NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660
Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M 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 960M
- Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 6 month(s) later
- Around 12% higher core clock speed: 1096 MHz vs 980 MHz
- Around 14% higher boost clock speed: 1176 MHz vs 1033 MHz
- Around 87% lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 140 Watt
- 2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
- 416.7x more memory clock speed: 2500 MHz vs 6.0 GB/s
- Around 78% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 54.294 vs 30.505
- Around 13% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 795.325 vs 705.293
- Around 20% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 3.692 vs 3.085
- Around 46% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 51.794 vs 35.416
- 2.8x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 174.513 vs 62.69
- Around 47% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 5264 vs 3581
- Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3714 vs 3690
- Around 47% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 5264 vs 3581
- Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3714 vs 3690
Specifications (specs) | |
Launch date | 13 March 2015 vs 6 September 2012 |
Core clock speed | 1096 MHz vs 980 MHz |
Boost clock speed | 1176 MHz vs 1033 MHz |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 75 Watt vs 140 Watt |
Maximum memory size | 4 GB vs 2 GB |
Memory clock speed | 2500 MHz vs 6.0 GB/s |
Benchmarks | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 54.294 vs 30.505 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 795.325 vs 705.293 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 3.692 vs 3.085 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 51.794 vs 35.416 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 174.513 vs 62.69 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 5264 vs 3581 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3714 vs 3690 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 5264 vs 3581 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3714 vs 3690 |
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660
- Around 67% higher texture fill rate: 78.4 billion / sec vs 47.04 GTexel / s
- Around 50% higher pipelines: 960 vs 640
- Around 32% better floating-point performance: 1,981 gflops vs 1,505 gflops
- Around 19% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4000 vs 3374
- Around 96% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 479 vs 245
- Around 4% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 11374 vs 10982
- Around 6% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 1307 vs 1231
Specifications (specs) | |
Texture fill rate | 78.4 billion / sec vs 47.04 GTexel / s |
Pipelines | 960 vs 640 |
Floating-point performance | 1,981 gflops vs 1,505 gflops |
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - G3D Mark | 4000 vs 3374 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 479 vs 245 |
Geekbench - OpenCL | 11374 vs 10982 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3365 vs 3358 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3365 vs 3358 |
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 1307 vs 1231 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660
PassMark - G3D Mark |
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PassMark - G2D Mark |
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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 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) |
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3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score |
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Name | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 |
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PassMark - G3D Mark | 3374 | 4000 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 245 | 479 |
Geekbench - OpenCL | 10982 | 11374 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 54.294 | 30.505 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 795.325 | 705.293 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 3.692 | 3.085 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 51.794 | 35.416 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 174.513 | 62.69 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 5264 | 3581 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3714 | 3690 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3358 | 3365 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 5264 | 3581 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3714 | 3690 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3358 | 3365 |
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 1231 | 1307 |
Compare specifications (specs)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture | Maxwell | Kepler |
Code name | GM107 | GK106 |
Launch date | 13 March 2015 | 6 September 2012 |
Place in performance rating | 772 | 774 |
Type | Laptop | Desktop |
Launch price (MSRP) | $229 | |
Price now | $349.99 | |
Value for money (0-100) | 14.35 | |
Technical info |
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Boost clock speed | 1176 MHz | 1033 MHz |
Core clock speed | 1096 MHz | 980 MHz |
CUDA cores | 640 | 960 |
Floating-point performance | 1,505 gflops | 1,981 gflops |
Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 28 nm |
Pipelines | 640 | 960 |
Texture fill rate | 47.04 GTexel / s | 78.4 billion / sec |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 75 Watt | 140 Watt |
Transistor count | 1,870 million | 2,540 million |
Video outputs and ports |
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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 | 1 | |
HDMI | ||
VGA аnalog display support | 1 | |
Audio input for HDMI | Internal | |
G-SYNC support | ||
HDCP | ||
Maximum VGA resolution | 2048x1536 | |
Multi monitor support | ||
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Bus support | PCI Express 3.0 | PCI Express 3.0 |
Interface | MXM-B (3.0) | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
Laptop size | medium sized | |
Height | 4.376" (11.1 cm) | |
Length | 9.5" (24.1 cm) | |
Supplementary power connectors | One 6-pin | |
API support |
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DirectX | 12.0 (11_0) | 12.0 (11_0) |
OpenGL | 4.5 | 4.3 |
Memory |
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Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 2 GB |
Memory bandwidth | 80 GB / s | 144.2 GB / s |
Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 192-bit GDDR5 |
Memory clock speed | 2500 MHz | 6.0 GB/s |
Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
Shared memory | 0 | |
Technologies |
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Adaptive VSync | ||
Ansel | ||
BatteryBoost | ||
CUDA | ||
DSR | ||
GameStream | ||
GameWorks | ||
GeForce Experience | ||
GeForce ShadowPlay | ||
GPU Boost | ||
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder | ||
Optimus | ||
SLI | ||
3D Blu-Ray | ||
3D Gaming | ||
3D Vision | ||
FXAA | ||
TXAA |