Radeon R9 M275X vs GeForce GTX 660 OEM
Aggregated performance score
Radeon R9 M275X outperforms GeForce GTX 660 OEM by 19% based on our aggregated benchmark results.
General info
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
Place in performance ranking | 697 | 654 |
Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
Value for money | 0.08 | no data |
Architecture | Kepler (2012−2018) | GCN 1.0 (2012−2020) |
GPU code name | GK104 | Venus |
Market segment | Desktop | Desktop |
Release date | 22 August 2012 (11 years ago) | 28 January 2014 (10 years ago) |
Current price | $481 | $9.99 |
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 | 640 |
Compute units | no data | 10 |
Core clock speed | 823 MHz | 900 MHz |
Boost clock speed | 888 MHz | 925 MHz |
Number of transistors | 3,540 million | 1,500 million |
Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 28 nm |
Power consumption (TDP) | 130 Watt | no data |
Texture fill rate | 85.25 | 37.00 |
Floating-point performance | 2,046 gflops | 1,184 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 support | no data | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
Length | 241 mm | no data |
Width | 2-slot | no data |
Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pin | no data |
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 | GDDR5 |
Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | 4 GB |
Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 128 Bit |
Memory clock speed | 5600 MHz | 1125 MHz |
Memory bandwidth | 179.2 GB/s | 72 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 |
Eyefinity | no data | 1 |
HDMI | + | no data |
Technologies
Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.
AppAcceleration | no data | - |
Enduro | no data | - |
FreeSync | no data | 1 |
HD3D | no data | + |
PowerTune | no data | + |
DualGraphics | no data | 1 |
TrueAudio | no data | - |
ZeroCore | no data | + |
Switchable graphics | no data | 1 |
API support
List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
DirectX | 12 (11_0) | DirectX® 11 |
Shader Model | 5.1 | 5.1 |
OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.4 |
OpenCL | 1.2 | Not Listed |
Vulkan | 1.1.126 | no data |
Mantle | no data | + |
CUDA | 3.0 | no 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 | 3.35 | 3.97 |
Recency | 22 August 2012 | 28 January 2014 |
Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | 4 GB |
The Radeon R9 M275X is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTX 660 OEM in performance tests.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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