RTX A4000 vs GeForce GTX 660 OEM

Place in the ranking	734	56
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	1.79	24.87
Architecture	Kepler (2012−2018)	Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code name	GK104	GA104
Market segment	Desktop	Workstation
Release date	22 August 2012 (12 years ago)	12 April 2021 (3 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	6144
Core clock speed	823 MHz	735 MHz
Boost clock speed	888 MHz	1560 MHz
Number of transistors	3,540 million	17,400 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	130 Watt	140 Watt
Texture fill rate	85.25	299.5
Floating-point processing power	2.046 TFLOPS	19.17 TFLOPS
ROPs	32	96
TMUs	96	192
Tensor Cores	no data	192
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	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).

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

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	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	16 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz	1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth	179.2 GB/s	448.0 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 1.4a
HDMI	+	-

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (11_0)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	5.1	6.7
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	3.0
Vulkan	1.1.126	1.3
CUDA	3.0	8.6

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	50.36
Recency	22 August 2012	12 April 2021
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	16 GB
Chip lithography	28 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	130 Watt	140 Watt

GTX 660 OEM has 7.7% lower power consumption.

RTX A4000, on the other hand, has a 1398.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 8 years, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 250% more advanced lithography process.

The RTX A4000 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 RTX A4000 is a workstation one.

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