GeForce4 MX 4000 vs GeForce GTX 660M Mac Edition
Aggregate performance score
We've compared GeForce GTX 660M Mac Edition with GeForce4 MX 4000, including specs and performance data.
660M Mac Edition outperforms MX 4000 by a whopping 13900% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 1020 | 1573 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 2.26 | no data |
| Architecture | Kepler (2012−2018) | Celsius (1999−2005) |
| GPU code name | GK107 | NV18 A4 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop |
| Release date | 1 April 2013 (12 years ago) | 14 December 2003 (21 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 | no data |
| Core clock speed | 950 MHz | 250 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 1,270 million | 29 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 150 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 50 Watt | no data |
| Texture fill rate | 30.40 | 1.000 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.7296 TFLOPS | no data |
| ROPs | 16 | 2 |
| TMUs | 32 | 4 |
| L1 Cache | 32 KB | no data |
| L2 Cache | 256 KB | 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) | AGP 8x |
| Length | no data | 168 mm |
| 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 | DDR |
| Maximum RAM amount | 512 MB | 128 MB |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 64 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1250 MHz | 166 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 80 GB/s | 2.656 GB/s |
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 Connectors | No outputs | 1x VGA |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (11_0) | 8.0 |
| Shader Model | 5.1 | no data |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 1.3 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | N/A |
| 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.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 1.40 | 0.01 |
| Recency | 1 April 2013 | 14 December 2003 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 512 MB | 128 MB |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 150 nm |
GTX 660M Mac Edition has a 13900% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 9 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 435.7% more advanced lithography process.
The GeForce GTX 660M Mac Edition is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce4 MX 4000 in performance tests.
Be aware that GeForce GTX 660M Mac Edition is a notebook graphics card while GeForce4 MX 4000 is a desktop one.
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