NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 videocard review

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660

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
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
38583
4000
PassMark
G2D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
1295
479
Geekbench
OpenCL
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
344816
11372
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Face Detection
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
939.363 mPixels/s
30.505 mPixels/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Ocean Surface Simulation
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
14101.507 Frames/s
705.293 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
95.851 Frames/s
3.085 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Video Composition
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
530.303 Frames/s
35.416 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Bitcoin Mining
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
4429.590 mHash/s
62.690 mHash/s
GFXBench 4.0
Car Chase Offscreen
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
34770 Frames
3581 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
27823 Frames
3690 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225 Frames
3365 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
Car Chase Offscreen
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
34770.000 Fps
3581.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
27823.000 Fps
3690.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225.000 Fps
3365.000 Fps
3DMark Fire Strike
Graphics Score
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
36466
1307
Name Value
PassMark - G3D Mark 4000
PassMark - G2D Mark 479
Geekbench - OpenCL 11372
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

Architecture Kepler
Code name GK106
Launch date 6 September 2012
Launch price (MSRP) $229
Place in performance rating 775
Price now $349.99
Type Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 14.35

Technical info

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

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

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

DirectX 12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL 4.3

Memory

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

3D Blu-Ray
3D Gaming
3D Vision
Adaptive VSync
CUDA
FXAA
GPU Boost
SLI
TXAA