FirePro W5100 vs GeForce GTX 660 OEM

Place in the ranking	736	519
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	1.80	10.89
Architecture	Kepler (2012−2018)	GCN 2.0 (2013−2017)
GPU code name	GK104	Bonaire
Market segment	Desktop	Workstation
Release date	22 August 2012 (12 years ago)	31 March 2014 (10 years ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	1152	768
Core clock speed	823 MHz	930 MHz
Boost clock speed	888 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	3,540 million	2,080 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	130 Watt	50 Watt
Texture fill rate	85.25	44.64
Floating-point processing power	2.046 TFLOPS	1.428 TFLOPS
ROPs	32	16
TMUs	96	48

Form factor & 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 support	no data	PCIe 3.0
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	241 mm	171 mm
Width	2-slot	1-slot
Form factor	no data	full height / half length
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	None

VRAM capacity and type

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 type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	4 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz	1500 MHz
Memory bandwidth	179.2 GB/s	96 GB/s

Connectivity and outputs

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 Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	4x DisplayPort
HDMI	+	-
StereoOutput3D	-	+
DisplayPort count	no data	4
Dual-link DVI support	-	+
HD сomponent video output	-	+

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	12 (11_0)	12 (12_0)
Shader Model	5.1	6.3
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	2.0
Vulkan	1.1.126	1.2.131
CUDA	3.0	-

Gaming performance

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

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	3.36	7.81
Recency	22 August 2012	31 March 2014
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	4 GB
Power consumption (TDP)	130 Watt	50 Watt

FirePro W5100 has a 132.4% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 1 year, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and 160% lower power consumption.

The FirePro W5100 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTX 660 OEM in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 660 OEM is a desktop card while FirePro W5100 is a workstation one.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.