NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 vs NVIDIA Quadro 6000

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 and NVIDIA Quadro 6000 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 71% higher core clock speed: 980 MHz vs 574 MHz
• 2.4x more texture fill rate: 78.4 billion / sec vs 32.1 GTexel / s
• 2.1x more pipelines: 960 vs 448
• Around 93% better floating-point performance: 1,981 gflops vs 1,027.7 gflops
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
• Around 46% lower typical power consumption: 140 Watt vs 204 Watt
• Around 48% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3999 vs 2707
• Around 6% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 478 vs 451
• Around 14% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 11272 vs 9891
• Around 25% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 30.505 vs 24.377
• Around 16% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 3.085 vs 2.66
• Around 2% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 35.416 vs 34.891
• Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 3581 vs 3501
• Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3365 vs 3335
• Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 3581 vs 3501
• Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3365 vs 3335

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro 6000

• 3x more maximum memory size: 6 GB vs 2 GB
• 498x more memory clock speed: 2988 MHz vs 6.0 GB/s
• Around 13% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 793.755 vs 705.293
• Around 45% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 90.839 vs 62.69

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro 6000

PassMark - G3D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	3999 2707
PassMark - G2D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	478 451
Geekbench - OpenCL	GPU 1 GPU 2	11272 9891
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	30.505 24.377
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	705.293 793.755
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3.085 2.66
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	35.416 34.891
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	62.69 90.839
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3581 3501
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3690 3689
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3365 3335
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3581 3501
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3690 3689
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3365 3335

Compare specifications (specs)