NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTS 160M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 and NVIDIA GeForce GTS 160M 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

NVIDIA GeForce GTS 160M

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 6 month(s) later
4.1x more texture fill rate: 78.4 billion / sec vs 19 billion / sec
15x more pipelines: 960 vs 64
10.3x better floating-point performance: 1,981 gflops vs 192 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 65 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1 GB
5.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4005 vs 679
Around 56% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 480 vs 308
Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3365 vs 3221
Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3365 vs 3221

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	6 September 2012 vs 3 March 2009
Texture fill rate	78.4 billion / sec vs 19 billion / sec
Pipelines	960 vs 64
Floating-point performance	1,981 gflops vs 192 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 65 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 1 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	4005 vs 679
PassMark - G2D Mark	480 vs 308
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3365 vs 3221
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3365 vs 3221

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTS 160M

Around 53% higher core clock speed: 1500 MHz vs 980 MHz
2.3x lower typical power consumption: 60 Watt vs 140 Watt

Core clock speed	1500 MHz vs 980 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	60 Watt vs 140 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTS 160M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

4005

679

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

480

308

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3365

3221

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3365

3221

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 160M
PassMark - G3D Mark	4005	679
PassMark - G2D Mark	480	308
Geekbench - OpenCL	11368
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	3221
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	3581
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3690
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3365	3221
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1307

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 160M
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	Tesla
Code name	GK106	G94
Launch date	6 September 2012	3 March 2009
Launch price (MSRP)	$229
Place in performance rating	776	778
Price now	$349.99
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Value for money (0-100)	14.35
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1033 MHz
Core clock speed	980 MHz	1500 MHz
CUDA cores	960	64
Floating-point performance	1,981 gflops	192 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	960	64
Texture fill rate	78.4 billion / sec	19 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	140 Watt	60 Watt
Transistor count	2,540 million	505 million
Gigaflops		288
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI	Internal	S / PDIF
Display Connectors	One Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One HDMI..., 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	VGADisplayPortDual Link DVIHDMILVDSSingle Link DVI
G-SYNC support
HDCP
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI Express 3.0	PCI-E 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
Laptop size		large
MXM Type		MXM 3.0 Type-B
SLI options		2-way
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	10.0
OpenGL	4.3	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	144.2 GB / s	51 GB / s
Memory bus width	192-bit GDDR5	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	6.0 GB/s
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Shared memory		0
Technologies
3D Blu-Ray
3D Gaming
3D Vision
Adaptive VSync
CUDA
FXAA
GPU Boost
SLI
TXAA
HybridPower
Power management		8.0
PureVideo HD