Graphics card comparison
GeForce GTX 660 Ti vs Radeon R9 270X
Nvidia
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
2048 Mb GDDR5
Released 16 Aug 2012
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VS
AMD
Radeon R9 270X
2048 Mb GDDR5
Released 8 Oct 2013
DESKTOP
Summary
Synthetic performance index
- GeForce GTX 660 Ti101%
- Radeon R9 270X100%
Relative performance
Gaming performance index
- GeForce GTX 660 Ti100%
- Radeon R9 270X105%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider the GeForce GTX 660 Ti
- 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- Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications
Reasons to consider the Radeon R9 270X
- 5% higher gaming performance.
- This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support.
- Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute
- Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
- Supports Mantle
- Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications
Our verdict
HWSpot recommends the Radeon R9 270X
The Radeon R9 270X is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (9 combinations of games and resolutions).
Specifications
Core configuration
| GeForce GTX 660 Ti | Radeon R9 270X |
|---|
| GPU Name | GK104 (GK104-300-KD-A2) | Curacao (Curacao XT) |
| Fab Process | 28 nm | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 294 mm² | 212 mm² |
| Transistors | 3,540 million | 2,800 million |
| Shaders | 1344 | 1280 |
| Compute Units | 7 | 20 |
| Core clock | 915 MHz | 1000 MHz |
| ROPs | 24 | 32 |
| TMUs | 112 | 80 |
Memory configuration
| GeForce GTX 660 Ti | Radeon R9 270X |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 192 bit | 256 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1502 MHz
6008 MHz effective | 1400 MHz
5600 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 2048 Mb | 2048 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GTX 660 Ti | Radeon R9 270X |
|---|
| TDP | 150 watts | 180 watts |
| Release Date | 16 Aug 2012 | 8 Oct 2013 |
Raw performance comparison
Pixel Rate
- GeForce GTX 660 Ti25.60 GP/s
- Radeon R9 270X32.00 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Texel Rate
- GeForce GTX 660 Ti102.00 GT/s
- Radeon R9 270X80.00 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Memory bandwidth
- GeForce GTX 660 Ti144.00 GB/s
- Radeon R9 270X179.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Single precision performance
- GeForce GTX 660 Ti2460.00 GFLOPs
- Radeon R9 270X2560.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Synthetic benchmarks
3DMark 11
- GeForce GTX 660 Ti8790
- Radeon R9 270X8700
Points (higher is better)
Game benchmarks
Battlefield Hardline
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA,EP3 Gator Bait
- GeForce GTX 660 Ti26
- Radeon R9 270X29
FPS (higher is better)
Battlefield Hardline
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA,EP3 Gator Bait
- GeForce GTX 660 Ti19
- Radeon R9 270X22
FPS (higher is better)
Bioshock Infinite
DX11, Ultra, DDOD, FXAA
- GeForce GTX 660 Ti36
- Radeon R9 270X34
FPS (higher is better)
Hitman Absolution
DX11, High Quality, 2x MSAA, 16x AF
- GeForce GTX 660 Ti29
- Radeon R9 270X39
FPS (higher is better)
Bioshock Infinite
DX11, Ultra Quality,DDOD, FX AA
- GeForce GTX 660 Ti59
- Radeon R9 270X52
FPS (higher is better)
Crysis 3
DX11,Very High Quality, FXAA
- GeForce GTX 660 Ti37
- Radeon R9 270X33
FPS (higher is better)
Hitman Absolution
DX11, High Quality, 2x MSAA, 16x AF
- GeForce GTX 660 Ti47
- Radeon R9 270X52
FPS (higher is better)
Medal Of Honor Warfighter
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA
- GeForce GTX 660 Ti43
- Radeon R9 270X48
FPS (higher is better)
Metro Last Light
DX11, AAA standard, 16xAF, Motion Blur normal, Tesselation normal
- GeForce GTX 660 Ti39
- Radeon R9 270X38
FPS (higher is better)