NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M Mac

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 $329
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M Mac
3584 Shaders
12GB GDDR6
1777MHz
384 Shaders
512MB GDDR5
950MHz
Peak AI Performance
407.6 TOPS
INT4 Tensor Sparse
Peak AI Performance
0.73 TOPS
INT32
FP32
12.74 TFLOPS
FP32
730 GFLOPS
FP16
12.74 TFLOPS
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Form Factor
PCIe Card
1.9-Slots
Form Factor
Soldered
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TDP
170W
TDP
50W
Power Connectors
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1x 12-Pin
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GB6 OpenCL N/A
0%
GB6 Metal N/A
0%
GB6 Vulkan N/A
0%
GB5 OpenCL 96,465
32%
GB5 OpenCL N/A
0%
GB5 CUDA 99,110
28%
GB5 CUDA N/A
0%
GB5 Metal N/A
0%
GB5 Metal N/A
0%
GB5 Vulkan 75,845
37%
GB5 Vulkan N/A
0%
OCT 2020.1 305
40%
OCT 2020.1 N/A
0%
OCT Metal N/A
0%
OCT Metal N/A
0%
Manufacturer
NVIDIA
Manufacturer
NVIDIA
Chip Designer
NVIDIA
Chip Designer
NVIDIA
Architecture
Ampere
Architecture
Kepler
Family
GeForce 30
Family
GeForce 600
Codename
NV176
GA106
Variant
GA106-300-A1
Codename
NVE7
GK107
Variant
N13E-GE
Market Segment
Desktop
Market Segment
Laptop
Release Date
2/25/2021
Release Date
3/22/2012
Foundry
Samsung
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Foundry
TSMC
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Fabrication Node
8N
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Fabrication Node
28nm
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Die Size
276 mm²
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Die Size
118 mm²
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Transistor Count
13.3 Billion
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Transistor Count
1.3 Billion
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Transistor Density
48.01M/mm²
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Transistor Density
10.76M/mm²
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Form
PCIe Card
Form
Soldered
Shading Units
3584 Shaders
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Shading Units
384 Shaders
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Texture Mapping Units
112 TMUs
Texture Mapping Units
32 TMUs
Render Output Units
48 ROPs
Render Output Units
16 ROPs
Tensor Cores
112 T-Cores
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Ray-Tracing Cores
28 RT-Cores
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Streaming Multiprocessors
28 SMs
Streaming Multiprocessors
2 SMs
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Graphics Processing Clusters
3 GPCs
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1320MHz Base
1777MHz
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950MHz
Peak AI Performance
407.6 TOPS
INT4 Tensor Sparse
Peak AI Performance
0.73 TOPS
INT32
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FP16
12.74 TFLOPS
50.95 TFLOPS Tensor (FP16 Accumulate)
101.9 TFLOPS Tensor (FP16 Accumulate) Sparse
25.48 TFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate)
50.95 TFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate) Sparse
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FP32
12.74 TFLOPS
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FP32
730 GFLOPS
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FP64
200 GFLOPS
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FP64
30 GFLOPS
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BF16
12.74 TFLOPS
25.48 TFLOPS Tensor
50.95 TFLOPS Tensor Sparse
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TF32
12.74 TFLOPS Tensor
25.48 TFLOPS Tensor Sparse
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INT4
203.8 TOPS Tensor
407.6 TOPS Tensor Sparse
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INT8
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101.9 TOPS Tensor
203.8 TOPS Tensor Sparse
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INT32
6.37 TOPS
INT32
0.73 TOPS
Ray Tracing
24.9 TOPS
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Pixel Fillrate
85.296 GPixel/s
Pixel Fillrate
15.2 GPixel/s
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Texture Fillrate
199.024 GTexel/s
Texture Fillrate
30.4 GTexel/s
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L1
64KB/SM Tex
128KB/SM
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L1
48KB/SM Tex
16KB/SM
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L2
3MB Shared
L2
256KB Shared
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12GB
GDDR6
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512MB
GDDR5
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Bus Width
192Bit
Bus Width
128Bit
Clock
1875MHz
Transfer Rate
15GT/s
Bandwidth
360GB/s
Clock
1250MHz
Transfer Rate
5GT/s
Bandwidth
80GB/s
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TDP
170W
TDP
50W
Temp
93°C Max
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3x DisplayPort 1.4
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1x HDMI 2.1
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No Ports
Max Resolution
7680x4320
Max Resolution
4096x2304
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
30Hz
Variable Refresh Rate
G-Sync
FreeSync
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Variable Refresh Rate
G-Sync
FreeSync
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Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Supported
Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Not Supported
Multi Monitor Support
4
Multi Monitor Support
2
Content Protection
HDCP 2.3
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Model
NVENC 7
Model
NVENC 1
Codec
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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Codec
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AVC (H.264)
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Model
NVDEC 5
Model
NVDEC 1
Codec
MPEG-1
MPEG-2
MPEG-4
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VC-1
VP8
VP9
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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AV1
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Codec
MPEG-1
MPEG-2
MPEG-4
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VC-1
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AVC (H.264)
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Direct X
12
Direct 3D
12_2
Direct X
12
Direct 3D
11_0
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
3.0
Vulkan
1.2
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
3.0
Vulkan
1.2
Shader Model
6.6
CUDA
8.6
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PureVideo HD
VP11
VDPAU
Feature Set K
Shader Model
6.5
CUDA
3.0
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PureVideo HD
VP5
VDPAU
Feature Set D
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2x Fans
Not a Card
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Power Connectors
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1x 12-Pin
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Slots Required
1.9
PCIe Version
4.0
PCIe Lanes
16
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PCIe Version
3.0
PCIe Lanes
16
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Height
112 mm (4.41 in)
Width
242 mm (9.53 in)
Depth
38 mm (1.5 in)
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