NVIDIA GeForce 800M vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M Mac Edition

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 800M and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M Mac Edition videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 800M

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 11 month(s) later
  • 3.3x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 50 Watt
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
  • 22.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 703 vs 31.3
  • 25.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1123 vs 43.4
  • 17.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1601 vs 91.5
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 17 March 2014 vs 1 April 2013
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt vs 50 Watt
Maximum memory size 1 GB vs 512 MB
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 703 vs 31.3
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1123 vs 43.4
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1601 vs 91.5

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M Mac Edition

  • Around 29% higher core clock speed: 950 MHz vs 738 MHz
  • 5.1x more texture fill rate: 30.4 GTexel / s vs 5.904 GTexel / s
  • 8x more pipelines: 384 vs 48
  • 5.1x better floating-point performance: 729.6 gflops vs 141.7 gflops
  • 2.8x more memory clock speed: 5000 MHz vs 1800 MHz
  • 2.3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 11.245 vs 4.91
  • 2.8x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 301.554 vs 109.13
  • 2.2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 16.08 vs 7.249
  • Around 9% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 16.56 vs 15.218
  • 2.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 1848 vs 703
  • 2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2690 vs 1123
  • 3.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 5125 vs 1601
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 950 MHz vs 738 MHz
Texture fill rate 30.4 GTexel / s vs 5.904 GTexel / s
Pipelines 384 vs 48
Floating-point performance 729.6 gflops vs 141.7 gflops
Memory clock speed 5000 MHz vs 1800 MHz
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 11.245 vs 4.91
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 301.554 vs 109.13
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 16.08 vs 7.249
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 16.56 vs 15.218
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1848 vs 703
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2690 vs 1123
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 5125 vs 1601

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 800M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M Mac Edition

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4.91
11.245
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
109.13
301.554
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
7.249
16.08
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
15.218
16.56
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
703
1848
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1123
2690
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1601
5125
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
703
31.3
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1123
43.4
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1601
91.5
Name NVIDIA GeForce 800M NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M Mac Edition
PassMark - G3D Mark 457
PassMark - G2D Mark 203
Geekbench - OpenCL 1303
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 4.91 11.245
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 109.13 301.554
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 7.249 16.08
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 15.218 16.56
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 703 1848
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1123 2690
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1601 5125
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 703 31.3
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1123 43.4
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1601 91.5
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.785

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce 800M NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M Mac Edition

Essentials

Architecture Fermi 2.0 Kepler
Code name GF117 GK107
Launch date 17 March 2014 1 April 2013
Place in performance rating 1503 1504
Type Desktop Desktop

Technical info

Core clock speed 738 MHz 950 MHz
Floating-point performance 141.7 gflops 729.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 48 384
Texture fill rate 5.904 GTexel / s 30.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt 50 Watt
Transistor count 585 million 1,270 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCI Express 3.0
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 MXM-B (3.0)
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_0) 12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL 4.5 4.6

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 512 MB
Memory bandwidth 14.4 GB / s 80 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz 5000 MHz
Memory type DDR3 GDDR5

Technologies

CUDA
GameWorks
GPU Boost
Optimus