Graphics card comparison
GeForce GTX 570 vs GeForce GTX 660
Nvidia
GeForce GTX 570
1280 Mb GDDR5
Released 7 Dec 2010
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VS
Nvidia
GeForce GTX 660
2048 Mb GDDR5
Released 6 Sep 2012
DESKTOP
Summary
Synthetic performance index
- GeForce GTX 570100%
- GeForce GTX 660116%
Relative performance
Gaming performance index
- GeForce GTX 570100%
- GeForce GTX 660111%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider the GeForce GTX 570
- Supports PhysX
- Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications
Reasons to consider the GeForce GTX 660
- 11% higher gaming performance.
- 79 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the GeForce GTX 570 .
- This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support.
- Supports PhysX
- Supports G-Sync
- Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
- Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications
Our verdict
HWSpot recommends the GeForce GTX 660
The GeForce GTX 660 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (3 combinations of games and resolutions).
Specifications
Core configuration
| GeForce GTX 570 | GeForce GTX 660 |
|---|
| GPU Name | GF110 (GF110-275-A1) | GK106 (GK106-400-A1) |
| Fab Process | 40 nm | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 520 mm² | 221 mm² |
| Transistors | 3,000 million | 2,540 million |
| Shaders | 480 | 960 |
| Compute Units | 15 | 5 |
| Core clock | 732 MHz | 980 MHz |
| ROPs | 40 | 24 |
| TMUs | 60 | 80 |
Memory configuration
| GeForce GTX 570 | GeForce GTX 660 |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 320 bit | 192 bit |
| Memory Speed | 950 MHz
3800 MHz effective | 1502 MHz
6008 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 1280 Mb | 2048 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GTX 570 | GeForce GTX 660 |
|---|
| TDP | 219 watts | 140 watts |
| Release Date | 7 Dec 2010 | 6 Sep 2012 |
Raw performance comparison
Pixel Rate
- GeForce GTX 57022.00 GP/s
- GeForce GTX 66019.60 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Texel Rate
- GeForce GTX 57043.90 GT/s
- GeForce GTX 66078.40 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Memory bandwidth
- GeForce GTX 570152.00 GB/s
- GeForce GTX 660144.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Single precision performance
- GeForce GTX 5701405.00 GFLOPs
- GeForce GTX 6601882.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Synthetic benchmarks
3DMark 11
- GeForce GTX 5705860
- GeForce GTX 6606800
Points (higher is better)
Game benchmarks
Battlefield 4
DX11, Ultra Quality,2x MSAA,16x AF, HBAO
- GeForce GTX 57034
- GeForce GTX 66043
FPS (higher is better)
Medal Of Honor Warfighter
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA
- GeForce GTX 57037
- GeForce GTX 66039
FPS (higher is better)
Metro Last Light
DX11, AAA standard, 16xAF, Motion Blur normal, Tesselation normal
- GeForce GTX 57031
- GeForce GTX 66032
FPS (higher is better)