AMD Radeon R7 370 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R7 370 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, 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 - 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 370

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 9 month(s) later
  • Around 7% higher pipelines: 1024 vs 960
  • Around 1% better floating-point performance: 1,997 gflops vs 1,981 gflops
  • Around 27% lower typical power consumption: 110 Watt vs 140 Watt
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
  • 162.5x more memory clock speed: 975 MHz vs 6.0 GB/s
  • Around 12% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4499 vs 4017
  • Around 25% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 610 vs 487
  • 7.6x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 86561 vs 11364
  • 2.4x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 72.514 vs 30.505
  • 2.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1506.404 vs 705.293
  • 2.4x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 7.267 vs 3.085
  • 3.3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 116.279 vs 35.416
  • 5.7x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 359.237 vs 62.69
  • Around 98% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 7102 vs 3581
  • Around 98% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 7102 vs 3581
  • Around 15% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 1499 vs 1307
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 18 June 2015 vs 6 September 2012
Pipelines 1024 vs 960
Floating-point performance 1,997 gflops vs 1,981 gflops
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 110 Watt vs 140 Watt
Maximum memory size 4 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed 975 MHz vs 6.0 GB/s
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 4499 vs 4017
PassMark - G2D Mark 610 vs 487
Geekbench - OpenCL 86561 vs 11364
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 72.514 vs 30.505
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1506.404 vs 705.293
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 7.267 vs 3.085
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 116.279 vs 35.416
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 359.237 vs 62.69
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 7102 vs 3581
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3707 vs 3690
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 7102 vs 3581
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3707 vs 3690
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1499 vs 1307

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660

  • Around 6% higher boost clock speed: 1033 MHz vs 975 MHz
  • Around 26% higher texture fill rate: 78.4 billion / sec vs 62.4 GTexel / s
Specifications (specs)
Boost clock speed 1033 MHz vs 975 MHz
Texture fill rate 78.4 billion / sec vs 62.4 GTexel / s
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3365 vs 3359
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3365 vs 3359

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R7 370
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
4499
4017
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
610
487
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
86561
11364
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
72.514
30.505
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1506.404
705.293
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
7.267
3.085
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
116.279
35.416
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
359.237
62.69
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
7102
3581
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3707
3690
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3359
3365
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
7102
3581
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3707
3690
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3359
3365
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
1499
1307
Name AMD Radeon R7 370 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660
PassMark - G3D Mark 4499 4017
PassMark - G2D Mark 610 487
Geekbench - OpenCL 86561 11364
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 72.514 30.505
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1506.404 705.293
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 7.267 3.085
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 116.279 35.416
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 359.237 62.69
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 7102 3581
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3707 3690
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3359 3365
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 7102 3581
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3707 3690
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3359 3365
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1499 1307

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon R7 370 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660

Essentials

Architecture GCN 1.0 Kepler
Code name Trinidad GK106
Design AMD Radeon R7 300 Series
Launch date 18 June 2015 6 September 2012
Launch price (MSRP) $149 $229
Place in performance rating 411 740
Type Desktop Desktop
Price now $349.99
Value for money (0-100) 14.35

Technical info

Boost clock speed 975 MHz 1033 MHz
Floating-point performance 1,997 gflops 1,981 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 1024 960
Stream Processors 1024
Texture fill rate 62.4 GTexel / s 78.4 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 110 Watt 140 Watt
Transistor count 2,800 million 2,540 million
Core clock speed 980 MHz
CUDA cores 960

Video outputs and ports

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
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
Number of Eyefinity displays 6
VGA
Audio input for HDMI Internal
G-SYNC support
HDCP
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Multi monitor support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCIe 3.0 PCI Express 3.0
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 152 mm 9.5" (24.1 cm)
Supplementary power connectors 1 x 6-pin One 6-pin
Height 4.376" (11.1 cm)

API support

DirectX 12 12.0 (11_0)
Mantle
OpenCL 2.0
OpenGL 4.5 4.3

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 179.2 GB/s 144.2 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 bit 192-bit GDDR5
Memory clock speed 975 MHz 6.0 GB/s
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Shared memory 0

Technologies

AMD Eyefinity
AppAcceleration
CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync
TrueAudio
Video Code Engine (VCE)
3D Blu-Ray
3D Gaming
3D Vision
Adaptive VSync
CUDA
FXAA
GPU Boost
SLI
TXAA