Graphics card comparison
GeForce GTX 660 vs Radeon R7 260
Nvidia
GeForce GTX 660
2048 Mb GDDR5
Released 6 Sep 2012
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VS
AMD
Radeon R7 260
2048 Mb GDDR5
Released 17 Dec 2013
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Summary
Gaming performance index
- GeForce GTX 660123%
- Radeon R7 260100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider the GeForce GTX 660
- 23% 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- Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications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 Radeon R7 260
- 45 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the GeForce GTX 660 .
- This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support.
- Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute
- Supports FreeSync
- Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
- Supports TrueAudio
- Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications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 (2 combinations of games and resolutions).
Specifications
Core configuration
| GeForce GTX 660 | Radeon R7 260 |
|---|
| GPU Name | GK106 (GK106-400-A1) | Bonaire (Bonaire PRO) |
| Fab Process | 28 nm | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 221 mm² | 160 mm² |
| Transistors | 2,540 million | 2,080 million |
| Shaders | 960 | 768 |
| Compute Units | 5 | 12 |
| Core clock | 980 MHz | 1000 MHz |
| ROPs | 24 | 16 |
| TMUs | 80 | 48 |
Memory configuration
| GeForce GTX 660 | Radeon R7 260 |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 192 bit | 128 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1502 MHz
6008 MHz effective | 1500 MHz
6000 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 2048 Mb | 2048 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GTX 660 | Radeon R7 260 |
|---|
| TDP | 140 watts | 95 watts |
| Release Date | 6 Sep 2012 | 17 Dec 2013 |
Raw performance comparison
Pixel Rate
- GeForce GTX 66019.60 GP/s
- Radeon R7 26016.00 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Texel Rate
- GeForce GTX 66078.40 GT/s
- Radeon R7 26048.00 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Memory bandwidth
- GeForce GTX 660144.00 GB/s
- Radeon R7 26096.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Single precision performance
- GeForce GTX 6601882.00 GFLOPs
- Radeon R7 2601536.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Game benchmarks
Grand Theft Auto V
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
- GeForce GTX 66037
- Radeon R7 26029
FPS (higher is better)
Grand Theft Auto V
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
- GeForce GTX 66025
- Radeon R7 26021
FPS (higher is better)