NVIDIA GeForce 920A vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 920A 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.

NVIDIA GeForce 920A

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 920A

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 6 month(s) later
4.2x lower typical power consumption: 33 Watt vs 140 Watt
300x more memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 6.0 GB/s

Launch date	13 March 2015 vs 6 September 2012
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	33 Watt vs 140 Watt
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz vs 6.0 GB/s

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660

Around 70% higher core clock speed: 980 MHz vs 575 MHz
8.5x more texture fill rate: 78.4 billion / sec vs 9.2 GTexel / s
2.5x more pipelines: 960 vs 384
4.5x better floating-point performance: 1,981 gflops vs 441.6 gflops
4.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4017 vs 834
3.1x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 487 vs 159
3.1x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 11364 vs 3693

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	980 MHz vs 575 MHz
Texture fill rate	78.4 billion / sec vs 9.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines	960 vs 384
Floating-point performance	1,981 gflops vs 441.6 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	4017 vs 834
PassMark - G2D Mark	487 vs 159
Geekbench - OpenCL	11364 vs 3693

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 920A
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

834

4017

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

159

487

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

3693

11364

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 920A	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660
PassMark - G3D Mark	834	4017
PassMark - G2D Mark	159	487
Geekbench - OpenCL	3693	11364
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 - Manhattan (Frames)		3690
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3365
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		3581
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3690
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3365
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		1307

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 920A	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler 2.0	Kepler
Code name	GK208B	GK106
Launch date	13 March 2015	6 September 2012
Place in performance rating	1201	740
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$229
Price now		$349.99
Value for money (0-100)		14.35
Technical info
Core clock speed	575 MHz	980 MHz
Floating-point performance	441.6 gflops	1,981 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	384	960
Texture fill rate	9.2 GTexel / s	78.4 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	33 Watt	140 Watt
Boost clock speed		1033 MHz
CUDA cores		960
Transistor count		2,540 million
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 x8	PCIe 3.0 x16
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 (11_0)	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.6	4.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	14.4 GB / s	144.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	192-bit GDDR5
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz	6.0 GB/s
Memory type	DDR3	GDDR5
Technologies
3D Blu-Ray
3D Gaming
3D Vision
Adaptive VSync
CUDA
FXAA
GPU Boost
SLI
TXAA