AMD Radeon RX Vega 11 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX Vega 11 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 RX Vega 11

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 5 month(s) later
  • Around 20% higher boost clock speed: 1240 MHz vs 1033 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
  • 2.2x lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 140 Watt
  • Around 6% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 518 vs 487
  • Around 28% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 14583 vs 11364
  • Around 34% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 40.991 vs 30.505
  • Around 4% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 3.196 vs 3.085
  • Around 55% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 54.784 vs 35.416
  • 4.2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 262.35 vs 62.69
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 13 February 2018 vs 6 September 2012
Boost clock speed 1240 MHz vs 1033 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt vs 140 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 518 vs 487
Geekbench - OpenCL 14583 vs 11364
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 40.991 vs 30.505
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 3.196 vs 3.085
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 54.784 vs 35.416
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 262.35 vs 62.69

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660

  • 3.3x more core clock speed: 980 MHz vs 300 MHz
  • Around 43% higher texture fill rate: 78.4 billion / sec vs 55 GTexel / s
  • Around 36% higher pipelines: 960 vs 704
  • Around 13% better floating-point performance: 1,981 gflops vs 1,760 gflops
  • Around 91% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4017 vs 2106
  • Around 93% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 705.293 vs 364.578
  • Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 3581 vs 3455
  • Around 99% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3690 vs 1857
  • Around 8% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3365 vs 3107
  • Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 3581 vs 3455
  • Around 99% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3690 vs 1857
  • Around 8% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3365 vs 3107
  • Around 9% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 1307 vs 1201
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 980 MHz vs 300 MHz
Texture fill rate 78.4 billion / sec vs 55 GTexel / s
Pipelines 960 vs 704
Floating-point performance 1,981 gflops vs 1,760 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 4017 vs 2106
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 705.293 vs 364.578
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 3581 vs 3455
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3690 vs 1857
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3365 vs 3107
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 3581 vs 3455
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3690 vs 1857
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3365 vs 3107
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1307 vs 1201

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX Vega 11
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
2106
4017
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
518
487
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
14583
11364
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
40.991
30.505
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
364.578
705.293
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3.196
3.085
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
54.784
35.416
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
262.35
62.69
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3455
3581
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1857
3690
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3107
3365
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3455
3581
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1857
3690
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3107
3365
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
1201
1307
Name AMD Radeon RX Vega 11 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660
PassMark - G3D Mark 2106 4017
PassMark - G2D Mark 518 487
Geekbench - OpenCL 14583 11364
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 40.991 30.505
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 364.578 705.293
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 3.196 3.085
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 54.784 35.416
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 262.35 62.69
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 3455 3581
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1857 3690
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3107 3365
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 3455 3581
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1857 3690
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3107 3365
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1201 1307

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon RX Vega 11 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660

Essentials

Architecture GCN 5.0 Kepler
Code name Raven GK106
Launch date 13 February 2018 6 September 2012
Place in performance rating 795 740
Type Desktop Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $229
Price now $349.99
Value for money (0-100) 14.35

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1240 MHz 1033 MHz
Core clock speed 300 MHz 980 MHz
Floating-point performance 1,760 gflops 1,981 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 704 960
Texture fill rate 55 GTexel / s 78.4 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt 140 Watt
Transistor count 4,940 million 2,540 million
CUDA cores 960

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 IGP PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None One 6-pin
Bus support PCI Express 3.0
Height 4.376" (11.1 cm)
Length 9.5" (24.1 cm)

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_1) 12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL 4.6 4.3

Memory

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

Technologies

3D Blu-Ray
3D Gaming
3D Vision
Adaptive VSync
CUDA
FXAA
GPU Boost
SLI
TXAA