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

General info

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

299
Place in performance rating
594
36.19
Value for money (0-100)
Kepler
Architecture
Gen. 9.5 Kaby Lake
GK106
Code name
Kaby Lake GT2
Desktop
Type
Desktop
6 September 2012 (9 years ago)
Release date
1 January 2017 (4 years ago)
$229
Launch price (MSRP)
$321 (1.4x MSRP)
Price now
$1014
4.45
Value for money
0.50
GK106
GPU code name
Kaby-Lake-H-GT2
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

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

960
Pipelines
192
980 MHz
Core clock speed
300 MHz
1033 MHz
Boost Clock
1100 MHz
2,540 million
Transistor count
189 million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
14 nm
140 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
15 Watt
78.4 billion/sec
Texture fill rate
26.40
1,981 gflops
Floating-point performance
441.6 gflops
960
CUDA cores
960
Pipelines / CUDA cores
24
1033 MHz
Boost clock speed
1150 MHz
2,540 million
Number of transistors
189 million
140 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
15 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

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

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x1
9.5" (24.1 cm)
Length
One 6-pin
Supplementary power connectors
+
SLI options
PCI Express 3.0
Bus support
4.376" (11.1 cm)
Height

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 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 and Intel HD Graphics 630 can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
DDR3L/LPDDR3/LPDDR4
2 GB
Maximum RAM amount
64 GB
192-bit GDDR5
Memory bus width
64/128 Bit
6.0 GB/s
Memory clock speed
144.2 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
no data
Shared memory
+

Video outputs and ports

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

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

Technologies

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

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

API support

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

12 (11_0)
DirectX
12 (12_1)
4.3
OpenGL
4.6
1.1.126
Vulkan
+
5.1
Shader Model
6.4
1.2
OpenCL
2.1

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 and Intel HD Graphics 630 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 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 or Intel HD Graphics 630 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660
Intel HD Graphics 630
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660
Intel HD Graphics 630
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660
Intel HD Graphics 630
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660
Intel HD Graphics 630 28.9 10
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660
Intel HD Graphics 630
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 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660

12.77% faster in synthetic tests

Cheaper ($321 (1.4x MSRP) vs $1014)

More pipelines (960 vs 192)

Advantages of Intel HD Graphics 630

Finer manufacturing process technology (14 nm vs 28 nm)

Less power consumption (15 Watt vs 140 Watt)

More maximum RAM amount (64 GB vs 2 GB)

VR Ready

Multi Monitor

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

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

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

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