AMD Radeon R9 M470 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 M470 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, 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), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon R9 M470

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 M470

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 8 month(s) later
2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
1000x more memory clock speed: 6000 MHz vs 6.0 GB/s
4.3x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 47924 vs 11272

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	15 May 2016 vs 6 September 2012
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz vs 6.0 GB/s
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	47924 vs 11272

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660

Around 9% higher core clock speed: 980 MHz vs 900 MHz
Around 3% higher boost clock speed: 1033 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Around 63% higher texture fill rate: 78.4 billion / sec vs 48 GTexel / s
Around 25% higher pipelines: 960 vs 768
Around 29% better floating-point performance: 1,981 gflops vs 1,536 gflops
Around 72% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3999 vs 2331
Around 56% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 478 vs 307
2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3690 vs 1804
2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3690 vs 1804
2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3365 vs 1674
2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3365 vs 1674

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	980 MHz vs 900 MHz
Boost clock speed	1033 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Texture fill rate	78.4 billion / sec vs 48 GTexel / s
Pipelines	960 vs 768
Floating-point performance	1,981 gflops vs 1,536 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	3999 vs 2331
PassMark - G2D Mark	478 vs 307
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3690 vs 1804
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3690 vs 1804
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3365 vs 1674
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3365 vs 1674

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 M470
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2331

3999

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

307

478

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

47924

11272

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1804

3690

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1804

3690

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1674

3365

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1674

3365

Name	AMD Radeon R9 M470	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660
PassMark - G3D Mark	2331	3999
PassMark - G2D Mark	307	478
Geekbench - OpenCL	47924	11272
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1804	3690
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1804	3690
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1674	3365
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1674	3365
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		30.505
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		705.293
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		3.085
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		35.416
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		62.69
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		3581
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		3581
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		1307

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R9 M470	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 2.0	Kepler
Code name	Strato	GK106
Launch date	15 May 2016	6 September 2012
Place in performance rating	769	772
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$229
Price now		$349.99
Value for money (0-100)		14.35
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1000 MHz	1033 MHz
Core clock speed	900 MHz	980 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,536 gflops	1,981 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	768	960
Texture fill rate	48 GTexel / s	78.4 billion / sec
Transistor count	2,080 million	2,540 million
CUDA cores		960
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		140 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	One Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One HDMI..., 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
Audio input for HDMI		Internal
G-SYNC support
HDCP
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Laptop size	large
Bus support		PCI Express 3.0
Height		4.376" (11.1 cm)
Length		9.5" (24.1 cm)
Supplementary power connectors		One 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.5	4.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	96 GB / s	144.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	192-bit GDDR5
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz	6.0 GB/s
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory	0
Technologies
DirectCompute 5.0
3D Blu-Ray
3D Gaming
3D Vision
Adaptive VSync
CUDA
FXAA
GPU Boost
SLI
TXAA