NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M vs ATI FirePro M7820
Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M and ATI FirePro M7820 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 1 year(s) 10 month(s) later
- Around 19% higher core clock speed: 835 MHz vs 700 MHz
- Around 9% higher texture fill rate: 30.4 billion / sec vs 28 GTexel / s
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
- 2.2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 10.837 vs 4.956
- Around 26% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 1.098 vs 0.869
- Around 3% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 21.798 vs 21.146
Specifications (specs) | |
Launch date | 22 March 2012 vs 1 May 2010 |
Core clock speed | 835 MHz vs 700 MHz |
Texture fill rate | 30.4 billion / sec vs 28 GTexel / s |
Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm vs 40 nm |
Benchmarks | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 10.837 vs 4.956 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 1.098 vs 0.869 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 21.798 vs 21.146 |
Reasons to consider the ATI FirePro M7820
- 2.1x more pipelines: 800 vs 384
- Around 54% better floating-point performance: 1,120.0 gflops vs 729.6 gflops
- 2x more memory clock speed: 4000 MHz vs 2000 MHz
- 3.9x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 15792 vs 4037
- Around 48% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 600.944 vs 405.086
- 3.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 103.902 vs 33.754
- Around 20% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2709 vs 2253
- Around 20% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 2709 vs 2253
Specifications (specs) | |
Pipelines | 800 vs 384 |
Floating-point performance | 1,120.0 gflops vs 729.6 gflops |
Memory clock speed | 4000 MHz vs 2000 MHz |
Benchmarks | |
Geekbench - OpenCL | 15792 vs 4037 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 600.944 vs 405.086 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 103.902 vs 33.754 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 2709 vs 2253 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 2709 vs 2253 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M
GPU 2: ATI FirePro M7820
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 - Manhattan (Frames) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) |
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Name | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M | ATI FirePro M7820 |
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PassMark - G3D Mark | 1452 | |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 268 | |
Geekbench - OpenCL | 4037 | 15792 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 10.837 | 4.956 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 405.086 | 600.944 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 1.098 | 0.869 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 21.798 | 21.146 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 33.754 | 103.902 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 1094 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 2253 | 2709 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3176 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 1094 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 2253 | 2709 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3176 | |
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 475 |
Compare specifications (specs)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M | ATI FirePro M7820 | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture | Kepler | TeraScale 2 |
Code name | GK107 | Broadway |
Launch date | 22 March 2012 | 1 May 2010 |
Place in performance rating | 1275 | 1276 |
Type | Laptop | Mobile workstation |
Technical info |
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Boost clock speed | 950 MHz | |
Core clock speed | 835 MHz | 700 MHz |
CUDA cores | 384 | |
Floating-point performance | 729.6 gflops | 1,120.0 gflops |
Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 40 nm |
Pipelines | 384 | 800 |
Texture fill rate | 30.4 billion / sec | 28 GTexel / s |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 50 Watt | 50 Watt |
Transistor count | 1,270 million | 1,040 million |
Video outputs and ports |
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Display Connectors | No outputs | No outputs |
HDCP | ||
HDMI | ||
Maximum VGA resolution | Up to 2048x1536 | |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Bus support | PCI Express 2.0, PCI Express 3.0 | |
Interface | MXM-B (3.0) | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
Laptop size | large | large |
SLI options | 2-way | |
Supplementary power connectors | None | |
API support |
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DirectX | 12 API | 11.2 (11_0) |
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 | 64.0 GB / s |
Memory bus width | 128bit | 128 Bit |
Memory clock speed | 2000 MHz | 4000 MHz |
Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
Shared memory | 0 | 0 |
Technologies |
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DirectX 11 | DirectX 11 | |
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SLI | ||
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