NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M vs AMD Radeon HD 7570

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M and AMD Radeon HD 7570 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 2 month(s) later
  • Around 28% higher core clock speed: 835 MHz vs 650 MHz
  • Around 95% higher texture fill rate: 30.4 billion / sec vs 15.6 GTexel / s
  • Around 17% better floating-point performance: 729.6 gflops vs 624 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
  • Around 20% lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 60 Watt
  • Around 25% higher memory clock speed: 2000 MHz vs 1600 MHz
  • 2.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1445 vs 614
  • Around 5% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 269 vs 256
  • 2.6x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 4062 vs 1550
  • 2.2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 10.837 vs 4.874
  • Around 56% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 405.086 vs 259.769
  • 2.3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 1.098 vs 0.487
  • Around 55% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 21.798 vs 14.033
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 22 March 2012 vs 5 January 2012
Core clock speed 835 MHz vs 650 MHz
Texture fill rate 30.4 billion / sec vs 15.6 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance 729.6 gflops vs 624 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 50 Watt vs 60 Watt
Memory clock speed 2000 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 1445 vs 614
PassMark - G2D Mark 269 vs 256
Geekbench - OpenCL 4062 vs 1550
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 10.837 vs 4.874
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 405.086 vs 259.769
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.098 vs 0.487
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 21.798 vs 14.033

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7570

  • Around 25% higher pipelines: 480 vs 384
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1 GB
  • Around 70% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 57.396 vs 33.754
  • Around 27% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 1389 vs 1094
  • Around 21% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2724 vs 2253
  • Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3355 vs 3176
  • Around 27% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 1389 vs 1094
  • Around 21% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 2724 vs 2253
  • Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3355 vs 3176
Specifications (specs)
Pipelines 480 vs 384
Maximum memory size 2 GB vs 1 GB
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 57.396 vs 33.754
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1389 vs 1094
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2724 vs 2253
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3355 vs 3176
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1389 vs 1094
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2724 vs 2253
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3355 vs 3176

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 7570

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1445
614
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
269
256
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
4062
1550
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
10.837
4.874
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
405.086
259.769
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1.098
0.487
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
21.798
14.033
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
33.754
57.396
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1094
1389
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2253
2724
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3176
3355
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1094
1389
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2253
2724
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3176
3355
Name NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M AMD Radeon HD 7570
PassMark - G3D Mark 1445 614
PassMark - G2D Mark 269 256
Geekbench - OpenCL 4062 1550
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 10.837 4.874
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 405.086 259.769
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.098 0.487
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 21.798 14.033
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 33.754 57.396
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1094 1389
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2253 2724
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3176 3355
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1094 1389
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2253 2724
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3176 3355
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 475

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M AMD Radeon HD 7570

Essentials

Architecture Kepler TeraScale 2
Code name GK107 Turks
Launch date 22 March 2012 5 January 2012
Place in performance rating 1253 1254
Type Laptop Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 950 MHz
Core clock speed 835 MHz 650 MHz
CUDA cores 384
Floating-point performance 729.6 gflops 624 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 384 480
Texture fill rate 30.4 billion / sec 15.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 50 Watt 60 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

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

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

API support

DirectX 12 API 11.2 (11_0)
OpenCL 1.1
OpenGL 4.5 4.4

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 64.0 GB / s 64 GB / s
Memory bus width 128bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 2000 MHz 1600 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 DDR3, GDDR5
Shared memory 0

Technologies

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