NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 videocard review
GeForce GTX 660 videocard released by NVIDIA; release date: 6 September 2012. At the time of release, the videocard cost $229. The videocard is designed for desktop-computers and based on Kepler microarchitecture codenamed GK106.
Core clock speed - 980 MHz. Boost clock speed - 1033 MHz. Texture fill rate - 78.4 billion / sec. Pipelines - 960. Floating-point performance - 1,981 gflops. Manufacturing process technology - 28 nm. Transistors count - 2,540 million. Power consumption (TDP) - 140 Watt.
Memory type: GDDR5. Maximum RAM amount - 2 GB. Memory bus width - 192-bit GDDR5. Memory clock speed - 6.0 GB/s. Memory bandwidth - 144.2 GB / s.
Benchmarks
| PassMark G3D Mark |
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| PassMark G2D Mark |
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| Geekbench OpenCL |
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| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop Face Detection |
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| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop Ocean Surface Simulation |
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| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop T-Rex |
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| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop Video Composition |
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| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop Bitcoin Mining |
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| GFXBench 4.0 Car Chase Offscreen |
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| GFXBench 4.0 Manhattan |
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| GFXBench 4.0 T-Rex |
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| GFXBench 4.0 Car Chase Offscreen |
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| GFXBench 4.0 Manhattan |
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| GFXBench 4.0 T-Rex |
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| 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics Score |
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| Name | Value |
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| PassMark - G3D Mark | 4017 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 487 |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 11364 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection | 30.505 mPixels/s |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation | 705.293 Frames/s |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex | 3.085 Frames/s |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition | 35.416 Frames/s |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining | 62.690 mHash/s |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen | 3581 Frames |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan | 3690 Frames |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex | 3365 Frames |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen | 3581.000 Fps |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan | 3690.000 Fps |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex | 3365.000 Fps |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 1307 |
Specifications (specs)
Essentials |
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| Architecture | Kepler |
| Code name | GK106 |
| Launch date | 6 September 2012 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $229 |
| Place in performance rating | 740 |
| Price now | $349.99 |
| Type | Desktop |
| Value for money (0-100) | 14.35 |
Technical info |
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| Boost clock speed | 1033 MHz |
| Core clock speed | 980 MHz |
| CUDA cores | 960 |
| Floating-point performance | 1,981 gflops |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm |
| Pipelines | 960 |
| Texture fill rate | 78.4 billion / sec |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 140 Watt |
| Transistor count | 2,540 million |
Video outputs and ports |
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| Audio input for HDMI | Internal |
| Display Connectors | One Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One HDMI..., 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort |
| G-SYNC support | |
| HDCP | |
| HDMI | |
| Maximum VGA resolution | 2048x1536 |
| Multi monitor support | |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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| Bus support | PCI Express 3.0 |
| Height | 4.376" (11.1 cm) |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Length | 9.5" (24.1 cm) |
| Supplementary power connectors | One 6-pin |
API support |
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| DirectX | 12.0 (11_0) |
| OpenGL | 4.3 |
Memory |
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| Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB |
| Memory bandwidth | 144.2 GB / s |
| Memory bus width | 192-bit GDDR5 |
| Memory clock speed | 6.0 GB/s |
| Memory type | GDDR5 |
Technologies |
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| 3D Blu-Ray | |
| 3D Gaming | |
| 3D Vision | |
| Adaptive VSync | |
| CUDA | |
| FXAA | |
| GPU Boost | |
| SLI | |
| TXAA | |
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