NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 vs ATI Mobility Radeon X1700

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 and ATI Mobility Radeon X1700 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

ATI Mobility Radeon X1700

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 7 month(s) later
2.1x more core clock speed: 980 MHz vs 475 MHz
2.2x more boost clock speed: 1033 MHz vs 475 MHz
41.3x more texture fill rate: 78.4 billion / sec vs 1.9 GTexel / s
80x more pipelines: 960 vs 12
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 90 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 256 MB
38.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4014 vs 105
2.1x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 485 vs 228

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	6 September 2012 vs 1 February 2006
Core clock speed	980 MHz vs 475 MHz
Boost clock speed	1033 MHz vs 475 MHz
Texture fill rate	78.4 billion / sec vs 1.9 GTexel / s
Pipelines	960 vs 12
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 256 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	4014 vs 105
PassMark - G2D Mark	485 vs 228

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon X1700

133.3x more memory clock speed: 800 MHz vs 6.0 GB/s

Memory clock speed	800 MHz vs 6.0 GB/s

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon X1700

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

4014

105

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

485

228

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660	ATI Mobility Radeon X1700
PassMark - G3D Mark	4014	105
PassMark - G2D Mark	485	228
Geekbench - OpenCL	11372
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	30.505
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	705.293
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	3.085
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	35.416
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	62.69
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	3581
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3690
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3365
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	3581
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3690
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3365
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1307

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660	ATI Mobility Radeon X1700
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	R500
Code name	GK106	M66
Launch date	6 September 2012	1 February 2006
Launch price (MSRP)	$229
Place in performance rating	757	760
Price now	$349.99
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Value for money (0-100)	14.35
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1033 MHz	475 MHz
Core clock speed	980 MHz	475 MHz
CUDA cores	960
Floating-point performance	1,981 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	960	12
Texture fill rate	78.4 billion / sec	1.9 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	140 Watt
Transistor count	2,540 million	157 million
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI	Internal
Display Connectors	One Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One HDMI..., 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	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	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	9.5" (24.1 cm)
Supplementary power connectors	One 6-pin
Laptop size		medium sized
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.3	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	144.2 GB / s	12.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	192-bit GDDR5	400 Bit
Memory clock speed	6.0 GB/s	800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	128
Shared memory		0
Technologies
3D Blu-Ray
3D Gaming
3D Vision
Adaptive VSync
CUDA
FXAA
GPU Boost
SLI
TXAA
Powerplay 6.0