GeForce GTX 960A vs GTX 660 OEM

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce GTX 660 OEM with GeForce GTX 960A, including specs and performance data.

GTX 660 OEM
2012
2 GB GDDR5, 130 Watt
3.36

GTX 960A outperforms GTX 660 OEM by a whopping 159% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking736492
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency1.808.09
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)Maxwell (2014−2017)
GPU code nameGK104GM107
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date22 August 2012 (12 years ago)13 March 2015 (9 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 cores1152640
Core clock speed823 MHz1029 MHz
Boost clock speed888 MHz1085 MHz
Number of transistors3,540 million1,870 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)130 Watt75 Watt
Texture fill rate85.2543.40
Floating-point processing power2.046 TFLOPS1.389 TFLOPS
ROPs3216
TMUs9640

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).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16MXM-B (3.0)
Length241 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pinno 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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount2 GB2 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1400 MHz1253 MHz
Memory bandwidth179.2 GB/s80.19 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 Connectors2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPortNo outputs
HDMI+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)12 (11_0)
Shader Model5.15.1
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan1.1.1261.1.126
CUDA3.05.0

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 8.70
Recency 22 August 2012 13 March 2015
Power consumption (TDP) 130 Watt 75 Watt

GTX 960A has a 158.9% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 2 years, and 73.3% lower power consumption.

The GeForce GTX 960A 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 GeForce GTX 960A is a notebook one.


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