NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470 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 2 year(s) 5 month(s) later
• 2.3x more texture fill rate: 78.4 billion / sec vs 34.0 billion / sec
• 2.1x more pipelines: 960 vs 448
• Around 82% better floating-point performance: 1,981 gflops vs 1,088.6 gflops
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
• Around 54% lower typical power consumption: 140 Watt vs 215 Watt
• Around 60% higher maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1280 MB
• Around 28% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4017 vs 3134
• Around 18% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 487 vs 414
• Around 2% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 11364 vs 11089
• Around 9% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 30.505 vs 27.93
• Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3690 vs 3614
• Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3365 vs 3317
• Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3690 vs 3614
• Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3365 vs 3317

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470

• Around 24% higher core clock speed: 1215 MHz vs 980 MHz
• 279x more memory clock speed: 1674 MHz (3348 data rate) vs 6.0 GB/s
• Around 39% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 980.005 vs 705.293
• Around 6% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 3.268 vs 3.085
• Around 34% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 47.309 vs 35.416
• Around 56% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 97.852 vs 62.69
• Around 8% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 3873 vs 3581
• Around 8% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 3873 vs 3581

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470

PassMark - G3D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	4017 3134
PassMark - G2D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	487 414
Geekbench - OpenCL	GPU 1 GPU 2	11364 11089
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	30.505 27.93
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	705.293 980.005
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3.085 3.268
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	35.416 47.309
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	62.69 97.852
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3581 3873
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3690 3614
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3365 3317
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3581 3873
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3690 3614
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3365 3317

Compare specifications (specs)