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 |
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PassMark - G2D Mark |
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Geekbench - OpenCL |
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CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) |
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CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) |
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CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) |
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CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) |
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CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) |
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Name | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M | AMD Radeon HD 6670 |
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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 | |
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Essentials |
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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 |
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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 |
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Display Connectors | No outputs | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA |
HDCP | ||
HDMI | ||
Maximum VGA resolution | Up to 2048x1536 | |
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Dual-link DVI support | ||
Eyefinity | ||
VGA | ||
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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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 |
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DirectX | 12 API | 11 |
OpenCL | 1.1 | |
OpenGL | 4.5 | 4.4 |
Memory |
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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 |
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DirectX 11 | DirectX 11 | |
FXAA | ||
SLI | ||
TXAA | ||
AMD Eyefinity | ||
CrossFire |