NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Ti vs AMD Radeon HD 6950

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Ti and AMD Radeon HD 6950 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Ti

• Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 8 month(s) later
• Around 23% higher boost clock speed: 980 MHz vs 800 MHz
• Around 46% higher texture fill rate: 102.5 billion / sec vs 70.4 GTexel / s
• Around 9% better floating-point performance: 2,459.5 gflops vs 2,252.8 gflops
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
• 3.3x lower typical power consumption: 150 Watt vs 500 Watt
• Around 70% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4413 vs 2602
• Around 5% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 468 vs 445
• 2.5x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 15375 vs 6105
• 2.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 36.256 vs 16.999
• Around 14% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1029.267 vs 899.056
• Around 83% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 3.037 vs 1.659
• Around 46% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3684 vs 2523
• Around 46% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3684 vs 2523

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6950

• Around 5% higher pipelines: 1408 vs 1344
• 208.3x more memory clock speed: 1250 MHz vs 6.0 GB/s
• Around 8% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 49.698 vs 45.894
• 3.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 251.203 vs 82.191
• Around 11% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 3652 vs 3285
• 3.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 11657 vs 3337
• Around 11% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 3652 vs 3285
• 3.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 11657 vs 3337

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Ti
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 6950

PassMark - G3D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	4413 2602
PassMark - G2D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	468 445
Geekbench - OpenCL	GPU 1 GPU 2	15375 6105
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	36.256 16.999
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1029.267 899.056
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3.037 1.659
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	45.894 49.698
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	82.191 251.203
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3285 3652
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3684 2523
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3337 11657
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3285 3652
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3684 2523
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3337 11657

Compare specifications (specs)