AMD Radeon E8950 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon E8950 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: 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), PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon E8950

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon E8950

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 0 month(s) later
Around 63% higher texture fill rate: 128.0 GTexel / s vs 78.4 billion / sec
2.1x more pipelines: 2048 vs 960
2.1x better floating-point performance: 4,096 gflops vs 1,981 gflops
Around 47% lower typical power consumption: 95 Watt vs 140 Watt
4x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 2 GB
1000x more memory clock speed: 6000 MHz vs 6.0 GB/s
2.2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 66.837 vs 30.505
Around 94% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1369.722 vs 705.293
2.2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 6.633 vs 3.085
Around 86% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 65.836 vs 35.416
5.2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 326.391 vs 62.69

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	29 September 2015 vs 6 September 2012
Texture fill rate	128.0 GTexel / s vs 78.4 billion / sec
Pipelines	2048 vs 960
Floating-point performance	4,096 gflops vs 1,981 gflops
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	95 Watt vs 140 Watt
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz vs 6.0 GB/s
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	66.837 vs 30.505
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1369.722 vs 705.293
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	6.633 vs 3.085
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	65.836 vs 35.416
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	326.391 vs 62.69

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660

Around 33% higher core clock speed: 980 MHz vs 735 MHz
Around 3% higher boost clock speed: 1033 MHz vs 1000 MHz

Core clock speed	980 MHz vs 735 MHz
Boost clock speed	1033 MHz vs 1000 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon E8950
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

66.837

30.505

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1369.722

705.293

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

6.633

3.085

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

65.836

35.416

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

326.391

62.69

Name	AMD Radeon E8950	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	66.837	30.505
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1369.722	705.293
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	6.633	3.085
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	65.836	35.416
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	326.391	62.69
PassMark - G3D Mark		4000
PassMark - G2D Mark		479
Geekbench - OpenCL		11374
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		3581
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3690
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3365
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		3581
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3690
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3365
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		1307

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon E8950	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 3.0	Kepler
Code name	Amethyst	GK106
Launch date	29 September 2015	6 September 2012
Place in performance rating	771	774
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$229
Price now		$349.99
Value for money (0-100)		14.35
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1000 MHz	1033 MHz
Core clock speed	735 MHz	980 MHz
Floating-point performance	4,096 gflops	1,981 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	2048	960
Texture fill rate	128.0 GTexel / s	78.4 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	95 Watt	140 Watt
Transistor count	5,000 million	2,540 million
CUDA cores		960
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	One Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One HDMI..., 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
Audio input for HDMI		Internal
G-SYNC support
HDCP
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	One 6-pin
Bus support		PCI Express 3.0
Height		4.376" (11.1 cm)
Length		9.5" (24.1 cm)
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.5	4.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	192.0 GB / s	144.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	192-bit GDDR5
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz	6.0 GB/s
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Technologies
3D Blu-Ray
3D Gaming
3D Vision
Adaptive VSync
CUDA
FXAA
GPU Boost
SLI
TXAA