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Nvidia GeForce GTX 660
GPUBoss recommends the Nvidia GeForce GTX 660 based on its benchmarks, compute performance and noise and power.
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| Battlefield 3, Battlefield 4, Bioshock Infinite and 21 more | |
Graphics | |
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| T-Rex, Manhattan, Cloud Gate Factor, Sky Diver Factor and 1 more | |
Computing | |
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| Face Detection, Ocean Surface Simulation and 3 more | |
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| Battlefield 3, Battlefield 4, Bioshock Infinite and 32 more | |
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| Battlefield 3, Battlefield 4, Bioshock Infinite and 32 more | |
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| TDP, Idle Power Consumption, Load Power Consumption and 2 more | |
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Differences What are the advantages of each
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| Better 3DMark vantage graphics score | 25,130 | vs | 17,648 | More than 40% better 3DMark vantage graphics score | |||
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| Higher effective memory clock speed | 5,600 MHz | vs | 4,200 MHz | Around 35% higher effective memory clock speed | |||
| Higher memory bandwidth | 179.2 GB/s | vs | 134.4 GB/s | Around 35% higher memory bandwidth | |||
| Better 3DMark 11 graphics score | 6,850 | vs | 4,013 | More than 70% better 3DMark 11 graphics score | |||
| Slightly better PassMark score | 4,121 | vs | 3,538 | More than 15% better PassMark score | |||
| More memory | 2,048 MB | vs | 1,024 MB | 2x more memory | |||
| Better 3DMark06 score | 18,060 | vs | 16,518 | Around 10% better 3DMark06 score | |||
| Significantly better manhattan score | 12,983.16 | vs | 3,718.66 | Around 3.5x better manhattan score | |||
| More shading units | 1,152 | vs | 384 | Three times as many shading units | |||
| Significantly higher FarCry 3 framerate | 80 | vs | 37.5 | Around 2.2x higher FarCry 3 framerate | |||
| More texture mapping units | 96 | vs | 64 | 32 more texture mapping units | |||
| Higher texture rate | 79 GTexel/s | vs | 60.8 GTexel/s | Around 30% higher texture rate | |||
| Significantly higher memory clock speed | 1,400 MHz | vs | 1,050 MHz | Around 35% higher memory clock speed | |||
| Better fire strike factor score | 44.27 | vs | 32.93 | Around 35% better fire strike factor score | |||
| Better PassMark direct compute score | 1,948 | vs | 1,437 | More than 35% better PassMark direct compute score | |||
| Lower TDP | 130W | vs | 170W | Around 25% lower TDP | |||
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| Higher clock speed | 950 MHz | vs | 823 MHz | More than 15% higher clock speed | |||
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Benchmarks Real world tests of GeForce GTX 660 vs 560 Ti
Bitcoin mining Data courtesy CompuBench
Face detection Data courtesy CompuBench
T-Rex (GFXBench 3.0) Data courtesy CompuBench
Manhattan (GFXBench 3.0) Data courtesy CompuBench
Fire Strike Factor Data courtesy FutureMark
Sky Diver Factor Data courtesy FutureMark
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