NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 X2 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 X2 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 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: CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), 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 - 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 760 X2

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 X2

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 2 month(s) later
Around 3% higher core clock speed: 1006 MHz vs 980 MHz
Around 4% higher boost clock speed: 1072 MHz vs 1033 MHz
26.8x more texture fill rate: 2x 102.9 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 78.4 billion / sec
2.4x more pipelines: 2x 1152 vs 960
2.5x better floating-point performance: 2x 2,470 gflops vs 1,981 gflops
2x more maximum memory size: 2x 2 GB vs 2 GB
1001.3x more memory clock speed: 6008 MHz vs 6.0 GB/s
2.4x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 7.396 vs 3.085

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	19 November 2013 vs 6 September 2012
Core clock speed	1006 MHz vs 980 MHz
Boost clock speed	1072 MHz vs 1033 MHz
Texture fill rate	2x 102.9 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 78.4 billion / sec
Pipelines	2x 1152 vs 960
Floating-point performance	2x 2,470 gflops vs 1,981 gflops
Maximum memory size	2x 2 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed	6008 MHz vs 6.0 GB/s
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	7.396 vs 3.085

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660

Around 79% lower typical power consumption: 140 Watt vs 250 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	140 Watt vs 250 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 X2
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

7.396

3.085

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 X2	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	7.396	3.085
PassMark - G3D Mark		4017
PassMark - G2D Mark		487
Geekbench - OpenCL		11364
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		30.505
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		705.293
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		35.416
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		62.69
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		3581
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3690
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3365
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		3581
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3690
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3365
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		1307

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 X2	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	Kepler
Code name	GK104	GK106
Launch date	19 November 2013	6 September 2012
Place in performance rating	878	740
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$229
Price now		$349.99
Value for money (0-100)		14.35
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1072 MHz	1033 MHz
Core clock speed	1006 MHz	980 MHz
Floating-point performance	2x 2,470 gflops	1,981 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	2x 1152	960
Texture fill rate	2x 102.9 GTexel / s billion / sec	78.4 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	250 Watt	140 Watt
Transistor count	3,540 million	2,540 million
CUDA cores		960
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	3x DVI, 1x mini-DisplayPort	One Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One HDMI..., 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
Audio input for HDMI		Internal
G-SYNC support
HDCP
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	279 mm	9.5" (24.1 cm)
Supplementary power connectors	2x 8-pin	One 6-pin
Bus support		PCI Express 3.0
Height		4.376" (11.1 cm)
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.6	4.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2x 2 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	2x 192.3 GB / s	144.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	2x 256 Bit	192-bit GDDR5
Memory clock speed	6008 MHz	6.0 GB/s
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Technologies
3D Blu-Ray
3D Gaming
3D Vision
Adaptive VSync
CUDA
FXAA
GPU Boost
SLI
TXAA