Graphics card comparison
GeForce GTX 660 vs Radeon R9 270
Nvidia
GeForce GTX 660
2048 Mb GDDR5
Released 6 Sep 2012
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VS
AMD
Radeon R9 270
2048 Mb GDDR5
Released 13 Nov 2013
DESKTOP
Summary
Synthetic performance index
- GeForce GTX 660100%
- Radeon R9 270115%
Relative performance
Gaming performance index
- GeForce GTX 660100%
- Radeon R9 270112%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider the GeForce GTX 660
- 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- Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications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 270
- 12% 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- Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications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 270
The Radeon R9 270 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (8 combinations of games and resolutions).
Specifications
Core configuration
| GeForce GTX 660 | Radeon R9 270 |
|---|
| GPU Name | GK106 (GK106-400-A1) | Curacao (Curacao PRO) |
| Fab Process | 28 nm | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 221 mm² | 212 mm² |
| Transistors | 2,540 million | 2,800 million |
| Shaders | 960 | 1280 |
| Compute Units | 5 | 20 |
| Core clock | 980 MHz | 900 MHz |
| ROPs | 24 | 32 |
| TMUs | 80 | 80 |
Memory configuration
| GeForce GTX 660 | Radeon R9 270 |
|---|
| 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 | Radeon R9 270 |
|---|
| TDP | 140 watts | 150 watts |
| Release Date | 6 Sep 2012 | 13 Nov 2013 |
Raw performance comparison
Pixel Rate
- GeForce GTX 66019.60 GP/s
- Radeon R9 27028.80 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Texel Rate
- GeForce GTX 66078.40 GT/s
- Radeon R9 27072.00 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Memory bandwidth
- GeForce GTX 660144.00 GB/s
- Radeon R9 270179.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Single precision performance
- GeForce GTX 6601882.00 GFLOPs
- Radeon R9 2702304.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Synthetic benchmarks
3DMark 11
- GeForce GTX 6606800
- Radeon R9 2707820
Points (higher is better)
Game benchmarks
Battlefield 4
DX11, Ultra Quality,2x MSAA,16x AF, HBAO
- GeForce GTX 66043
- Radeon R9 27049
FPS (higher is better)
Bioshock Infinite
DX11, Ultra Quality,DDOD, FX AA
- GeForce GTX 66050
- Radeon R9 27051
FPS (higher is better)
Crysis 3
DX11,Very High Quality, FXAA
- GeForce GTX 66030
- Radeon R9 27031
FPS (higher is better)
Hitman Absolution
DX11, High Quality, 2x MSAA, 16x AF
- GeForce GTX 66042
- Radeon R9 27051
FPS (higher is better)
Medal Of Honor Warfighter
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA
- GeForce GTX 66039
- Radeon R9 27043
FPS (higher is better)
Metro Last Light
DX11, AAA standard, 16xAF, Motion Blur normal, Tesselation normal
- GeForce GTX 66032
- Radeon R9 27036
FPS (higher is better)
Bioshock Infinite
DX11, Ultra, DDOD, FXAA
- GeForce GTX 66031
- Radeon R9 27032
FPS (higher is better)
Hitman Absolution
DX11, High Quality, 2x MSAA, 16x AF
- GeForce GTX 66027
- Radeon R9 27037
FPS (higher is better)