NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M vs AMD Radeon HD 6670

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M and AMD Radeon HD 6670 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 660M

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 11 month(s) later
  • Around 19% higher boost clock speed: 950 MHz vs 800 MHz
  • Around 58% higher texture fill rate: 30.4 billion / sec vs 19.2 GTexel / s
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
  • Around 32% lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 66 Watt
  • Around 90% higher memory clock speed: 2000 MHz vs 1050 MHz
  • 2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1454 vs 725
  • Around 9% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 268 vs 246
  • 2.1x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 4041 vs 1905
  • 2.2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 10.837 vs 4.861
  • Around 72% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 405.086 vs 235.463
  • 2.4x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 1.098 vs 0.463
  • Around 37% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 21.798 vs 15.918
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 22 March 2012 vs 19 April 2011
Boost clock speed 950 MHz vs 800 MHz
Texture fill rate 30.4 billion / sec vs 19.2 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 50 Watt vs 66 Watt
Memory clock speed 2000 MHz vs 1050 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 1454 vs 725
PassMark - G2D Mark 268 vs 246
Geekbench - OpenCL 4041 vs 1905
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 10.837 vs 4.861
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 405.086 vs 235.463
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.098 vs 0.463
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 21.798 vs 15.918

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6670

  • Around 25% higher pipelines: 480 vs 384
  • Around 5% better floating-point performance: 768.0 gflops vs 729.6 gflops
  • Around 14% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 38.551 vs 33.754
  • Around 43% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 1564 vs 1094
  • Around 45% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3260 vs 2253
  • Around 5% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3348 vs 3176
  • Around 43% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 1564 vs 1094
  • Around 45% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3260 vs 2253
  • Around 5% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3348 vs 3176
Specifications (specs)
Pipelines 480 vs 384
Floating-point performance 768.0 gflops vs 729.6 gflops
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 38.551 vs 33.754
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1564 vs 1094
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3260 vs 2253
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3348 vs 3176
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1564 vs 1094
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3260 vs 2253
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3348 vs 3176

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 6670

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1454
725
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
268
246
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
4041
1905
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
10.837
4.861
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
405.086
235.463
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1.098
0.463
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
21.798
15.918
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
33.754
38.551
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1094
1564
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2253
3260
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3176
3348
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1094
1564
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2253
3260
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3176
3348
Name NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M AMD Radeon HD 6670
PassMark - G3D Mark 1454 725
PassMark - G2D Mark 268 246
Geekbench - OpenCL 4041 1905
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 10.837 4.861
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 405.086 235.463
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.098 0.463
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 21.798 15.918
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 33.754 38.551
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1094 1564
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2253 3260
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3176 3348
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1094 1564
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2253 3260
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3176 3348
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 475 0

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M AMD Radeon HD 6670

Essentials

Architecture Kepler TeraScale 2
Code name GK107 Turks
Launch date 22 March 2012 19 April 2011
Place in performance rating 1267 1268
Type Laptop Desktop
Design AMD Radeon HD 6000 Series
Launch price (MSRP) $99
Price now $102.99
Value for money (0-100) 13.12

Technical info

Boost clock speed 950 MHz 800 MHz
Core clock speed 835 MHz
CUDA cores 384
Floating-point performance 729.6 gflops 768.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 384 480
Texture fill rate 30.4 billion / sec 19.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 50 Watt 66 Watt
Transistor count 1,270 million 716 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
HDCP
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution Up to 2048x1536
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCI Express 2.0, PCI Express 3.0 PCIe 2.0 x16
Interface MXM-B (3.0) PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size large
SLI options 2-way
Length 168 mm
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 12 API 11
OpenCL 1.1
OpenGL 4.5 4.4

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 64.0 GB / s 64 GB/s
Memory bus width 128bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 2000 MHz 1050 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Shared memory 0

Technologies

3D Vision
3D Vision / 3DTV Play
Adaptive VSync
CUDA
DirectX 11 DirectX 11
FXAA
SLI
TXAA
AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire