NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 vs ATI Radeon E4690

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 and ATI Radeon E4690 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 Radeon E4690

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 3 month(s) later
Around 63% higher core clock speed: 980 MHz vs 600 MHz
4.1x more texture fill rate: 78.4 billion / sec vs 19.2 GTexel / s
3x more pipelines: 960 vs 320
5.2x better floating-point performance: 1,981 gflops vs 384.0 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 55 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 512 MB
9.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4017 vs 405
Around 40% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 487 vs 347
Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3365 vs 3302
Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3365 vs 3302

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	6 September 2012 vs 1 June 2009
Core clock speed	980 MHz vs 600 MHz
Texture fill rate	78.4 billion / sec vs 19.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines	960 vs 320
Floating-point performance	1,981 gflops vs 384.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 55 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 512 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	4017 vs 405
PassMark - G2D Mark	487 vs 347
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3365 vs 3302
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3365 vs 3302

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon E4690

4.7x lower typical power consumption: 30 Watt vs 140 Watt
233.3x more memory clock speed: 1400 MHz vs 6.0 GB/s

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	30 Watt vs 140 Watt
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz vs 6.0 GB/s

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660
GPU 2: ATI Radeon E4690

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

4017

405

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

487

347

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3365

3302

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3365

3302

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660	ATI Radeon E4690
PassMark - G3D Mark	4017	405
PassMark - G2D Mark	487	347
Geekbench - OpenCL	11364
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	3302
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	3581
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3690
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3365	3302
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1307

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660	ATI Radeon E4690
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	TeraScale
Code name	GK106	RV730
Launch date	6 September 2012	1 June 2009
Launch price (MSRP)	$229
Place in performance rating	740	743
Price now	$349.99
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	14.35
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1033 MHz
Core clock speed	980 MHz	600 MHz
CUDA cores	960
Floating-point performance	1,981 gflops	384.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	960	320
Texture fill rate	78.4 billion / sec	19.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	140 Watt	30 Watt
Transistor count	2,540 million	514 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
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	MXM-II
Length	9.5" (24.1 cm)
Supplementary power connectors	One 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	10.1
OpenGL	4.3	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	144.2 GB / s	22.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	192-bit GDDR5	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	6.0 GB/s	1400 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Technologies
3D Blu-Ray
3D Gaming
3D Vision
Adaptive VSync
CUDA
FXAA
GPU Boost
SLI
TXAA