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

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: 4427 vs 1638
• Around 77% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 15324 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

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G3D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	1638 4427
PassMark - G2D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	629 465
Geekbench - OpenCL	GPU 1 GPU 2	8637 15324
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

Compare specifications (specs)