Apple M1 Max 24-core vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti (Laptop)

Comparative analysis of Apple M1 Max 24-core and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti (Laptop) videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Memory, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Apple M1 Max 24-core

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 6 month(s) later
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 5 nm vs 12 nm
  • Around 49% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 25004 vs 16828
  • Around 49% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 25004 vs 16828
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 26 Oct 2021 vs 23 April 2019
Manufacturing process technology 5 nm vs 12 nm
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 25004 vs 16828
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 25004 vs 16828

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti (Laptop)

  • Around 12% higher core clock speed: 1455 MHz vs 1296 MHz
  • 64x more pipelines: 1536 vs 24
  • 2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 15109 vs 7440
  • 2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 15109 vs 7440
  • Around 20% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 8054 vs 6721
  • Around 20% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 8054 vs 6721
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1455 MHz vs 1296 MHz
Pipelines 1536 vs 24
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 15109 vs 7440
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 15109 vs 7440
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 8054 vs 6721
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 8054 vs 6721

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Apple M1 Max 24-core
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti (Laptop)

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
25004
16828
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
25004
16828
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
7440
15109
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
7440
15109
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
6721
8054
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
6721
8054
Name Apple M1 Max 24-core NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti (Laptop)
Geekbench - OpenCL 66450
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 25004 16828
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 25004 16828
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 7440 15109
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 7440 15109
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 6721 8054
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 6721 8054
PassMark - G2D Mark 481
PassMark - G3D Mark 10171
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 5582

Compare specifications (specs)

Apple M1 Max 24-core NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti (Laptop)

Essentials

Launch date 26 Oct 2021 23 April 2019
Place in performance rating 126 123
Architecture Turing
Code name N18E-G0
Type Laptop

Technical info

Core clock speed 1296 MHz 1455 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 5 nm 12 nm
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 7.962 TFLOPS
Pipelines 24 1536
Render output units 96
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 10 Watt
Boost clock speed 1590 MHz
Transistor count 6600 million

Memory

Memory bandwidth 409.6 GB/s
Memory bus width 512 bit 192 bit
Memory type LPDDR5-6400 GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount 6144 MB
Memory clock speed 12000 MHz

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Laptop size medium sized

API support

DirectX 12.1