NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Rev. 2 vs NVIDIA GeForce 7500 LE

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Rev. 2 and NVIDIA GeForce 7500 LE 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.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Rev. 2

NVIDIA GeForce 7500 LE

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Rev. 2

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 5 month(s) later
2.1x more core clock speed: 980 MHz vs 475 MHz
21.7x more texture fill rate: 82.56 GTexel / s vs 3.8 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 90 nm
32x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 64 MB
7.4x more memory clock speed: 6008 MHz vs 810 MHz

Launch date	13 September 2014 vs 22 March 2006
Core clock speed	980 MHz vs 475 MHz
Texture fill rate	82.56 GTexel / s vs 3.8 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 64 MB
Memory clock speed	6008 MHz vs 810 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Rev. 2
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 7500 LE

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Rev. 2	NVIDIA GeForce 7500 LE
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	39.216
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.173
PassMark - G3D Mark		90
PassMark - G2D Mark		69

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Rev. 2	NVIDIA GeForce 7500 LE
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	Curie
Code name	GK104	G72
Launch date	13 September 2014	22 March 2006
Place in performance rating	1513	1512
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1032 MHz
Core clock speed	980 MHz	475 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,981 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	960
Texture fill rate	82.56 GTexel / s	3.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	140 Watt
Transistor count	3,540 million	112 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)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.6	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	64 MB
Memory bandwidth	144.2 GB / s	6.48 GB / s
Memory bus width	192 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	6008 MHz	810 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR2