AMD Radeon R5 235X OEM vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 OEM

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R5 235X OEM 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: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon R5 235X OEM

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 OEM

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R5 235X OEM

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 3 month(s) later
Around 6% higher core clock speed: 875 MHz vs 823 MHz
7.2x lower typical power consumption: 18 Watt vs 130 Watt

Launch date	21 December 2013 vs 22 August 2012
Core clock speed	875 MHz vs 823 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	18 Watt vs 130 Watt

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 OEM

12.2x more texture fill rate: 85.25 GTexel / s vs 7 GTexel / s
7.2x more pipelines: 1152 vs 160
7.3x better floating-point performance: 2,046 gflops vs 280.0 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 1536 MB vs 1 GB
3.1x more memory clock speed: 5600 MHz vs 1800 MHz

Texture fill rate	85.25 GTexel / s vs 7 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1152 vs 160
Floating-point performance	2,046 gflops vs 280.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size	1536 MB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed	5600 MHz vs 1800 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R5 235X OEM
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 OEM

Name	AMD Radeon R5 235X OEM	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 OEM
PassMark - G2D Mark	202
PassMark - G3D Mark	277
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
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		0

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R5 235X OEM	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 OEM
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	Kepler
Code name	Caicos	GK104
Launch date	21 December 2013	22 August 2012
Place in performance rating	865	811
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	875 MHz	823 MHz
Floating-point performance	280.0 gflops	2,046 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	160	1152
Texture fill rate	7 GTexel / s	85.25 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	18 Watt	130 Watt
Transistor count	370 million	3,540 million
Boost clock speed		888 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	168 mm	241 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.4	4.6
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	1536 MB
Memory bandwidth	14.4 GB / s	134.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz	5600 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	GDDR5