AMD Radeon R7 Graphics vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R7 Graphics 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: 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, PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 Graphics

• Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 8 month(s) later
• 9.3x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 140 Watt
• Around 99% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 22612 vs 11364
• Around 36% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 85.46 vs 62.69
• Around 11% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 1457 vs 1307

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660

• 4.9x more core clock speed: 980 MHz vs 200 MHz
• Around 36% higher boost clock speed: 1033 MHz vs 758 MHz
• 4.8x more texture fill rate: 78.4 billion / sec vs 16.46 GTexel / s
• 2.5x more pipelines: 960 vs 384
• 3.8x better floating-point performance: 1,981 gflops vs 526.8 gflops
• 2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 30.505 vs 15.145
• 3.4x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 705.293 vs 206.354
• 2.6x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 3.085 vs 1.2
• Around 47% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 35.416 vs 24.15
• Around 81% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 3581 vs 1979
• Around 76% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3690 vs 2101
• 106.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 3581 vs 33.5
• 108.8x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3690 vs 33.9
• 56.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3365 vs 60

Compare benchmarks

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

Geekbench - OpenCL	GPU 1 GPU 2	22612 11364
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	15.145 30.505
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	206.354 705.293
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1.2 3.085
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	24.15 35.416
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	85.46 62.69
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1979 3581
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	2101 3690
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3358 3365
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	33.5 3581
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	33.9 3690
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	60 3365
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	GPU 1 GPU 2	1457 1307

Compare specifications (specs)