AMD Radeon R7 250X vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 OEM

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Combined performance score

GTX 660 OEM
3.34

Radeon R7 250X outperforms GeForce GTX 660 OEM by 75% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

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

Place in performance ranking696556
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money0.080.60
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)GCN 1.0 (2012−2020)
GPU code nameGK104Cape Verde
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Designno datareference
Release date22 August 2012 (11 years old)13 February 2014 (10 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$99
Current price$481 $207 (2.1x MSRP)
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

R7 250X has 650% 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 cores1152640
Core clock speed823 MHzno data
Boost clock speed888 MHz1000 MHz
Number of transistors3,540 million1,500 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)130 Watt80 Watt
Texture fill rate85.2538.00
Floating-point performance2,046 gflops1,216 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).

Bus supportno dataPCIe 3.0
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length241 mm210 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin1 x 6-pin

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 GB2 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed5600 MHz1625 MHz
Memory bandwidth179.2 GB/s96 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, 2x mini-DisplayPort
Eyefinityno data1
HDMI++
DisplayPort supportno data-

Technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

AppAccelerationno data-
CrossFireno data1
Endurono data-
FreeSyncno data1
HD3Dno data-
PowerTuneno data-
TrueAudiono data-
ZeroCoreno data-
DDMA audiono data+

API support

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

DirectX12 (11_0)DirectX® 12
Shader Model5.15.1
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan1.1.126no data
Mantleno data-
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.

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 3.34 5.85
Recency 22 August 2012 13 February 2014
Power consumption (TDP) 130 Watt 80 Watt

The Radeon R7 250X is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTX 660 OEM in performance tests.


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