AMD Radeon R7 350X OEM vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 OEM

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R7 350X 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: Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon R7 350X OEM

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 OEM

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 350X OEM

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 8 month(s) later
Around 22% higher core clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 823 MHz
Around 18% higher boost clock speed: 1050 MHz vs 888 MHz
2x lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 130 Watt
2.7x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 1536 MB
2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 6862 vs 3325
2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 6862 vs 3325

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	5 May 2015 vs 22 August 2012
Core clock speed	1000 MHz vs 823 MHz
Boost clock speed	1050 MHz vs 888 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt vs 130 Watt
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 1536 MB
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	6862 vs 3325
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	6862 vs 3325

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 OEM

3.4x more texture fill rate: 85.25 GTexel / s vs 25.2 GTexel / s
3x more pipelines: 1152 vs 384
2.5x better floating-point performance: 2,046 gflops vs 806.4 gflops
2.8x more memory clock speed: 5600 MHz vs 2000 MHz
2.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 5983 vs 2097
2.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 5983 vs 2097
Around 17% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3665 vs 3127
Around 17% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3665 vs 3127

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	85.25 GTexel / s vs 25.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1152 vs 384
Floating-point performance	2,046 gflops vs 806.4 gflops
Memory clock speed	5600 MHz vs 2000 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	5983 vs 2097
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	5983 vs 2097
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3665 vs 3127
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3665 vs 3127

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R7 350X OEM
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 OEM

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2097

5983

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2097

5983

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3127

3665

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3127

3665

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

6862

3325

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

6862

3325

Name	AMD Radeon R7 350X OEM	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 OEM
Geekbench - OpenCL	7892
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2097	5983
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2097	5983
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3127	3665
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3127	3665
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	6862	3325
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	6862	3325
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
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		0

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R7 350X OEM	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 OEM
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Kepler
Code name	Oland	GK104
Launch date	5 May 2015	22 August 2012
Place in performance rating	842	845
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1050 MHz	888 MHz
Core clock speed	1000 MHz	823 MHz
Floating-point performance	806.4 gflops	2,046 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	384	1152
Texture fill rate	25.2 GTexel / s	85.25 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt	130 Watt
Transistor count	1,040 million	3,540 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 6-pin
Length		241 mm
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	1536 MB
Memory bandwidth	32 GB / s	134.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz	5600 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	GDDR5