Apple M2 Ultra 60-core vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti (Laptop)

Comparative analysis of Apple M2 Ultra 60-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, PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

Apple M2 Ultra 60-core

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti (Laptop)

Differences

Reasons to consider the Apple M2 Ultra 60-core

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 1 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 5 nm vs 12 nm

Launch date	13 Jun 2023 vs 23 April 2019
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm vs 12 nm

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

Around 4% higher core clock speed: 1455 MHz vs 1398 MHz
25.6x more pipelines: 1536 vs 60

Core clock speed	1455 MHz vs 1398 MHz
Pipelines	1536 vs 60

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Apple M2 Ultra 60-core
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti (Laptop)

Name	Apple M2 Ultra 60-core	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti (Laptop)
Geekbench - OpenCL	118813
PassMark - G2D Mark		487
PassMark - G3D Mark		10205
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		5571
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		15109
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		15109
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		16828
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		16828
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		8054
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		8054

Compare specifications (specs)

	Apple M2 Ultra 60-core	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti (Laptop)
Essentials
Launch date	13 Jun 2023	23 April 2019
Place in performance rating	120	117
Architecture		Turing
Code name		N18E-G0
Type		Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	1398 MHz	1455 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	12 nm
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	27.2 TFLOPS
Pipelines	60	1536
Render output units	240
Boost clock speed		1590 MHz
Transistor count		6600 million
Memory
Memory bandwidth	800 GB/s
Memory bus width	1024 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