GeForce GTX 460 SE vs 660 OEM

Place in performance ranking	670	582
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.10	0.28
Architecture	Kepler (2012−2018)	Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code name	GK104	GF104
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	22 August 2012 (11 years ago)	15 November 2010 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$160
Current price	$481	$350 (2.2x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

GTX 460 SE has 180% better value for money than GTX 660 OEM.

Detailed specifications

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 cores	1152	288
CUDA cores	no data	288
Core clock speed	823 MHz	650 MHz
Boost clock speed	888 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	3,540 million	1,950 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	130 Watt	150 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature	no data	104 °C
Texture fill rate	85.25	31.2 billion/sec
Floating-point performance	2,046 gflops	748.8 gflops

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	16x PCI-E 2.0
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	241 mm	8.25" (210 mm) (21 cm)
Height	no data	4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
Width	2-slot	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	6-pin & 6-pin
SLI options	no data	+

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	1 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	5600 MHz	1700 MHz
Memory bandwidth	179.2 GB/s	108.8 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.

Number of display connectors	no data	2
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	2 x Dual-Link DVI-I1 x Mini HDMI
Multi monitor support	no data	+
HDMI	+	+
Maximum VGA resolution	no data	2048x1536
Audio input for HDMI	no data	Internal

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (11_0)	12 (11_0)
Shader Model	5.1	5.1
OpenGL	4.6	4.1
OpenCL	1.2	1.1
Vulkan	1.1.126	N/A
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	3.69	5.19
Recency	22 August 2012	15 November 2010
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	1 GB
Chip lithography	28 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	130 Watt	150 Watt