NVIDIA GeForce GTX 880M vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 880M 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: 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 880M

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 6 month(s) later
  • Around 62% higher texture fill rate: 127.1 GTexel / s vs 78.4 billion / sec
  • Around 60% higher pipelines: 1536 vs 960
  • Around 54% better floating-point performance: 3,050 gflops vs 1,981 gflops
  • Around 15% lower typical power consumption: 122 Watt vs 140 Watt
  • 4x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 2 GB
  • Around 32% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 15023 vs 11374
  • Around 52% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 46.273 vs 30.505
  • Around 10% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 777.677 vs 705.293
  • Around 27% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 3.914 vs 3.085
  • Around 8% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 38.196 vs 35.416
  • Around 32% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 82.511 vs 62.69
  • Around 26% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 4501 vs 3581
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3718 vs 3690
  • Around 26% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 4501 vs 3581
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3718 vs 3690
  • Around 23% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 1611 vs 1307
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 12 March 2014 vs 6 September 2012
Texture fill rate 127.1 GTexel / s vs 78.4 billion / sec
Pipelines 1536 vs 960
Floating-point performance 3,050 gflops vs 1,981 gflops
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 122 Watt vs 140 Watt
Maximum memory size 8 GB vs 2 GB
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 15023 vs 11374
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 46.273 vs 30.505
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 777.677 vs 705.293
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 3.914 vs 3.085
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 38.196 vs 35.416
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 82.511 vs 62.69
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 4501 vs 3581
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3718 vs 3690
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 4501 vs 3581
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3718 vs 3690
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1611 vs 1307

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660

  • Around 3% higher core clock speed: 980 MHz vs 954 MHz
  • Around 4% higher boost clock speed: 1033 MHz vs 993 MHz
  • Around 5% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4000 vs 3818
  • Around 44% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 479 vs 333
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 980 MHz vs 954 MHz
Boost clock speed 1033 MHz vs 993 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 4000 vs 3818
PassMark - G2D Mark 479 vs 333
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3365 vs 3356
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3365 vs 3356

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 880M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
3818
4000
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
333
479
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
15023
11374
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
46.273
30.505
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
777.677
705.293
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3.914
3.085
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
38.196
35.416
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
82.511
62.69
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4501
3581
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3718
3690
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3356
3365
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4501
3581
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3718
3690
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3356
3365
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
1611
1307
Name NVIDIA GeForce GTX 880M NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660
PassMark - G3D Mark 3818 4000
PassMark - G2D Mark 333 479
Geekbench - OpenCL 15023 11374
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 46.273 30.505
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 777.677 705.293
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 3.914 3.085
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 38.196 35.416
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 82.511 62.69
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 4501 3581
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3718 3690
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3356 3365
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 4501 3581
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3718 3690
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3356 3365
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1611 1307

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 880M NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660

Essentials

Architecture Kepler Kepler
Code name GK104 GK106
Launch date 12 March 2014 6 September 2012
Place in performance rating 773 774
Type Laptop Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $229
Price now $349.99
Value for money (0-100) 14.35

Technical info

Boost clock speed 993 MHz 1033 MHz
Core clock speed 954 MHz 980 MHz
CUDA cores 1536 960
Floating-point performance 3,050 gflops 1,981 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 1536 960
Texture fill rate 127.1 GTexel / s 78.4 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 122 Watt 140 Watt
Transistor count 3,540 million 2,540 million

Video outputs and ports

7.1 channel HD audio on HDMI
Display Connectors No outputs One Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One HDMI..., 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support Up to 3840x2160
eDP 1.2 signal support Up to 3840x2160
HDCP content protection
HDMI
LVDS signal support Up to 1920x1200
TrueHD and DTS-HD audio bitstreaming
VGA аnalog display support Up to 2048x1536
Audio input for HDMI Internal
G-SYNC support
HDCP
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Multi monitor support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCI Express 2.0, PCI Express 3.0 PCI Express 3.0
Interface MXM-B (3.0) PCIe 3.0 x16
Laptop size large
Supplementary power connectors None One 6-pin
Height 4.376" (11.1 cm)
Length 9.5" (24.1 cm)

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_0) 12.0 (11_0)
OpenCL 1.1
OpenGL 4.5 4.3

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 160.0 GB / s 144.2 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 Bit 192-bit GDDR5
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Shared memory 0
Standard memory configuration GDDR5
Memory clock speed 6.0 GB/s

Technologies

3D Blu-Ray
BatteryBoost
CUDA
Direct Compute
FXAA
GeForce Experience
GeForce ShadowPlay
GPU Boost
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
Optimus
SLI
TXAA
3D Gaming
3D Vision
Adaptive VSync