Intel UHD Graphics 630
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660
Intel UHD Graphics 630
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards Intel UHD Graphics 630 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

597
Place in performance rating
299
no data
Value for money (0-100)
36.19
Gen. 9.5
Architecture
Kepler
Comet Lake GT2
Code name
GK106
Desktop
Type
Desktop
1 October 2017 (4 years ago)
Release date
6 September 2012 (9 years ago)
no data
Launch price (MSRP)
$229
$1009
Price now
$321 (1.4x MSRP)
1.00
Value for money
4.45
Kaby-Lake-H-GT2
GPU code name
GK106
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between Intel UHD Graphics 630 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

184
Pipelines
960
300 MHz
Core clock speed
980 MHz
1150 MHz
Boost Clock
1033 MHz
189 million
Transistor count
2,540 million
14 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
15 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
140 Watt
26.45
Texture fill rate
78.4 billion/sec
460.8 gflops
Floating-point performance
1,981 gflops
no data
CUDA cores
960
24
Pipelines / CUDA cores
960
1150 MHz
Boost clock speed
1033 MHz
189 million
Number of transistors
2,540 million
15 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
140 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the Intel UHD Graphics 630 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660.

PCIe 3.0 x1
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
no data
Length
9.5" (24.1 cm)
no data
Supplementary power connectors
One 6-pin
no data
SLI options
+
no data
Bus support
PCI Express 3.0
no data
Height
4.376" (11.1 cm)

Memory

Graphics card memory is used to store calculations. Modern software and 3D games require more and faster memory. The higher these parameters, the more productive the chip. The difference in these characteristics Intel UHD Graphics 630 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 can be seen in this section.

System Shared
Memory type
GDDR5
no data
Maximum RAM amount
2 GB
64/128 Bit
Memory bus width
192-bit GDDR5
no data
Memory clock speed
6.0 GB/s
no data
Memory bandwidth
144.2 GB/s
+
Shared memory
no data

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards Intel UHD Graphics 630 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660, the size and number of monitors.

No outputs
Display Connectors
One Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One HDMI, One DisplayPort
no data
G-SYNC support
+
no data
Multi monitor support
4 displays
no data
HDCP
+
no data
Maximum VGA resolution
2048x1536
no data
Audio input for HDMI
Internal
no data
HDMI
+

Technologies

The difference between Intel UHD Graphics 630 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 is the additional functionality.

no data
3D Vision
+
no data
GPU Boost
+
no data
CUDA
+
no data
3D Gaming
+
no data
FXAA
+
no data
TXAA
+
no data
Adaptive VSync
+
no data
3D Blu-Ray
+
+
Quick Sync
no data

API support

The difference in supported APIs is Intel UHD Graphics 630 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 (12_1)
DirectX
12 (11_0)
4.6
OpenGL
4.3
1.1.103
Vulkan
1.1.126
6.5
Shader Model
5.1
2.1
OpenCL
1.2

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for Intel UHD Graphics 630 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the Intel UHD Graphics 630 or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) Intel UHD Graphics 630
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660
Death Stranding (2020) Intel UHD Graphics 630
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660
F1 2020 (2020) Intel UHD Graphics 630
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660
Gears Tactics (2020) Intel UHD Graphics 630 38.1 13.2 7.5 5.4
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660
Doom Eternal (2020) Intel UHD Graphics 630
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660
Legend
5 Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
May Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
30 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 25 frames per second (fps)
40 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 35 frames per second (fps)
60 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 58 frames per second (fps)
May Run Fluently – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards show a smooth frame rate, comfortable for the game.
? Uncertain – Graphics cards testing has shown that a slower card can provide a high and stable frame rate for the same operation.
Uncertain – The work of the video card in the game is still being studied. Interpolation among analogs is not possible.
The value depicts the average frame rate. Hovering over the value, you can get individual results.

Advantages of Intel UHD Graphics 630

Finer manufacturing process technology (14 nm vs 28 nm)

Less power consumption (15 Watt vs 140 Watt)

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660

12.79% faster in synthetic tests

Cheaper ($321 (1.4x MSRP) vs $1009)

More pipelines (960 vs 184)

G-SYNC support

So, Intel UHD Graphics 630 or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 .

Intel UHD Graphics 630 versus NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 performance benchmarks comparison

Overall benchmark performance

User rating

5.0 Out of 1 CpusData Score Intel UHD Graphics 630
0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660