GPUBoss Review Our evaluation of 660 vs 285

Gaming

Real world tests using the latest 3D games

Crysis: Warhead (2012)

Benchmarks

Synthetic tests to measure overall performance

Passmark and 3DMark Vantage Texture Fill

Compute Performance

General computing tests executed on the GPU

SmallLuxGPU 2.0d4

Noise and Power

How loud and hot does the card run idle and under load

TDP, Idle Noise Level, Load Noise Level, Idle Power Consumption and 1 more

GPUBoss Score

Gaming, Benchmarks, Compute Performance and Noise and Power

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Nvidia GeForce GTX 660 

GPUBoss recommends the Nvidia GeForce GTX 660  based on its .

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Differences What are the advantages of each

Front view of GeForce GTX 660

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Nvidia GeForce GTX 660

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Much higher clock speed 980 MHz vs 648 MHz More than 50% higher clock speed
Much higher effective memory clock speed 6,008 MHz vs 2,484 MHz Around 2.5x higher effective memory clock speed
Better passmark score 4,118 vs 1,266 More than 3.2x better passmark score
Better 3DMark vantage texture fill score 65.3 vs 24.15 Around 2.8x better 3DMark vantage texture fill score
More memory 2,048 MB vs 1,024 MB 2x more memory
Significantly more energy-efficient idle power consumption 110W vs 142W Around 25% more energy-efficient idle power consumption
Much quieter idle noise level 40.8 dB vs 46.4 dB More than 10% quieter idle noise level
Better floating-point performance 1,882 GFLOPS vs 708.5 GFLOPS Around 2.8x better floating-point performance
More energy-efficient load power consumption 296W vs 368W Around 20% more energy-efficient load power consumption
Higher texture rate 78.4 GTexel/s vs 51.8 GTexel/s More than 50% higher texture rate
More shading units 960 vs 240 720 more shading units
Higher crysis: warhead framerate 39.6 fps vs 21.5 fps Around 85% higher crysis: warhead framerate
Quieter load noise level 47.4 dB vs 49.5 dB Around 5% quieter load noise level
Higher memory clock speed 1,502 MHz vs 1,242 MHz More than 20% higher memory clock speed
Lower TDP 140W vs 204W More than 30% lower TDP
Front view of GeForce GTX 285

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Nvidia GeForce GTX 285

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Significantly wider memory bus 512 bit vs 192 bit Around 2.8x wider memory bus
More render output processors 32 vs 24 8 more render output processors

Benchmarks Real world tests of GeForce GTX 660 vs 285

Passmark Industry standard benchmark for overall graphics card performance

3DMark 11, as the name might probably suggest, makes use of the Microsoft DirectX 11 API and puts every feature of it at its disposal to use, creating astonishingly realistic visuals.
GeForce GTX 660 | by techPowerUp! (Sep, 2012)

3DMark Vantage (Texture Fill) Industry standard benchmark that tests DirectX performance

Crysis: Warhead (2012) 1920x1200 - Frost Bench - Enthusiast Quality + 4xAA

GeForce GTX 660
37.1 fps
GeForce GTX 285
21.5 fps
The game was by far the most hyped and anticipated game in 2007, and forums were full of "Can my system run Crysis?
GeForce GTX 660 | by techPowerUp! (Sep, 2012)

SmallLux GPU 2.0d4 Measures compute performance using OpenCL to do 3D rendering

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