Graphics card comparison
GeForce GTX 660 vs GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost
Nvidia
GeForce GTX 660
2048 Mb GDDR5
Released 6 Sep 2012
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VS
Nvidia
GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost
2048 Mb GDDR5
Released 26 Mar 2013
DESKTOP
Summary
Synthetic performance index
- GeForce GTX 660117%
- GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost100%
Relative performance
Gaming performance index
- GeForce GTX 660110%
- GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider the GeForce GTX 660
- 10% higher gaming performance.
- 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- Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications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 GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost
- 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- Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications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 (6 combinations of games and resolutions).
Specifications
Core configuration
| GeForce GTX 660 | GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost |
|---|
| GPU Name | GK106 (GK106-400-A1) | GK106 (GK106-240-A1) |
| Fab Process | 28 nm | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 221 mm² | 221 mm² |
| Transistors | 2,540 million | 2,540 million |
| Shaders | 960 | 768 |
| Compute Units | 5 | 4 |
| Core clock | 980 MHz | 980 MHz |
| ROPs | 24 | 24 |
| TMUs | 80 | 64 |
Memory configuration
| GeForce GTX 660 | GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 192 bit | 192 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1502 MHz
6008 MHz effective | 1502 MHz
6008 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 2048 Mb | 2048 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GTX 660 | GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost |
|---|
| TDP | 140 watts | 134 watts |
| Release Date | 6 Sep 2012 | 26 Mar 2013 |
Raw performance comparison
Pixel Rate
- GeForce GTX 66019.60 GP/s
- GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost15.70 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Texel Rate
- GeForce GTX 66078.40 GT/s
- GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost62.70 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Memory bandwidth
- GeForce GTX 660144.00 GB/s
- GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost144.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Single precision performance
- GeForce GTX 6601882.00 GFLOPs
- GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost1505.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Synthetic benchmarks
3DMark 11
- GeForce GTX 6606800
- GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost5800
Points (higher is better)
Game benchmarks
Bioshock Infinite
DX11, Ultra, DDOD, FXAA
- GeForce GTX 66031
- GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost27
FPS (higher is better)
Hitman Absolution
DX11, High Quality, 2x MSAA, 16x AF
- GeForce GTX 66027
- GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost25
FPS (higher is better)
Bioshock Infinite
DX11, Ultra Quality,DDOD, FX AA
- GeForce GTX 66050
- GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost45
FPS (higher is better)
Hitman Absolution
DX11, High Quality, 2x MSAA, 16x AF
- GeForce GTX 66042
- GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost38
FPS (higher is better)
Medal Of Honor Warfighter
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA
- GeForce GTX 66039
- GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost37
FPS (higher is better)
Metro Last Light
DX11, AAA standard, 16xAF, Motion Blur normal, Tesselation normal
- GeForce GTX 66032
- GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost28
FPS (higher is better)