NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M Mac Edition vs ATI Radeon HD 4870

What is the difference between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M Mac Edition and ATI Radeon HD 4870. Find out which graphics card has better performance.

Graphics Processor (GPU)

GK107GPU NameRV770
KeplerArchitectureTeraScale
TSMCFoundryTSMC
28 nmProcess Size55 nm
1,270 millionTransistors956 million
118 mm²Die Size256 mm²

Graphics Card

Apr 1st, 2013Release DateJun 25th, 2008
GeForce 600MFamilyRadeon R700
(HD 4800)
End-of-lifeProductionEnd-of-life
GeForce 500MPredecessorRadeon R600
MXM-B (3.0)Bus InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16

Memory

512 MBMemory Size512 MB
GDDR5Memory TypeGDDR5
128 bitMemory Bus256 bit
80.00 GB/sBandwidth115.2 GB/s

Performance

7.600 GPixel/sPixel fillrate12.00 GPixel/s
30.40 GTexel/sTexture fillrate30.00 GTexel/s
729.6 GFLOPSFP32 (float) performance1,200 GFLOPS
30.40 GFLOPS (1:24)FP64 (double) performance240.0 GFLOPS (1:5)

Clock Speeds

1250 MHz
5 Gbps effective
Memory Clock900 MHz
3.6 Gbps effective
950 MHzGPU Clock750 MHz

Render Config

384Shading Units800
32TMUs40
16ROPs16
16 KB (per SMX)L1 Cache16 KB (per CU)
256 KBL2 Cache256 KB

Board Design

MXM ModuleSlot WidthDual-slot
50 WThermal design power (TDP)150 W
No outputsDisplay Connectors2x DVI
1x S-Video
NonePower Connectors2x 6-pin

API support

12 (11_0)DirectX10.1 (10_1)
4.6OpenGL3.3
3.0OpenCL1.1
1.1VulkanN/A
5.1Shader Model4.1