NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M 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.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 0 month(s) later
3x more pipelines: 384 vs 128
Around 95% better floating-point performance: 729.6 gflops vs 374.5 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 65 nm
Around 50% lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 75 Watt
2.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1454 vs 576
Around 75% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 268 vs 153
Around 69% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3176 vs 1876
Around 69% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3176 vs 1876

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	22 March 2012 vs 3 March 2009
Pipelines	384 vs 128
Floating-point performance	729.6 gflops vs 374.5 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt vs 75 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1454 vs 576
PassMark - G2D Mark	268 vs 153
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3176 vs 1876
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3176 vs 1876

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M

Around 75% higher core clock speed: 1463 MHz vs 835 MHz
Around 25% higher texture fill rate: 38 billion / sec vs 30.4 billion / sec

Core clock speed	1463 MHz vs 835 MHz
Texture fill rate	38 billion / sec vs 30.4 billion / sec

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1454

576

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

268

153

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3176

1876

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3176

1876

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M
PassMark - G3D Mark	1454	576
PassMark - G2D Mark	268	153
Geekbench - OpenCL	4041
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	1876
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1094
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2253
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3176	1876
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	475

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	Tesla
Code name	GK107	G92
Launch date	22 March 2012	3 March 2009
Place in performance rating	1267	1270
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	950 MHz
Core clock speed	835 MHz	1463 MHz
CUDA cores	384	128
Floating-point performance	729.6 gflops	374.5 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	384	128
Texture fill rate	30.4 billion / sec	38 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt	75 Watt
Transistor count	1,270 million	754 million
Gigaflops		562
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	HDMIDual Link DVISingle Link DVIDisplayPortLVDSVGA
HDCP
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution	Up to 2048x1536	2048x1536
Audio input for HDMI		S / PDIF
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI Express 2.0, PCI Express 3.0	PCI-E 2.0
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	MXM-IV
Laptop size	large	large
SLI options	2-way	2-way
MXM Type		MXM 3.0 Type-B
API support
DirectX	12 API	10.0
OpenCL	1.1
OpenGL	4.5	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	64.0 GB / s	61 GB / s
Memory bus width	128bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Shared memory	0	0
Technologies
3D Vision
3D Vision / 3DTV Play
Adaptive VSync
CUDA
DirectX 11	DirectX 11
FXAA
SLI
TXAA
HybridPower
Power management		8.0
PureVideo HD