NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M Mac Edition
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M Mac Edition

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M Mac Edition. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

223
Place in performance rating
not rated
60.47
Value for money (0-100)
no data
Maxwell
Architecture
Kepler
GM206
Code name
GK107
Desktop
Type
Desktop
22 January 2015 (6 years ago)
Release date
1 April 2013 (8 years ago)
$199
Launch price (MSRP)
no data
$444 (2.2x MSRP)
Price now
$149
10.46
Value for money
no data
GM206
GPU code name
GK107
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M Mac Edition based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

1024
Pipelines
384
1127 MHz
Core clock speed
950 MHz
1178 MHz
Boost Clock
no data
2,940 million
Transistor count
1,270 million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
120 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
50 Watt
72 billion/sec
Texture fill rate
30.40
2,413 gflops
Floating-point performance
729.6 gflops
1024
CUDA cores
no data
1024
Pipelines / CUDA cores
384
1178 MHz
Boost clock speed
no data
2,940 million
Number of transistors
1,270 million
120 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
50 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M Mac Edition.

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
MXM-B (3.0)
9.5" (24.1 cm)
Length
no data
1x 6-pins
Supplementary power connectors
None
+
SLI options
no data
400 Watt
Recommended system power (PSU)
no data
PCI Express 3.0
Bus support
no data
4.376" (11.1 cm)
Height
no data

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 960 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M Mac Edition can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR5
2 GB
Maximum RAM amount
512 MB
128 Bit
Memory bus width
128 Bit
7.0 GB/s
Memory clock speed
5000 MHz
112 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
80 GB/s
-
Shared memory
no data

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M Mac Edition, the size and number of monitors.

Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2
Display Connectors
No outputs
+
G-SYNC support
no data
4 displays
Multi monitor support
no data
+
HDCP
no data
2048x1536
Maximum VGA resolution
no data
Internal
Audio input for HDMI
no data
+
HDMI
no data

Technologies

The difference between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M Mac Edition is the additional functionality.

+
3D Vision
no data
2.0
GPU Boost
no data
+
CUDA
no data
+
GeForce Experience
no data
+
Surround
no data
+
Adaptive Vertical Sync
no data
+
GameStream
no data
+
GeForce ShadowPlay
no data
+
GameWorks
no data

API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M Mac Edition. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 (12_1)
DirectX
12 (11_0)
4.4
OpenGL
4.6
+
Vulkan
no data
6.4
Shader Model
no data
1.2
OpenCL
no data

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M Mac Edition 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 960 or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M Mac Edition good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M Mac Edition
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M Mac Edition
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M Mac Edition
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M Mac Edition
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M Mac Edition
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 960

27.44% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (1024 vs 384)

More memory bandwidth (112 GB/s vs 80 GB/s)

G-SYNC support

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M Mac Edition

Cheaper ($149 vs $444 (2.2x MSRP))

Less power consumption (50 Watt vs 120 Watt)

More maximum RAM amount (512 MB vs 2 GB)

So, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M Mac Edition?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 .

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 versus NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M Mac Edition performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

2.5 Out of 2 CpusData Score NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M Mac Edition