AMD Radeon R7 260X vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660
Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R7 260X 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: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D 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, Geekbench - OpenCL.
Differences
Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 260X
- Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 1 month(s) later
- Around 22% lower typical power consumption: 115 Watt vs 140 Watt
- 2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
- Around 7% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 523 vs 487
- Around 43% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 43.745 vs 30.505
- Around 14% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 804.436 vs 705.293
- Around 19% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 3.673 vs 3.085
- Around 81% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 64.088 vs 35.416
- 3.5x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 221.539 vs 62.69
- Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 3845 vs 3581
- Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 3845 vs 3581
- Around 13% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 1481 vs 1307
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Launch date | 8 October 2013 vs 6 September 2012 |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 115 Watt vs 140 Watt |
| Maximum memory size | 4 GB vs 2 GB |
| Benchmarks | |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 523 vs 487 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 43.745 vs 30.505 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 804.436 vs 705.293 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 3.673 vs 3.085 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 64.088 vs 35.416 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 221.539 vs 62.69 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 3845 vs 3581 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 3845 vs 3581 |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 1481 vs 1307 |
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660
- Around 3% higher boost clock speed: 1033 MHz vs 1000 MHz
- Around 27% higher texture fill rate: 78.4 billion / sec vs 61.6 GTexel / s
- Around 7% higher pipelines: 960 vs 896
- Around 1% better floating-point performance: 1,981 gflops vs 1,971 gflops
- Around 26% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4017 vs 3192
- Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3690 vs 3485
- Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3690 vs 3485
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Boost clock speed | 1033 MHz vs 1000 MHz |
| Texture fill rate | 78.4 billion / sec vs 61.6 GTexel / s |
| Pipelines | 960 vs 896 |
| Floating-point performance | 1,981 gflops vs 1,971 gflops |
| Benchmarks | |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 4017 vs 3192 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3690 vs 3485 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3365 vs 3358 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3690 vs 3485 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3365 vs 3358 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: AMD Radeon R7 260X
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660
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| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score |
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| Name | AMD Radeon R7 260X | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 |
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| PassMark - G3D Mark | 3192 | 4017 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 523 | 487 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 43.745 | 30.505 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 804.436 | 705.293 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 3.673 | 3.085 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 64.088 | 35.416 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 221.539 | 62.69 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 3845 | 3581 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3485 | 3690 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3358 | 3365 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 3845 | 3581 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3485 | 3690 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3358 | 3365 |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 1481 | 1307 |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 11364 |
Compare specifications (specs)
| AMD Radeon R7 260X | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 | |
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| Architecture | GCN 2.0 | Kepler |
| Code name | Bonaire | GK106 |
| Design | AMD Radeon R7 200 Series | |
| Launch date | 8 October 2013 | 6 September 2012 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $139 | $229 |
| Place in performance rating | 614 | 740 |
| Price now | $239 | $349.99 |
| Type | Desktop | Desktop |
| Value for money (0-100) | 17.15 | 14.35 |
Technical info |
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| Boost clock speed | 1000 MHz | 1033 MHz |
| Floating-point performance | 1,971 gflops | 1,981 gflops |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 28 nm |
| Pipelines | 896 | 960 |
| Stream Processors | 896 | |
| Texture fill rate | 61.6 GTexel / s | 78.4 billion / sec |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 115 Watt | 140 Watt |
| Transistor count | 2,080 million | 2,540 million |
| Core clock speed | 980 MHz | |
| CUDA cores | 960 | |
Video outputs and ports |
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| Display Connectors | 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort | One Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One HDMI..., 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort |
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| Dual-link DVI support | ||
| Eyefinity | ||
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| VGA | ||
| Audio input for HDMI | Internal | |
| G-SYNC support | ||
| HDCP | ||
| Maximum VGA resolution | 2048x1536 | |
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Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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| Bus support | PCIe 3.0 | PCI Express 3.0 |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Length | 170 mm | 9.5" (24.1 cm) |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1 x 6-pin | One 6-pin |
| Height | 4.376" (11.1 cm) | |
API support |
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| DirectX | 12 | 12.0 (11_0) |
| OpenGL | 4.5 | 4.3 |
Memory |
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| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 2 GB |
| Memory bandwidth | 104 GB/s | 144.2 GB / s |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 192-bit GDDR5 |
| Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Memory clock speed | 6.0 GB/s | |
Technologies |
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| DDMA audio | ||
| FreeSync | ||
| 3D Blu-Ray | ||
| 3D Gaming | ||
| 3D Vision | ||
| Adaptive VSync | ||
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| FXAA | ||
| GPU Boost | ||
| SLI | ||
| TXAA | ||
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