PG506-242 vs GeForce GTX 660 OEM

General info

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

Place in performance ranking	696	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Value for money	0.08	no data
Architecture	Kepler (2012−2018)	Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code name	GK104	GA100
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	22 August 2012 (11 years ago)	12 April 2021 (3 years ago)
Current price	$481	no data

Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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 cores	1152	3584
Core clock speed	823 MHz	no data
Boost clock speed	888 MHz	1440 MHz
Number of transistors	3,540 million	54,200 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	130 Watt	165 Watt
Texture fill rate	85.25	322.6
Floating-point performance	2,046 gflops	no data

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).

Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	241 mm	267 mm
Width	2-slot	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	8-pin EPS

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 type	GDDR5	HBM2
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	24 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	3072 Bit
Memory clock speed	5600 MHz	2.4 GB/s
Memory bandwidth	179.2 GB/s	933.1 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 Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	No outputs
HDMI	+	no data

API support

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

DirectX	12 (11_0)	N/A
Shader Model	5.1	N/A
OpenGL	4.6	N/A
OpenCL	1.2	3.0
Vulkan	1.1.126	N/A
CUDA	3.0	8.0

Advantages and disadvantages

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Recency	22 August 2012	12 April 2021
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	24 GB
Chip lithography	28 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	130 Watt	165 Watt

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