NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Ti vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Ti and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690 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 3 month(s) later
  • 2x lower typical power consumption: 150 Watt vs 300 Watt
  • Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 465 vs 462
  • Around 11% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1029.267 vs 930.114
  • Around 54% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 45.894 vs 29.836
  • Around 99% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3684 vs 1849
  • Around 99% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3337 vs 1673
  • Around 99% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3684 vs 1849
  • Around 99% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3337 vs 1673
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 16 August 2012 vs 3 May 2012
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 150 Watt vs 300 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 465 vs 462
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1029.267 vs 930.114
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 45.894 vs 29.836
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3684 vs 1849
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3337 vs 1673
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3684 vs 1849
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3337 vs 1673

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690

  • Around 4% higher boost clock speed: 1019 MHz vs 980 MHz
  • 2.3x more texture fill rate: 234 billion / sec vs 102.5 billion / sec
  • 2.3x more pipelines: 2x 1536 vs 1344
  • 2.5x better floating-point performance: 2x 3,130 gflops vs 2,459.5 gflops
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB (4 GB per GPU) GDDR5 vs 2 GB
  • 1001.3x more memory clock speed: 6008 MHz vs 6.0 GB/s
  • Around 25% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 5516 vs 4422
  • Around 8% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 16608 vs 15315
  • Around 28% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 46.352 vs 36.256
  • Around 20% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 3.656 vs 3.037
  • Around 19% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 97.861 vs 82.191
  • 2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 6875 vs 3285
  • 2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 6875 vs 3285
Specifications (specs)
Boost clock speed 1019 MHz vs 980 MHz
Texture fill rate 234 billion / sec vs 102.5 billion / sec
Pipelines 2x 1536 vs 1344
Floating-point performance 2x 3,130 gflops vs 2,459.5 gflops
Maximum memory size 4 GB (4 GB per GPU) GDDR5 vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed 6008 MHz vs 6.0 GB/s
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 5516 vs 4422
Geekbench - OpenCL 16608 vs 15315
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 46.352 vs 36.256
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 3.656 vs 3.037
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 97.861 vs 82.191
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 6875 vs 3285
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 6875 vs 3285

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Ti
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
4422
5516
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
465
462
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
15315
16608
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
36.256
46.352
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1029.267
930.114
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3.037
3.656
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
45.894
29.836
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
82.191
97.861
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3285
6875
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3684
1849
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3337
1673
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3285
6875
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3684
1849
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3337
1673
Name NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Ti NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690
PassMark - G3D Mark 4422 5516
PassMark - G2D Mark 465 462
Geekbench - OpenCL 15315 16608
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 36.256 46.352
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1029.267 930.114
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 3.037 3.656
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 45.894 29.836
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 82.191 97.861
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 3285 6875
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3684 1849
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3337 1673
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 3285 6875
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3684 1849
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3337 1673
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1616 0

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Ti NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690

Essentials

Architecture Kepler Kepler
Code name GK104 GK104
Launch date 16 August 2012 3 May 2012
Launch price (MSRP) $299 $999
Place in performance rating 745 746
Price now $321.99 $999
Type Desktop Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 17.34 7.01

Technical info

Boost clock speed 980 MHz 1019 MHz
Core clock speed 915 MHz 915 MHz
CUDA cores 1344 3072
Floating-point performance 2,459.5 gflops 2x 3,130 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 1344 2x 1536
Texture fill rate 102.5 billion / sec 234 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 150 Watt 300 Watt
Transistor count 3,540 million 3,540 million

Video outputs and ports

Audio input for HDMI Internal 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-DisplayPort, Two Dual Link DVI-I. One Dual link DVI-D. One Mini...
G-SYNC support
HDCP
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536 2048x1536
Multi monitor support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCI Express 3.0 PCI Express 3.0
Height 4.376" (11.1 cm) 4.376" (11.1 cm)
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 9.5" (24.1 cm) 11.0" (27.9 cm)
SLI options 3-way Quad
Supplementary power connectors Two 6-pin Two 8-pin

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_0) 12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL 4.3 4.2

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 4 GB (4 GB per GPU) GDDR5
Memory bandwidth 144.2 GB / s 384 GB / s
Memory bus width 192-bit GDDR5 512-bit (256-bit per GPU)
Memory clock speed 6.0 GB/s 6008 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Shared memory 0

Technologies

3D Blu-Ray
3D Gaming
3D Vision
Adaptive VSync
CUDA
FXAA
GPU Boost
SLI
TXAA
3D Vision Live
DirectX 11 DirectX 11