NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 525M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 and NVIDIA GeForce GT 525M 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 1 year(s) 8 month(s) later
• Around 63% higher core clock speed: 980 MHz vs 600 MHz
• 8.2x more texture fill rate: 78.4 billion / sec vs 9.6 billion / sec
• 10x more pipelines: 960 vs 96
• 8.6x better floating-point performance: 1,981 gflops vs 230.4 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
• 8.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4017 vs 456
• 5.2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 487 vs 94
• 6.2x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 11364 vs 1837
• 6x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 30.505 vs 5.099
• 5.4x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 705.293 vs 131.334
• 8.7x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 3.085 vs 0.355
• 5.3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 35.416 vs 6.733
• 7.8x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 62.69 vs 8.015
• 3.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 3581 vs 911
• 2.8x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3690 vs 1338
• Around 28% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3365 vs 2623
• 3.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 3581 vs 911
• 2.8x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3690 vs 1338
• Around 28% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3365 vs 2623

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 525M

• 6.1x lower typical power consumption: 23 Watt vs 140 Watt
• 150x more memory clock speed: 900 MHz vs 6.0 GB/s

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 525M

PassMark - G3D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	4017 456
PassMark - G2D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	487 94
Geekbench - OpenCL	GPU 1 GPU 2	11364 1837
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	30.505 5.099
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	705.293 131.334
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3.085 0.355
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	35.416 6.733
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	62.69 8.015
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3581 911
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3690 1338
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3365 2623
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3581 911
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3690 1338
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3365 2623

Compare specifications (specs)