NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M Mac Edition
VS
AMD Radeon R7 265
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M Mac Edition
VS
AMD Radeon R7 265

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M Mac Edition and AMD Radeon R7 265. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

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Place in performance rating
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Kepler
Architecture
GCN 1.0
GK107
Code name
Pitcairn
Desktop
Type
Desktop
1 April 2013 (8 years ago)
Release date
13 February 2014 (7 years ago)
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Launch price (MSRP)
$149
$149
Price now
$600 (4x MSRP)
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Design
reference
GK107
GPU code name
Pitcairn
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M Mac Edition and AMD Radeon R7 265 based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

384
Pipelines
1024
950 MHz
Core clock speed
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Boost Clock
925 MHz
1,270 million
Transistor count
2,800 million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
50 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
150 Watt
30.40
Texture fill rate
59.20
729.6 gflops
Floating-point performance
1,894 gflops
384
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1024
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Boost clock speed
925 MHz
1,270 million
Number of transistors
2,800 million
50 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
150 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M Mac Edition and AMD Radeon R7 265.

MXM-B (3.0)
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
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Length
210 mm
None
Supplementary power connectors
1 x 6-pin
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Bus support
PCIe 3.0

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 660M Mac Edition and AMD Radeon R7 265 can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR5
512 MB
Maximum RAM amount
4 GB
128 Bit
Memory bus width
256 Bit
5000 MHz
Memory clock speed
1400 MHz
80 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
179.2 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M Mac Edition and AMD Radeon R7 265, the size and number of monitors.

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Display Connectors
2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
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Eyefinity
1
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HDMI
+
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DisplayPort support
-

Technologies

The difference between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M Mac Edition and AMD Radeon R7 265 is the additional functionality.

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AppAcceleration
-
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CrossFire
1
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FreeSync
1
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HD3D
-
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PowerTune
-
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TrueAudio
-
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ZeroCore
-
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DDMA audio
+
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Enduro
-

API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M Mac Edition and AMD Radeon R7 265. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 (11_0)
DirectX
DirectX® 12
4.6
OpenGL
4.6
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Shader Model
5.1
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OpenCL
1.2
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Mantle
-

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M Mac Edition and AMD Radeon R7 265 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 660M Mac Edition or AMD Radeon R7 265 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M Mac Edition
AMD Radeon R7 265
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M Mac Edition
AMD Radeon R7 265
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M Mac Edition
AMD Radeon R7 265
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M Mac Edition
AMD Radeon R7 265
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M Mac Edition
AMD Radeon R7 265
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 660M Mac Edition

Cheaper ($149 vs $600 (4x MSRP))

Less power consumption (50 Watt vs 150 Watt)

More maximum RAM amount (512 MB vs 4 GB)

Advantages of AMD Radeon R7 265

More pipelines (1024 vs 384)

More memory bandwidth (179.2 GB/s vs 80 GB/s)

So, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M Mac Edition or AMD Radeon R7 265?

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

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M Mac Edition versus AMD Radeon R7 265 performance benchmarks comparison

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