AMD Radeon 780M vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 OEM

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon 780M and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 OEM videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: Geekbench - OpenCL, PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD Radeon 780M

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 OEM

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon 780M

Videocard is newer: launch date 10 year(s) 4 month(s) later
Around 82% higher core clock speed: 1500 MHz vs 823 MHz
3.3x more boost clock speed: 2900 MHz vs 888 MHz
1632.8x more texture fill rate: 139.2 GTexel/s vs 85.25 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 4 nm vs 28 nm
8.7x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 130 Watt

Launch date	4 Jan 2023 vs 22 August 2012
Core clock speed	1500 MHz vs 823 MHz
Boost clock speed	2900 MHz vs 888 MHz
Texture fill rate	139.2 GTexel/s vs 85.25 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	4 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 130 Watt

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 OEM

Around 50% higher pipelines: 1152 vs 768

Pipelines	1152 vs 768

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon 780M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 OEM

Name	AMD Radeon 780M	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 OEM
Geekbench - OpenCL	27793
PassMark - G2D Mark	879
PassMark - G3D Mark	6998
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	480	0
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		32.718
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		1021.371
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		3.143
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		56.509
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		67.697
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		5983
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3665
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3325
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		5983
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3665
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3325

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon 780M	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 OEM
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 3.0	Kepler
Code name	Phoenix	GK104
Launch date	4 Jan 2023	22 August 2012
Place in performance rating	240	811
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2900 MHz	888 MHz
Compute units	12
Core clock speed	1500 MHz	823 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	4 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	768	1152
Pixel fill rate	92.80 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	139.2 GTexel/s	85.25 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	130 Watt
Floating-point performance		2,046 gflops
Transistor count		3,540 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	Portable Device Dependent	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	IGP
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x8	PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 6-pin
Length		241 mm
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12.0 (11_0)
OpenCL	2.1
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	System Shared	1536 MB
Memory bandwidth	System Dependent	134.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	System Shared	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	System Shared	5600 MHz
Memory type	System Shared	GDDR5