	1.56	12.94
Recency	1 April 2013	28 June 2022
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	4 GB
Chip lithography	28 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	50 Watt	75 Watt

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

GTX 1630, on the other hand, has a 729.5% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 9 years, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 133.3% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce GTX 1630 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTX 660M Mac Edition in performance tests.

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