NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 OEM vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 OEM and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti 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, Geekbench - OpenCL.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 OEM

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 OEM

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 6 month(s) later
Around 62% higher texture fill rate: 85.25 GTexel / s vs 52.7 GTexel / s
3x more pipelines: 1152 vs 384
Around 62% better floating-point performance: 2,046 gflops vs 1,263.4 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
Around 31% lower typical power consumption: 130 Watt vs 170 Watt
Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 1536 MB vs 1 GB
Around 40% higher memory clock speed: 5600 MHz vs 4008 MHz
Around 2% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 32.718 vs 31.935
Around 89% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1021.371 vs 539.966
Around 34% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 3.143 vs 2.344
Around 58% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 56.509 vs 35.841
Around 5% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 67.697 vs 64.308
Around 43% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 5983 vs 4184
Around 43% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 5983 vs 4184

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	22 August 2012 vs 25 January 2011
Texture fill rate	85.25 GTexel / s vs 52.7 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1152 vs 384
Floating-point performance	2,046 gflops vs 1,263.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	130 Watt vs 170 Watt
Maximum memory size	1536 MB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed	5600 MHz vs 4008 MHz
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	32.718 vs 31.935
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1021.371 vs 539.966
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	3.143 vs 2.344
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	56.509 vs 35.841
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	67.697 vs 64.308
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	5983 vs 4184
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	5983 vs 4184

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti

Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3683 vs 3665
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3333 vs 3325
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3683 vs 3665
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3333 vs 3325

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 OEM
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

32.718

31.935

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1021.371

539.966

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3.143

2.344

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

56.509

35.841

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

67.697

64.308

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

5983

4184

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3665

3683

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3325

3333

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

5983

4184

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3665

3683

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3325

3333

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 OEM	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	32.718	31.935
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1021.371	539.966
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	3.143	2.344
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	56.509	35.841
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	67.697	64.308
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	5983	4184
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3665	3683
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3325	3333
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	5983	4184
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3665	3683
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3325	3333
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	0	389
PassMark - G3D Mark		3038
PassMark - G2D Mark		424
Geekbench - OpenCL		11013

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 OEM	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	Fermi 2.0
Code name	GK104	GF114
Launch date	22 August 2012	25 January 2011
Place in performance rating	820	822
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$249
Price now		$138
Value for money (0-100)		27.88
Technical info
Boost clock speed	888 MHz
Core clock speed	823 MHz	823 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,046 gflops	1,263.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	1152	384
Texture fill rate	85.25 GTexel / s	52.7 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	130 Watt	170 Watt
Transistor count	3,540 million	1,950 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	241 mm	229 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	2x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1536 MB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	134.4 GB / s	128.3 GB / s
Memory bus width	192 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	5600 MHz	4008 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5