NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Rev. 2 vs AMD Radeon HD 7450 OEM

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Rev. 2 and AMD Radeon HD 7450 OEM 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 - T-Rex (Frames/s), PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/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).

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Rev. 2

AMD Radeon HD 7450 OEM

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Rev. 2

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 8 month(s) later
Around 57% higher core clock speed: 980 MHz vs 625 MHz
16.5x more texture fill rate: 82.56 GTexel / s vs 5 GTexel / s
6x more pipelines: 960 vs 160
9.9x better floating-point performance: 1,981 gflops vs 200.0 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 512 MB
5.6x more memory clock speed: 6008 MHz vs 1066 MHz

Launch date	13 September 2014 vs 5 January 2012
Core clock speed	980 MHz vs 625 MHz
Texture fill rate	82.56 GTexel / s vs 5 GTexel / s
Pipelines	960 vs 160
Floating-point performance	1,981 gflops vs 200.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	6008 MHz vs 1066 MHz

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7450 OEM

7.8x lower typical power consumption: 18 Watt vs 140 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	18 Watt vs 140 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Rev. 2
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 7450 OEM

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Rev. 2	AMD Radeon HD 7450 OEM
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	39.216
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.173
PassMark - G3D Mark		225
PassMark - G2D Mark		146
Geekbench - OpenCL		635
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		99.563
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		443
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		919
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		1626
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		443
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		919
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		1626

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Rev. 2	AMD Radeon HD 7450 OEM
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	TeraScale 2
Code name	GK104	Caicos
Launch date	13 September 2014	5 January 2012
Place in performance rating	1512	1515
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1032 MHz
Core clock speed	980 MHz	625 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,981 gflops	200.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	960	160
Texture fill rate	82.56 GTexel / s	5 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	140 Watt	18 Watt
Transistor count	3,540 million	370 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	1x DVI, 1x HDMI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	241 mm	168 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.6	4.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	144.2 GB / s	8.528 GB / s
Memory bus width	192 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	6008 MHz	1066 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3