GeForce GTX 480M and GeForce GTX 660M - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GTX 480M vs GeForce GTX 660M
GeForce GTX 480M
1666
GeForce GTX 660M
1478
GeForce GTX 480M
GeForce GTX 660M
Architecture
Fermi (2010−2014)
Kepler (2012−2018)
GPU code name
N11E-GTX-A3
N13E-GE
Market segment
Laptop
Laptop
Release date
May 2010
March 2012
Bus support
PCI-E 2.0
PCI Express 2.0, PCI Express 3.0
Interface
MXM-B (3.0)
MXM-B (3.0)
Supplementary power connectors
None
-
SLI options
+
+
Boost clock speed
-
950 MHz
Core clock speed
425 MHz
835 MHz
CUDA cores
-
384
Floating-point performance
598.4 gflops
729.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
28 nm
Number of transistors
3,100 million
1,270 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
352
384
Power consumption (TDP)
100 Watt
50 Watt
Texture fill rate
18.7 billion/sec
30.4 billion/sec
Memory type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount
2 GB
2 GB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
128bit
Memory clock speed
1200 MHz
2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth
76.8 GB/s
64.0 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
No outputs
No outputs
HDMI
-
+
HDCP
-
+
Maximum VGA resolution
2048x1536
Up to 2048x1536
DirectX
12 API
12 API
CUDA
+
+
OpenCL
1.1
1.1
OpenGL
4.5
4.5
Shader Model
5.1
5.1
Vulkan
N/A
1.1.126
Optimus
-
+