NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 OEM vs ATI Radeon X550 XT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 OEM and ATI Radeon X550 XT 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: 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.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 OEM

ATI Radeon X550 XT

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 OEM

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 6 month(s) later
2.1x more core clock speed: 823 MHz vs 400 MHz
53.3x more texture fill rate: 85.25 GTexel / s vs 1.6 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 110 nm
12x more maximum memory size: 1536 MB vs 128 MB
9.3x more memory clock speed: 5600 MHz vs 600 MHz

Launch date	22 August 2012 vs 24 January 2007
Core clock speed	823 MHz vs 400 MHz
Texture fill rate	85.25 GTexel / s vs 1.6 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 110 nm
Maximum memory size	1536 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	5600 MHz vs 600 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 OEM
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X550 XT

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 OEM	ATI Radeon X550 XT
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
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	5983
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3665
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3325
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	5983
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3665
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3325
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	0
PassMark - G3D Mark		56
PassMark - G2D Mark		224

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 OEM	ATI Radeon X550 XT
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	R400
Code name	GK104	RV410
Launch date	22 August 2012	24 January 2007
Place in performance rating	811	814
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	888 MHz
Core clock speed	823 MHz	400 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,046 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	110 nm
Pipelines	1152
Texture fill rate	85.25 GTexel / s	1.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	130 Watt
Transistor count	3,540 million	120 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	241 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	9.0b
OpenGL	4.6	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1536 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	134.4 GB / s	9.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	192 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	5600 MHz	600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3