NVIDIA Quadro P500 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro P500 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, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

NVIDIA Quadro P500

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro P500

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 3 month(s) later
Around 48% higher core clock speed: 1455 MHz vs 980 MHz
Around 47% higher boost clock speed: 1519 MHz vs 1033 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
4.7x lower typical power consumption: 30 Watt vs 140 Watt
835.3x more memory clock speed: 5012 MHz vs 6.0 GB/s

Launch date	5 January 2018 vs 6 September 2012
Core clock speed	1455 MHz vs 980 MHz
Boost clock speed	1519 MHz vs 1033 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	30 Watt vs 140 Watt
Memory clock speed	5012 MHz vs 6.0 GB/s

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660

3.7x more texture fill rate: 78.4 billion / sec vs 21.25 GTexel / s
3.8x more pipelines: 960 vs 256
2.9x better floating-point performance: 1,981 gflops vs 679.9 gflops
2.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4017 vs 1652
2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 487 vs 239
Around 79% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 11364 vs 6366
Around 37% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 3581 vs 2622
Around 37% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 3581 vs 2622

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	78.4 billion / sec vs 21.25 GTexel / s
Pipelines	960 vs 256
Floating-point performance	1,981 gflops vs 679.9 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	4017 vs 1652
PassMark - G2D Mark	487 vs 239
Geekbench - OpenCL	11364 vs 6366
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	3581 vs 2622
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	3581 vs 2622
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3690 vs 3685
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3690 vs 3685
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3365 vs 3353
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3365 vs 3353

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro P500
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1652

4017

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

239

487

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

6366

11364

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2622

3581

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2622

3581

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3685

3690

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3685

3690

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3353

3365

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3353

3365

Name	NVIDIA Quadro P500	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660
PassMark - G3D Mark	1652	4017
PassMark - G2D Mark	239	487
Geekbench - OpenCL	6366	11364
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2622	3581
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2622	3581
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3685	3690
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3685	3690
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3353	3365
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3353	3365
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 - T-Rex (Frames/s)		3.085
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		35.416
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		62.69
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		1307

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro P500	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660
Essentials
Architecture	Pascal	Kepler
Code name	GP108	GK106
Launch date	5 January 2018	6 September 2012
Place in performance rating	785	740
Type	Mobile workstation	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$229
Price now		$349.99
Value for money (0-100)		14.35
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1519 MHz	1033 MHz
Core clock speed	1455 MHz	980 MHz
Floating-point performance	679.9 gflops	1,981 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	256	960
Texture fill rate	21.25 GTexel / s	78.4 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	30 Watt	140 Watt
Transistor count	1,800 million	2,540 million
CUDA cores		960
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	3x 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
Laptop size	large
Supplementary power connectors	None	One 6-pin
Bus support		PCI Express 3.0
Height		4.376" (11.1 cm)
Length		9.5" (24.1 cm)
API support
DirectX	12_1	12.0 (11_0)
Vulkan
OpenGL		4.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	32.1 GB / s	144.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	192-bit GDDR5
Memory clock speed	5012 MHz	6.0 GB/s
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory	0
Technologies
CUDA
Multi Monitor
3D Blu-Ray
3D Gaming
3D Vision
Adaptive VSync
FXAA
GPU Boost
SLI
TXAA