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Graphics card overview

GeForce GTX 660

Nvidia

GeForce GTX 660

2048 Mb GDDR5 Released 6 Sep 2012 DESKTOP
GeForce GTX 660

Core configuration

GPUGK106
ArchitectureNvidia_Kepler
Shaders : TMUs : ROPs960 : 80 : 24
Raytracing Coresnone
Performance1882.00 GFLOPs

Memory configuration

Memory Size2048 Mb
Memory Bus Width192 bit
Memory Speed1502 MHz
6008 MHz effective
Memory Bandwidth144.00 Gb/s

Summary

Relative performance

Performance summary, based on benchmarks charts.

The GeForce GTX 660 is a graphics card released by Nvidia on 6 Sep 2012. The graphics card houses the GK106 die, based on the Nvidia_Kepler architecture which packs 2,540 million transistors on a 28 nm, 221 mm² die.

GeForce GTX 660 pros and cons

  • 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  • Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications

Specifications

Compared to similar performing cards
GeForce GTX 660 GeForce GTX 660 GeForce GTX 750 Ti GeForce GTX 750 Ti Compare Radeon R7 260 Radeon R7 260 Compare Radeon R9 270X Radeon R9 270X Compare
Shader units 960 640 768 1280
ROPs 24 16 16 32
Graphics processor GK106 GM107 Bonaire Curacao
Process size 28 nm 28 nm 28 nm 28 nm
Memory 2048 Mb GDDR5 (1502 MHz
6008 MHz effective)		 2048 Mb GDDR5 (1350 MHz
5400 MHz effective)		 2048 Mb GDDR5 (1500 MHz
6000 MHz effective)		 2048 Mb GDDR5 (1400 MHz
5600 MHz effective)
Memory bus width 192 bit 128 bit 128 bit 256 bit
Memory bandwidth 144.00 Gb/s 86.40 Gb/s 96.00 Gb/s 179.00 Gb/s
Release date 6 Sep 2012 18 Feb 2014 17 Dec 2013 8 Oct 2013

Benchmarks

Grand Theft Auto V

  • Radeon R9 270X 42
  • GeForce GTX 660 37
  • GeForce GTX 750 Ti 34
  • Radeon R7 260 29

FPS (higher is better)

Grand Theft Auto V

  • Radeon R9 270X 28
  • GeForce GTX 660 25
  • GeForce GTX 750 Ti 23
  • Radeon R7 260 21

FPS (higher is better)