NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 vs ATI Radeon HD 4290 IGP

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 and ATI Radeon HD 4290 IGP 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 HD 4290 IGP

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 6 month(s) later
Around 97% higher core clock speed: 980 MHz vs 498 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 55 nm
28.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4014 vs 141
Around 10% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 484 vs 442
5.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3365 vs 568
5.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3365 vs 568

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	6 September 2012 vs 1 March 2010
Core clock speed	980 MHz vs 498 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 55 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	4014 vs 141
PassMark - G2D Mark	484 vs 442
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3365 vs 568
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3365 vs 568

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 4290 IGP

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

4014

141

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

484

442

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3365

568

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3365

568

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660	ATI Radeon HD 4290 IGP
PassMark - G3D Mark	4014	141
PassMark - G2D Mark	484	442
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	568
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	3581
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3690
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3365	568
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1307

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660	ATI Radeon HD 4290 IGP
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	TeraScale
Code name	GK106	RS880
Launch date	6 September 2012	1 March 2010
Launch price (MSRP)	$229
Place in performance rating	757	759
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	498 MHz
CUDA cores	960
Floating-point performance	1,981 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	960
Texture fill rate	78.4 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	140 Watt
Transistor count	2,540 million	181 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
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	10.1
OpenGL	4.3	3.3
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
Technologies
3D Blu-Ray
3D Gaming
3D Vision
Adaptive VSync
CUDA
FXAA
GPU Boost
SLI
TXAA