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 |
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PassMark - G2D Mark |
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Geekbench - OpenCL |
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CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) |
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CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) |
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CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) |
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CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) |
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CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) |
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Name | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 | NVIDIA GeForce 610M |
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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 | |
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Essentials |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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DirectX | 12.0 (11_0) | 12 API |
OpenGL | 4.3 | 4.5 |
OpenCL | 1.1 | |
Memory |
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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 |
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3D Vision | ||
Adaptive VSync | ||
CUDA | ||
FXAA | ||
GPU Boost | ||
SLI | ||
TXAA | ||
Optimus |