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

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: 4005 vs 3374
• Around 95% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 480 vs 246
• Around 4% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 11368 vs 10948
• Around 6% better performance in 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	GPU 1 GPU 2	3374 4005
PassMark - G2D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	246 480
Geekbench - OpenCL	GPU 1 GPU 2	10948 11368
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	54.294 30.505
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	795.325 705.293
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3.692 3.085
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	51.794 35.416
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	174.513 62.69
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	5264 3581
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3714 3690
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3358 3365
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	5264 3581
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3714 3690
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3358 3365
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	GPU 1 GPU 2	1231 1307

Compare specifications (specs)