AMD Radeon R7 Mobile Graphics vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 OEM

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R7 Mobile Graphics 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: 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 Mobile Graphics

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 5 month(s) later
  • Around 44% lower typical power consumption: 90 Watt vs 130 Watt
Launch date 17 February 2014 vs 22 August 2012
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 90 Watt vs 130 Watt

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 OEM

  • Around 49% higher core clock speed: 823 MHz vs 554 MHz
  • Around 11% higher boost clock speed: 888 MHz vs 800 MHz
  • 6.8x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 5983 vs 877
  • 6.8x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 5983 vs 877
  • 3.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3665 vs 1131
  • 3.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3665 vs 1131
  • Around 18% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3325 vs 2817
  • Around 18% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3325 vs 2817
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 823 MHz vs 554 MHz
Boost clock speed 888 MHz vs 800 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 5983 vs 877
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 5983 vs 877
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3665 vs 1131
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3665 vs 1131
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3325 vs 2817
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3325 vs 2817

Compare benchmarks

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

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
877
5983
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
877
5983
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1131
3665
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1131
3665
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2817
3325
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2817
3325
Name AMD Radeon R7 Mobile Graphics NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 OEM
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 877 5983
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 877 5983
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1131 3665
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1131 3665
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2817 3325
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2817 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 Mobile Graphics NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 OEM

Essentials

Architecture GCN 2.0 Kepler
Code name Spectre GK104
Launch date 17 February 2014 22 August 2012
Place in performance rating 1385 811
Type Desktop Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 800 MHz 888 MHz
Core clock speed 554 MHz 823 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 90 Watt 130 Watt
Transistor count 2,410 million 3,540 million
Floating-point performance 2,046 gflops
Pipelines 1152
Texture fill rate 85.25 GTexel / s

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface IGP PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 241 mm
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_0) 12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL 4.5 4.6

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 1536 MB
Memory bandwidth 134.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 192 Bit
Memory clock speed 5600 MHz
Memory type GDDR5