GPUBoss Review Our evaluation of R9 270X vs 660 among Desktop GPUs

Gaming

Radeon R9 270X
6.0
GeForce GTX 660
6.8
GeForce GTX 750 Ti
5.9
Battlefield 3, Battlefield 4, Bioshock Infinite and 21 more

Graphics

Radeon R9 270X
6.2
GeForce GTX 660
7.4
GeForce GTX 750 Ti
6.0
T-Rex, Manhattan, Cloud Gate Factor, Sky Diver Factor and 1 more

Computing

Radeon R9 270X
6.9
GeForce GTX 660
6.0
GeForce GTX 750 Ti
6.6
Face Detection, Ocean Surface Simulation and 3 more

Performance per Watt

Radeon R9 270X
7.1
GeForce GTX 660
7.9
GeForce GTX 750 Ti
8.1
Battlefield 3, Battlefield 4, Bioshock Infinite and 32 more

Value

Radeon R9 270X
n.d.
GeForce GTX 660
n.d.
GeForce GTX 750 Ti
n.d.
Battlefield 3, Battlefield 4, Bioshock Infinite and 32 more

Noise and Power

Radeon R9 270X
8.6
GeForce GTX 660
9.0
GeForce GTX 750 Ti
9.6
TDP, Idle Power Consumption, Load Power Consumption and 2 more
7.1

Overall Score

Radeon R9 270X
6.7
GeForce GTX 660
7.1
GeForce GTX 750 Ti
6.8

Winner
Nvidia GeForce GTX 660 

GPUBoss recommends the Nvidia GeForce GTX 660  based on its compute performance and noise and power.

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AMD Radeon R9 270X

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Front view of GeForce GTX 660

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Differences What are the advantages of each

Front view of Radeon R9 270X

Reasons to consider the
AMD Radeon R9 270X

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Significantly better 3DMark06 score 23,610 vs 18,060 More than 30% better 3DMark06 score
Higher clock speed 1,000 MHz vs 823 MHz More than 20% higher clock speed
Slightly better 3DMark 11 graphics score 8,520 vs 6,850 Around 25% better 3DMark 11 graphics score
Better 3DMark vantage graphics score 28,000 vs 25,130 More than 10% better 3DMark vantage graphics score
Better floating-point performance 2,688 GFLOPS vs 1,896.2 GFLOPS More than 40% better floating-point performance
Higher pixel rate 33.6 GPixel/s vs 19.75 GPixel/s More than 70% higher pixel rate
Significantly higher battlefield 3 framerate 65 vs 50 30% higher battlefield 3 framerate
Higher turbo clock speed 1,050 MHz vs 888 MHz Around 20% higher turbo clock speed
Better video composition score 75.59 frames/s vs 54.59 frames/s Around 40% better video composition score
Better fire strike factor score 51.83 vs 44.27 More than 15% better fire strike factor score
Front view of GeForce GTX 660

Reasons to consider the
Nvidia GeForce GTX 660

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Much better manhattan score 12,983.16 vs 3,713.26 Around 3.5x better manhattan score
More texture mapping units 96 vs 80 16 more texture mapping units
Better PassMark direct compute score 1,948 vs 1,062 Around 85% better PassMark direct compute score
Lower TDP 130W vs 180W Around 30% lower TDP

Benchmarks Real world tests of Radeon R9 270X vs GeForce GTX 660

Bitcoin mining Data courtesy CompuBench

Radeon R9 270X
251.26 mHash/s
GeForce GTX 660
62.66 mHash/s

Face detection Data courtesy CompuBench

Radeon R9 270X
48.58 mPixels/s
GeForce GTX 660
31.19 mPixels/s

Ocean surface simulation Data courtesy CompuBench

Radeon R9 270X
1,298.8 frames/s
GeForce GTX 660
1,039.04 frames/s

T-Rex (GFXBench 3.0) Data courtesy CompuBench

Radeon R9 270X
3,353.98
GeForce GTX 660
19,695.95

Manhattan (GFXBench 3.0) Data courtesy CompuBench

Radeon R9 270X
3,713.26
GeForce GTX 660
12,983.16

Fire Strike Factor Data courtesy FutureMark

Radeon R9 270X
51.83
GeForce GTX 660
44.27

Sky Diver Factor Data courtesy FutureMark

Radeon R9 270X
338.41
GeForce GTX 660
306.05

Battlefield 3

Radeon R9 270X
65
GeForce GTX 660
50

Reviews Word on the street

Radeon R9 270X  vs GeForce GTX 660 
9.0
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9.0
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The 28 nm "Pitcairn" silicon, on which the Radeon R9 270X is based, features 1,280 stream processors based on the Graphics CoreNext micro-architecture, 80 texture memory units (TMUs), 32 raster operations units (ROPs), and a 256-bit wide GDDR5 memory interface, holding 2 GB of memory.
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Comments

