AMD Radeon E8950 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Ti

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon E8950 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Ti 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 Ti

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon E8950

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 1 month(s) later
Around 2% higher boost clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 980 MHz
Around 25% higher texture fill rate: 128.0 GTexel / s vs 102.5 billion / sec
Around 52% higher pipelines: 2048 vs 1344
Around 67% better floating-point performance: 4,096 gflops vs 2,459.5 gflops
Around 58% lower typical power consumption: 95 Watt vs 150 Watt
4x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 2 GB
1000x more memory clock speed: 6000 MHz vs 6.0 GB/s
Around 84% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 66.837 vs 36.256
Around 33% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1369.722 vs 1029.267
2.2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 6.633 vs 3.001
Around 43% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 65.836 vs 45.894
4x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 326.391 vs 82.191

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	29 September 2015 vs 16 August 2012
Boost clock speed	1000 MHz vs 980 MHz
Texture fill rate	128.0 GTexel / s vs 102.5 billion / sec
Pipelines	2048 vs 1344
Floating-point performance	4,096 gflops vs 2,459.5 gflops
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	95 Watt vs 150 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 36.256
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1369.722 vs 1029.267
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	6.633 vs 3.001
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	65.836 vs 45.894
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	326.391 vs 82.191

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Ti

Around 24% higher core clock speed: 915 MHz vs 735 MHz

Core clock speed	915 MHz vs 735 MHz

Compare benchmarks

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

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

66.837

36.256

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

1369.722

1029.267

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

6.633

3.001

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

65.836

45.894

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

326.391

82.191

Name	AMD Radeon E8950	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Ti
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	66.837	36.256
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1369.722	1029.267
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	6.633	3.001
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	65.836	45.894
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	326.391	82.191
PassMark - G3D Mark		4407
PassMark - G2D Mark		461
Geekbench - OpenCL		15191
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		3285
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3684
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3337
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		3285
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3684
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3337
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		1616

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon E8950	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Ti
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 3.0	Kepler
Code name	Amethyst	GK104
Launch date	29 September 2015	16 August 2012
Place in performance rating	734	736
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$299
Price now		$321.99
Value for money (0-100)		17.34
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1000 MHz	980 MHz
Core clock speed	735 MHz	915 MHz
Floating-point performance	4,096 gflops	2,459.5 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	2048	1344
Texture fill rate	128.0 GTexel / s	102.5 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	95 Watt	150 Watt
Transistor count	5,000 million	3,540 million
CUDA cores		1344
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort, One Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One HDMI...
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	Two 6-pin
Bus support		PCI Express 3.0
Height		4.376" (11.1 cm)
Length		9.5" (24.1 cm)
SLI options		3-way
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
Shared memory		0
Technologies
3D Blu-Ray
3D Gaming
3D Vision
Adaptive VSync
CUDA
FXAA
GPU Boost
SLI
TXAA