650 Ti Boost vs 660 OEM

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Combined performance score

GTX 660 OEM
3.34

650 Ti Boost outperforms 660 OEM by 159% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in performance ranking696459
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money0.080.97
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)Kepler (2012−2018)
GPU code nameGK104GK106
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date22 August 2012 (11 years old)26 March 2013 (11 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$169
Current price$481 $285 (1.7x MSRP)
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

GTX 650 Ti Boost has 1113% better value for money than GTX 660 OEM.

Technical specs

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores1152768
CUDA coresno data768
Core clock speed823 MHz980 MHz
Boost clock speed888 MHz1033 MHz
Number of transistors3,540 million2,540 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)130 Watt134 Watt
Maximum GPU temperatureno data97 °C
Texture fill rate85.2562.7 billion/sec
Floating-point performance2,046 gflops1,585 gflops

Size and compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Bus supportno dataPCI Express 3.0
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length241 mm9.5" (24.1 cm)
Heightno data4.376" (11.1 cm)
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pinOne 6-pin
SLI optionsno data+

Memory

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount2 GB2 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed5600 MHz6.0 GB/s
Memory bandwidth179.2 GB/s144.2 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPortOne Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One HDMI, One DisplayPort
Multi monitor supportno data4 Displays
HDMI++
HDCPno data+
Maximum VGA resolutionno data2048x1536
Audio input for HDMIno dataInternal

Technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

3D Blu-Rayno data+
3D Gamingno data+
3D Visionno data+
3D Vision Liveno data+

API support

List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (11_0)12 (11_0)
Shader Model5.15.1
OpenGL4.64.3
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan1.1.1261.1.126
CUDA3.0+

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 3.34 8.65
Recency 22 August 2012 26 March 2013
Power consumption (TDP) 130 Watt 134 Watt

The GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTX 660 OEM in performance tests.


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