AMD Radeon HD 8870M vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Ti

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 8870M 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: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 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 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8870M

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 7 month(s) later
  • 750x more memory clock speed: 4500 MHz vs 6.0 GB/s
  • Around 35% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 629 vs 465
  • Around 30% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 106.848 vs 82.191
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3357 vs 3337
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3357 vs 3337
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 1 April 2013 vs 16 August 2012
Memory clock speed 4500 MHz vs 6.0 GB/s
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 629 vs 465
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 106.848 vs 82.191
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3702 vs 3684
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3357 vs 3337
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3702 vs 3684
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3357 vs 3337

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Ti

  • Around 26% higher core clock speed: 915 MHz vs 725 MHz
  • Around 35% higher boost clock speed: 980 MHz vs 725 MHz
  • 3.3x more texture fill rate: 102.5 billion / sec vs 31 GTexel / s
  • 2.1x more pipelines: 1344 vs 640
  • 2.5x better floating-point performance: 2,459.5 gflops vs 992.0 gflops
  • 2.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4422 vs 1638
  • Around 77% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 15315 vs 8637
  • Around 50% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 36.256 vs 24.097
  • 2.2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1029.267 vs 465.496
  • Around 37% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 3.037 vs 2.211
  • Around 20% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 45.894 vs 38.126
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 915 MHz vs 725 MHz
Boost clock speed 980 MHz vs 725 MHz
Texture fill rate 102.5 billion / sec vs 31 GTexel / s
Pipelines 1344 vs 640
Floating-point performance 2,459.5 gflops vs 992.0 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 4422 vs 1638
Geekbench - OpenCL 15315 vs 8637
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 36.256 vs 24.097
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1029.267 vs 465.496
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 3.037 vs 2.211
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 45.894 vs 38.126

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 8870M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Ti

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1638
4422
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
629
465
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
8637
15315
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
24.097
36.256
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
465.496
1029.267
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2.211
3.037
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
38.126
45.894
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
106.848
82.191
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3702
3684
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3357
3337
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3702
3684
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3357
3337
Name AMD Radeon HD 8870M NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Ti
PassMark - G3D Mark 1638 4422
PassMark - G2D Mark 629 465
Geekbench - OpenCL 8637 15315
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 24.097 36.256
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 465.496 1029.267
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 2.211 3.037
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 38.126 45.894
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 106.848 82.191
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3702 3684
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3357 3337
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3702 3684
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3357 3337
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 3285
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 3285
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1616

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon HD 8870M NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Ti

Essentials

Architecture GCN 1.0 Kepler
Code name Venus GK104
Design AMD Radeon HD 8000M Series
Launch date 1 April 2013 16 August 2012
Place in performance rating 744 745
Type Desktop Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $299
Price now $321.99
Value for money (0-100) 17.34

Technical info

Boost clock speed 725 MHz 980 MHz
Compute units 10
Core clock speed 725 MHz 915 MHz
Floating-point performance 992.0 gflops 2,459.5 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 640 1344
Texture fill rate 31 GTexel / s 102.5 billion / sec
Transistor count 1,500 million 3,540 million
CUDA cores 1344
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 150 Watt

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 PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Laptop size large
Bus support PCI Express 3.0
Height 4.376" (11.1 cm)
Length 9.5" (24.1 cm)
SLI options 3-way
Supplementary power connectors Two 6-pin

API support

DirectX 11 12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL 4.4 4.3

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 72 GB / s 144.2 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 192-bit GDDR5
Memory clock speed 4500 MHz 6.0 GB/s
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Shared memory 0 0

Technologies

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