Apple M4 GPU (8-core) vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Mobile

Compared 2 processors: Apple M4 GPU (8-core), vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Mobile. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Apple M4 GPU (8-core) and Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Mobile
Games
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, Vulkan
Professional Apps
3D modeling, video editing, rendering
Energy Efficiency
Power usage in various scenarios
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
83
49
39
22
The Witcher 3
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
74
59
41
21
Counter-Strike 2
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
125
89
63
27
Far Cry 6
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
69
60
42
21
Hogwarts Legacy
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
43
34
24
12
COD Modern Warfare 3
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
49
41
30
21
Ghost of Tsushima
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
38
28
21
12
Cyberpunk 2077
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
40
38
20
10
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
73
66
46
21
Avg FPS
1080p Highn/a66
1080p Ultran/a52
1440p Ultran/a36
4K Ultran/a19
Deviationn/aLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Apple M4 GPU (8-core)
3341
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Mobile
5320
Time Spyn/a5597
Solar Bayn/a17950
Port Royaln/a1507
Fire Striken/a14832
Night Raidn/a60559
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Apple M4 GPU (8-core)
31734
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Mobile
67761
Background Blurn/a119.1 frames/s
Face Detectionn/a64.8 frames/s
Horizon Detectionn/a2.58 Gpix/sec
Edge Detectionn/a3.28 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blurn/a3.37 Gpix/sec
Feature Matchingn/a0.88 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matchingn/a300.1 Gpix/sec
Particle Physicsn/a8599.6 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Apple M4 GPU (8-core)
n/a
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Mobile
10161
G2D Markn/a477
DirectX 11n/a87 fps
DirectX 12n/a39 fps
GPU Computen/a3717 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Apple M4 GPU (8-core)
n/a
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Mobile
54.4 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)n/a310 fps
Car Chasen/a289.4 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)n/a257.9 fps
T-Rexn/a1225.1 fps
ALU 2n/a1359 fps
Driver Overhead 2n/a199 fps
APIn/aOpenGL
OSn/aWindows
Tessellationn/a1509.1

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Apple Nvidia
Build Integrated Discrete
Announced October, 29, 2024 April, 23, 2019
Form Factor Laptop use Laptop use
Use case Professional Gaming
Segment Mid-range Mid-range
Architecture Apple M GPU Turing
Codename Custom TU116 (N18E-G0)

GPU

GPU Frequency 500 MHz 1455 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1800 MHz 1590 MHz
Shader Units 1024 1536
TMUs 64 96
ROPs 32 48
Execution Units 128 24
Ray Tracing Cores n/a No
Tensor Cores n/a No
L1 cache n/a 64 KB/core
L2 cache n/a 1536 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 58 Gpix/sec 76 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 115 GTex/s 153 GTex/s
FLOPS 3.7 TFLOPS 4.9 TFLOPS

Process

Interface Custom PCIe 3.0 x16
TGP 15 W 80 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 3 nm 12 nm
Max temperature 100 °C n/a
Transistor Size n/a 284 mm²
Transistor count 28 billion 6.6 billion
Transistor density n/a 23.24 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface System Shared GDDR6
Memory Frequency 7500 MHz 1500 MHz
Bus 128 bit 192 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 15000 MB/s 12000 MB/s
Memory Size n/a 6 GB
Max Throughput
Apple M4 GPU (8-core)
120 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Mobile
288 GB/s

API

DirectX n/a 12
Vulkan n/a 1.2
OpenGL n/a 4.6
CUDA n/a 7.5
DisplayPort n/a 1.4
Ray Tracing Yes No
DLSS No No

Results

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