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Lebong l (08:49 PM, November 2, 2015)
guess what i also live in australia and i got sli gtx 660s for only 150!
Apple (12:56 AM, August 9, 2015)
I just got the evga 660 for 89$, is that a good deal lol?
LordJC (03:57 PM, April 24, 2015)
In Venezuelan: 660 GTX = 55000 BsF Radeon R9 270x = 23000 BsF... Radeon is much better, Price/Power
Diego Fernando Salazar Proaño (02:37 AM, February 16, 2015)
Actually, the R9 series will also be compatible with DX 12, AMD has Freesync, you can have a Shadowplay equivalent with the Gaming Evolved App. Gameworks features are FPS eaters that add very few to the gaming experience so even if I had an Nvidia GPU I'd probably turn them off. And really PhysX is your example for "future-proof"? Considering that very few games use PhysX I don't see how does that work.
Senevar Vclevaeski (11:03 AM, February 8, 2015)
nao, ele nao está mentindo, lixo escroto.... lá fora o preço é identico e até mais barata a 270x, enquantono brasil tem quase 200 reais de diferença entre elas pra lucrarem mais...
asdasdasd (11:31 PM, January 27, 2015)
Me parece que esta mintiendo...
Skiptrace (01:07 AM, December 13, 2014)
660 can benefit from GSync technology, which is Nvidia excusive and can make games run much smoother.
AnaKk1N (05:35 PM, December 5, 2014)
Wow man, these guys are idiots. At all benchmarks r9 270x is better(forget about far cry 3-nvidia and ubisoft are like brothers-nvidia payed money for their gpu to work better than AMD. Thats why that Nvidia, meant to be played is displayed). Conclusion: r9 270x better
Wewum (01:07 AM, December 1, 2014)
r9 270x 170 bucks
Twisted_Killer (05:49 AM, November 13, 2014)
lol its less now 660 @ 12k inr and 270x ar 13k inr
Weak1ings (12:11 AM, November 5, 2014)
to be blunt, PhysX but also many other things such as Cuda processing, Shadowplay, G-sync, DX12 (when it comes), GrassFX, HDR, It also is much cooler and requires less power. Of course... I am a fanboy :) Either one will work but If you care much for the future, the 660 will be the more "Future-proofed" due to better Physics support through PhysX.
Goran (04:15 AM, November 4, 2014)
What Nvidia features?
br (09:11 AM, October 22, 2014)
R$ 2000
br (09:09 AM, October 22, 2014)
BRASIL 270x R$ 899,90 660 R$ 799,90 BRASILSILSIL
kaolo bamba (09:07 PM, October 10, 2014)
Better get a R9 290(x) since it's the only new chip they brought at that moment ^^
NOG1999 (01:48 PM, September 23, 2014)
yeah man i can help you just tell me your budget first and which games you going to play?
NOG1999 (04:48 AM, September 23, 2014)
i dont know about you guys but r9 270x is the best gpu to buy in my country for its money(180Euros) i have never found another gpu on the similar price to be that good
commando (06:00 AM, September 12, 2014)
guys plz help me out, which card I have to buy...? for gaming in 1600*900 resolution, price not a matter just good card for gaming,
sharly (01:24 AM, August 9, 2014)
In Spain like 155€ each, they cost the same
Naughty Boy Radhe (08:37 AM, July 20, 2014)
Pritish bhai India mein sab mehenga hai yaar . Kya kar sakte hai?
Bad (09:49 AM, July 19, 2014)
in Brazil r9 280x = 600$ lol
Weak1ings (06:14 PM, July 8, 2014)
Is the tiny bit of extra performance worth a lack of Nvidia's features and $10? http://pcpartpicker.com/parts/video-card/#c=114,147&sort=a8 These cards are quite similar in price and power with 270X above but I think the GTX 660 is the better choice thanks to it running cooler and having those extra Nvidia features that just push it over. It's a better value I think.
Robert Jenkins (08:13 PM, May 24, 2014)
i bought a 270x in march for around 250. right now you can get it on amazon for 209 dollars.
beneri (07:16 PM, April 17, 2014)
in sweden 200$ both
Johny (12:10 PM, April 12, 2014)
Getting MSI's R9 270X (or 280X) for my build and hopefully shove it in my friend's face, with his 660 :P
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