NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Ti vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti X2

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Ti and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti X2 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 GTX 560 Ti X2

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Ti

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 6 month(s) later
Around 8% higher core clock speed: 915 MHz vs 850 MHz
Around 75% higher pipelines: 1344 vs 2x 384
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
Around 13% lower typical power consumption: 150 Watt vs 170 Watt
2.3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 3.037 vs 1.3

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	16 August 2012 vs 25 January 2011
Core clock speed	915 MHz vs 850 MHz
Pipelines	1344 vs 2x 384
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt vs 170 Watt
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	3.037 vs 1.3

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti X2

2.5x more texture fill rate: 2x 54.4 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 102.5 billion / sec
Around 6% better floating-point performance: 2x 1,305.6 gflops vs 2,459.5 gflops
668x more memory clock speed: 4008 MHz vs 6.0 GB/s

Texture fill rate	2x 54.4 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 102.5 billion / sec
Floating-point performance	2x 1,305.6 gflops vs 2,459.5 gflops
Memory clock speed	4008 MHz vs 6.0 GB/s

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Ti
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti X2

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

3.037

1.3

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Ti	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti X2
PassMark - G3D Mark	4413
PassMark - G2D Mark	468
Geekbench - OpenCL	15375
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	1.3
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	1615

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Ti	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti X2
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	Fermi 2.0
Code name	GK104	GF114
Launch date	16 August 2012	25 January 2011
Launch price (MSRP)	$299
Place in performance rating	701	1659
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	850 MHz
CUDA cores	1344
Floating-point performance	2,459.5 gflops	2x 1,305.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	1344	2x 384
Texture fill rate	102.5 billion / sec	2x 54.4 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt	170 Watt
Transistor count	3,540 million	1,950 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...	3x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI
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	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	9.5" (24.1 cm)	292 mm
SLI options	3-way
Supplementary power connectors	Two 6-pin	2x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.3	4.6
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	2x 1 GB
Memory bandwidth	144.2 GB / s	2x 128.3 GB / s
Memory bus width	192-bit GDDR5	2x 256 Bit
Memory clock speed	6.0 GB/s	4008 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory	0
Technologies
3D Blu-Ray
3D Gaming
3D Vision
Adaptive VSync
CUDA
FXAA
GPU Boost
SLI
TXAA