ATI Radeon HD 5670 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 OEM

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Combined performance score

GTX 660 OEM
3.34
+61.4%

GeForce GTX 660 OEM outperforms Radeon HD 5670 by 61% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

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

Place in performance ranking695826
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money0.080.10
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)Terascale 2 (2009−2015)
GPU code nameGK104Redwood
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date22 August 2012 (11 years old)14 January 2010 (14 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$119
Current price$481 $132 (1.1x MSRP)
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

ATI HD 5670 has 25% better value for money than GTX 660 OEM.

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 cores1152400
Core clock speed823 MHz775 MHz
Boost clock speed888 MHzno data
Number of transistors3,540 million627 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)130 Watt64 Watt
Texture fill rate85.2515.50
Floating-point performance2,046 gflops620.0 gflops

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).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 2.0 x16
Length241 mm168 mm
Width2-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pinNone

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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount2 GB1 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed5600 MHz1000 MHz
Memory bandwidth179.2 GB/s64 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 Connectors2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
HDMI++

API support

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

DirectX12 (11_0)11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model5.15.0
OpenGL4.64.4
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan1.1.126N/A
CUDA3.0no data

Gaming performance

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

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

900p40−45
+53.8%
26
−53.8%
Full HD50−55
+56.3%
32
−56.3%

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 3.34 2.07
Recency 22 August 2012 14 January 2010
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 1 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 130 Watt 64 Watt

The GeForce GTX 660 OEM is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 5670 in performance tests.


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