NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 vs NVIDIA GeForce 610M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 and NVIDIA GeForce 610M 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

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 9 month(s) later
  • Around 46% higher core clock speed: 980 MHz vs 672 MHz
  • Around 15% higher boost clock speed: 1033 MHz vs 900 MHz
  • 20x more pipelines: 960 vs 48
  • 15.4x better floating-point performance: 1,981 gflops vs 129.02 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1 GB
  • 13.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4017 vs 292
  • 4.3x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 487 vs 113
  • 8.1x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 11364 vs 1396
  • 11.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 30.505 vs 2.747
  • 6.7x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 705.293 vs 104.498
  • 11.4x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 3.085 vs 0.27
  • 6.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 35.416 vs 5.832
  • 6.5x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 62.69 vs 9.69
  • 5.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 3581 vs 664
  • 2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3690 vs 1602
  • Around 18% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3365 vs 2848
  • 5.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 3581 vs 664
  • 2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3690 vs 1602
  • Around 18% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3365 vs 2848
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 6 September 2012 vs 1 December 2011
Core clock speed 980 MHz vs 672 MHz
Boost clock speed 1033 MHz vs 900 MHz
Pipelines 960 vs 48
Floating-point performance 1,981 gflops vs 129.02 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size 2 GB vs 1 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 4017 vs 292
PassMark - G2D Mark 487 vs 113
Geekbench - OpenCL 11364 vs 1396
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 30.505 vs 2.747
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 705.293 vs 104.498
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 3.085 vs 0.27
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 35.416 vs 5.832
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 62.69 vs 9.69
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 3581 vs 664
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3690 vs 1602
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3365 vs 2848
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 3581 vs 664
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3690 vs 1602
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3365 vs 2848

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 610M

  • 11.7x lower typical power consumption: 12 Watt vs 140 Watt
  • 266.7x more memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 6.0 GB/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 12 Watt vs 140 Watt
Memory clock speed 1600 MHz vs 6.0 GB/s

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 610M

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
4017
292
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
487
113
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
11364
1396
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
30.505
2.747
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
705.293
104.498
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3.085
0.27
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
35.416
5.832
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
62.69
9.69
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3581
664
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3690
1602
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3365
2848
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3581
664
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3690
1602
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3365
2848
Name NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 NVIDIA GeForce 610M
PassMark - G3D Mark 4017 292
PassMark - G2D Mark 487 113
Geekbench - OpenCL 11364 1396
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 30.505 2.747
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 705.293 104.498
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 3.085 0.27
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 35.416 5.832
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 62.69 9.69
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 3581 664
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3690 1602
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3365 2848
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 3581 664
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3690 1602
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3365 2848
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1307

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 NVIDIA GeForce 610M

Essentials

Architecture Kepler Fermi
Code name GK106 GF108
Launch date 6 September 2012 1 December 2011
Launch price (MSRP) $229
Place in performance rating 740 1535
Price now $349.99
Type Desktop Laptop
Value for money (0-100) 14.35

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1033 MHz 900 MHz
Core clock speed 980 MHz 672 MHz
CUDA cores 960 48
Floating-point performance 1,981 gflops 129.02 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 960 48
Texture fill rate 78.4 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 140 Watt 12 Watt
Transistor count 2,540 million 585 million
Video decoders H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p

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 Up to 2048x1536
Multi monitor support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCI Express 3.0 PCI Express 2.0
Height 4.376" (11.1 cm)
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 9.5" (24.1 cm)
Supplementary power connectors One 6-pin

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_0) 12 API
OpenGL 4.3 4.5
OpenCL 1.1

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 144.2 GB / s
Memory bus width 192-bit GDDR5 64bit
Memory clock speed 6.0 GB/s 1600 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 DDR3
Shared memory 0

Technologies

3D Blu-Ray
3D Gaming
3D Vision
Adaptive VSync
CUDA
FXAA
GPU Boost
SLI
TXAA
Optimus