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 general info section in the graphics cards comparison list contains information about the date of release, type, overall rating and other useful data for identifying winner between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M Mac Edition  vs  AMD Radeon R7 265.

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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

Which GPU is better between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M Mac Edition  vs  AMD Radeon R7 265 in the fabrication process, power consumption, and also base and turbo frequency of the GPU is the most important part containing in the graphics cards hierarchy.

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

Let’s discuss how graphics cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M Mac Edition and AMD Radeon R7 265 come in different sizes (length), connector types and types of interfaces.

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 cards memory plays important role both in gaming and in applications for graphics. The card will perform much quicker and better, if it has more memory capacity and right memory type. What is the difference between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M Mac Edition vs AMD Radeon R7 265.

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

Let’s find out the difference in extra ports between two graphics cards. What's the difference between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M Mac Edition vs AMD Radeon R7 265.

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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

Let’s have a look what is the difference. It is worthwhile to note that NVIDIA and AMD are using different technologies.

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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 confrontation between the two contenders NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M Mac Edition and AMD Radeon R7 265 is practically over. The hardware support (API) does not greatly affect the overall performance, it is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and other 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 Stutters – This game is very likely to stutter and have poor frame rates. Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, average frame rates are expected to fall below 25fps
May Stutter – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, stutters and poor frame rates are expected.
30 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 25fps
40 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 35fps
60 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 58fps
May Run Fluently – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, fluent frame rates are expected.
? Uncertain – This graphics card experienced unexpected performance issues during testing for this game. A slower card may be able to achieve better and more consistent frame rates than this particular GPU running the same benchmark scene.
Uncertain – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game and no reliable interpolation can be made based on the performances of surrounding cards of the same class or family.
The value in the fields displays the average frame rate of all values in the database. Move your cursor over the value to see 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

Overall benchmark performance

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

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User rating

4.0 Out of 2 Hitesti Score
4.1 Out of 11 Hitesti Score