NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Rev. 2 vs NVIDIA NVS 5200M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Rev. 2 and NVIDIA NVS 5200M 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), 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).

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Rev. 2

NVIDIA NVS 5200M

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Rev. 2

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 11 month(s) later
Around 46% higher core clock speed: 980 MHz vs 672 MHz
7.7x more texture fill rate: 82.56 GTexel / s vs 10.75 GTexel / s
10x more pipelines: 960 vs 96
7.7x better floating-point performance: 1,981 gflops vs 258.0 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1 GB
Around 91% higher memory clock speed: 6008 MHz vs 3140 MHz
6.7x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 39.216 vs 5.829
2.2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 1.173 vs 0.539

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	13 September 2014 vs 17 September 2012
Core clock speed	980 MHz vs 672 MHz
Texture fill rate	82.56 GTexel / s vs 10.75 GTexel / s
Pipelines	960 vs 96
Floating-point performance	1,981 gflops vs 258.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed	6008 MHz vs 3140 MHz
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	39.216 vs 5.829
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.173 vs 0.539

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA NVS 5200M

5.6x lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 140 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt vs 140 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Rev. 2
GPU 2: NVIDIA NVS 5200M

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

39.216

5.829

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

1.173

0.539

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Rev. 2	NVIDIA NVS 5200M
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	39.216	5.829
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.173	0.539
PassMark - G3D Mark		513
PassMark - G2D Mark		188
Geekbench - OpenCL		2215
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		189.966
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		9.643
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		16.851
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		222
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		1099
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		2715
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		222
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		1099
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		2715

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Rev. 2	NVIDIA NVS 5200M
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	Fermi
Code name	GK104	GF108
Launch date	13 September 2014	17 September 2012
Place in performance rating	1506	1508
Type	Desktop	Mobile workstation
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1032 MHz
Core clock speed	980 MHz	672 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,981 gflops	258.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	960	96
Texture fill rate	82.56 GTexel / s	10.75 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	140 Watt	25 Watt
Transistor count	3,540 million	585 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	MXM
Length	241 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin
Laptop size		medium sized
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	144.2 GB / s	25.12 GB / s
Memory bus width	192 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	6008 MHz	3140 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR3
Shared memory		0