NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Ti vs NVIDIA GeForce 6100 + nForce 420

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Ti and NVIDIA GeForce 6100 + nForce 420 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.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Ti

NVIDIA GeForce 6100 + nForce 420

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Ti

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 10 month(s) later
2.2x more core clock speed: 915 MHz vs 425 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 90 nm
177x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4426 vs 25
Around 99% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 465 vs 234

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	16 August 2012 vs 11 October 2004
Core clock speed	915 MHz vs 425 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 90 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	4426 vs 25
PassMark - G2D Mark	465 vs 234

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Ti
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 6100 + nForce 420

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

4426

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

465

234

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Ti	NVIDIA GeForce 6100 + nForce 420
PassMark - G3D Mark	4426	25
PassMark - G2D Mark	465	234
Geekbench - OpenCL	15296
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	36.256
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1029.267
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	3.037
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	45.894
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	82.191
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	3285
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3684
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3337
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	3285
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3684
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3337
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1616

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Ti	NVIDIA GeForce 6100 + nForce 420
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	Curie
Code name	GK104	C61
Launch date	16 August 2012	11 October 2004
Launch price (MSRP)	$299
Place in performance rating	745	748
Price now	$321.99
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	17.34
Technical info
Boost clock speed	980 MHz
Core clock speed	915 MHz	425 MHz
CUDA cores	1344
Floating-point performance	2,459.5 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	1344
Texture fill rate	102.5 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt
Transistor count	3,540 million
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI	Internal
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort, One Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One HDMI...	No outputs
G-SYNC support
HDCP
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI Express 3.0
Height	4.376" (11.1 cm)
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCI
Length	9.5" (24.1 cm)
SLI options	3-way
Supplementary power connectors	Two 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.3	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	144.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	192-bit GDDR5
Memory clock speed	6.0 GB/s
Memory type	GDDR5
Shared memory	0
Technologies
3D Blu-Ray
3D Gaming
3D Vision
Adaptive VSync
CUDA
FXAA
GPU Boost
SLI
TXAA