Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti vs Apple M1 Pro GPU (16-core)

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti, vs Apple M1 Pro GPU (16-core). Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti and Apple M1 Pro GPU (16-core)
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
91
52
43
25
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
The Witcher 3
87
70
47
26
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Counter-Strike 2
138
98
71
31
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Far Cry 6
75
66
47
24
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Hogwarts Legacy
49
37
27
13
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
COD Modern Warfare 3
56
49
33
23
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Ghost of Tsushima
45
34
25
13
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Cyberpunk 2077
47
45
25
12
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
80
74
49
27
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Avg FPS
1080p High74n/a
1080p Ultra58n/a
1440p Ultra41n/a
4K Ultra22n/a
DeviationLown/a

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
5918
Apple M1 Pro GPU (16-core)
3903
Time Spy6344n/a
Solar Bay2046212166
Port Royal1652n/a
Fire Strike16643n/a
Night Raid76116n/a
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
72340
Apple M1 Pro GPU (16-core)
42227
Background Blur124.8 frames/s74.5 frames/s
Face Detection69.4 frames/s47.3 frames/s
Horizon Detection2.67 Gpix/sec1.73 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection3.48 Gpix/sec3.32 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur3.52 Gpix/sec1.75 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.92 Gpix/sec0.47 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching355.9 Gpix/sec131.2 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics9094.4 fps5143 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
12901
Apple M1 Pro GPU (16-core)
n/a
G2D Mark807n/a
DirectX 11103 fpsn/a
DirectX 1251 fpsn/a
GPU Compute5253 Ops/sn/a
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
71.9 fps
Apple M1 Pro GPU (16-core)
881.8 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)404.9 fps1390.1 fps
Car Chase369.2 fps1102.6 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)324.3 fps1953.2 fps
T-Rex1580.9 fps2704.8 fps
ALU 21754.8 fps598.5 fps
Driver Overhead 2257.4 fps485.7 fps
APIOpenGLMetal
OSWindowsOS X
Tessellation1901.6n/a

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Apple
Build Discrete Integrated
Announced February, 22, 2019 October, 18, 2021
Form Factor PC use Laptop use
Use case Gaming Professional
Segment Entry-level Mid-range
Architecture Turing Apple M GPU
Codename TU116 n/a
Price 279 n/a

GPU

GPU Frequency 1500 MHz 450 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1770 MHz 1296 MHz
Shader Units 1536 2048
TMUs 96 128
ROPs 48 64
Execution Units 24 256
Ray Tracing Cores No No
Tensor Cores No n/a
L1 cache 64 KB/core n/a
L2 cache 1536 KB/core n/a
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 85 Gpix/sec 83 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 170 GTex/s 166 GTex/s
FLOPS 5.4 TFLOPS 5.3 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 Custom
TGP 120 W 30 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 12 nm 5 nm
Max temperature n/a 94 °C
Transistor Size 284 mm² n/a
Transistor count 6 billion 23.2 billion
Transistor density 21.13 MTr/mm² n/a

Memory

Interface GDDR6 System Shared
Memory Frequency 1500 MHz 6400 MHz
Bus 192 bit 256 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 12000 MB/s 12800 MB/s
Memory Size 6 GB n/a
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
288 GB/s
Apple M1 Pro GPU (16-core)
204.8 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 n/a
Vulkan 1.3 n/a
OpenGL 4.6 n/a
CUDA 7.5 n/a
DisplayPort 1.4a n/a
Ray Tracing No No
DLSS No No

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