NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M vs NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX
Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M and NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX 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 5 year(s) 4 month(s) later
- Around 45% higher core clock speed: 835 MHz vs 576 MHz
- 3x more pipelines: 384 vs 128
- 2.1x better floating-point performance: 729.6 gflops vs 345.6 gflops
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 90 nm
- 3.1x lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 155 Watt
- Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 768 MB
- 2.2x more memory clock speed: 2000 MHz vs 900 MHz
- 2.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1457 vs 584
- 2.9x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 268 vs 94
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Launch date | 22 March 2012 vs 8 November 2006 |
| Core clock speed | 835 MHz vs 576 MHz |
| Pipelines | 384 vs 128 |
| Floating-point performance | 729.6 gflops vs 345.6 gflops |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm vs 90 nm |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 50 Watt vs 155 Watt |
| Maximum memory size | 1 GB vs 768 MB |
| Memory clock speed | 2000 MHz vs 900 MHz |
| Benchmarks | |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 1457 vs 584 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 268 vs 94 |
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX
- Around 21% higher texture fill rate: 36.8 billion / sec vs 30.4 billion / sec
- Around 5% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3349 vs 3176
- Around 5% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3349 vs 3176
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Texture fill rate | 36.8 billion / sec vs 30.4 billion / sec |
| Benchmarks | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3349 vs 3176 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3349 vs 3176 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX
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| Name | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M | NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX |
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| PassMark - G3D Mark | 1457 | 584 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 268 | 94 |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 4033 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 10.837 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 405.086 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 1.098 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 21.798 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 33.754 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 1094 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 2253 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3176 | 3349 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 1094 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 2253 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3176 | 3349 |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 475 |
Compare specifications (specs)
| NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M | NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX | |
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Essentials |
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| Architecture | Kepler | Tesla |
| Code name | GK107 | G80 |
| Launch date | 22 March 2012 | 8 November 2006 |
| Place in performance rating | 1275 | 1276 |
| Type | Laptop | Desktop |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $599 | |
Technical info |
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| Boost clock speed | 950 MHz | |
| Core clock speed | 835 MHz | 576 MHz |
| CUDA cores | 384 | 575 |
| Floating-point performance | 729.6 gflops | 345.6 gflops |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 90 nm |
| Pipelines | 384 | 128 |
| Texture fill rate | 30.4 billion / sec | 36.8 billion / sec |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 50 Watt | 155 Watt |
| Transistor count | 1,270 million | 681 million |
Video outputs and ports |
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| Display Connectors | No outputs | 2x DVI, 1x S-Video |
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| 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 1.0 x16 |
| Laptop size | large | |
| SLI options | 2-way | |
| Length | 270 mm | |
| Supplementary power connectors | 2x 6-pin | |
API support |
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| DirectX | 12 API | 10.0 |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | |
| OpenGL | 4.5 | 3.3 |
Memory |
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| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 768 MB |
| Memory bandwidth | 64.0 GB / s | 86.4 GB / s |
| Memory bus width | 128bit | 384 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 2000 MHz | 900 MHz |
| Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR3 |
| Shared memory | 0 | |
Technologies |
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| 3D Vision / 3DTV Play | ||
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| DirectX 11 | DirectX 11 | |
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