RTX 4000 Ada Generation vs GeForce GTX 660 Ti

Place in the ranking	411	29
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	3.09	no data
Power efficiency	5.31	34.65
Architecture	Kepler (2012−2018)	Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code name	GK104	AD104
Market segment	Desktop	Workstation
Release date	16 August 2012 (12 years ago)	9 August 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$299	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

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	1344	6144
Core clock speed	915 MHz	1500 MHz
Boost clock speed	980 MHz	2175 MHz
Number of transistors	3,540 million	35,800 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	150 Watt	130 Watt
Texture fill rate	109.8	417.6
Floating-point processing power	2.634 TFLOPS	26.73 TFLOPS
ROPs	24	80
TMUs	112	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).

Bus support	PCI Express 3.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	241 mm	245 mm
Height	4.376" (11.1 cm)	no data
Width	2-slot	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin	1x 16-pin
SLI options	+	-

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	20 GB
Memory bus width	192-bit GDDR5	160 Bit
Memory clock speed	6.0 GB/s	2250 MHz
Memory bandwidth	144.2 GB/s	360.0 GB/s
Shared memory	-	-

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	One Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One HDMI, One DisplayPort	4x mini-DisplayPort 1.4a
Multi monitor support	4 displays	no data
HDMI	+	-
HDCP	+	-
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	no data
Audio input for HDMI	Internal	no data

Supported technologies

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

3D Blu-Ray	+	-
3D Gaming	+	-
3D Vision	+	-

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	6.8
OpenGL	4.3	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	3.0
Vulkan	1.1.126	1.3
CUDA	+	8.9

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

GTX 660 Ti 11.47

RTX 4000 Ada Generation 64.86
+465%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

GTX 660 Ti 4425

RTX 4000 Ada Generation 25028
+466%

GeekBench 5 OpenCL

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses OpenCL API by Khronos Group.

GTX 660 Ti 15296

RTX 4000 Ada Generation 147563
+865%

GeekBench 5 Vulkan

GTX 660 Ti 15397

RTX 4000 Ada Generation 119948
+679%

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:

Full HD

−448%

400−450
+448%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

18−20
−456%

100−105

+456%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	27−30 −456%	150−160 +456%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	18−20 −456%	100−105 +456%
Battlefield 5	35−40 −456%	200−210 +456%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	21−24 −465%	130−140 +465%
Cyberpunk 2077	18−20 −456%	100−105 +456%
Far Cry 5	27−30 −456%	150−160 +456%
Far Cry New Dawn	30−35 −463%	180−190 +463%
Forza Horizon 4	75−80 −426%	400−450 +426%
Hitman 3	21−24 −445%	120−130 +445%
Horizon Zero Dawn	60−65 −392%	300−310 +392%
Metro Exodus	35−40 −441%	200−210 +441%
Red Dead Redemption 2	30−35 −463%	180−190 +463%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	35−40 −441%	200−210 +441%
Watch Dogs: Legion	65−70 −415%	350−400 +415%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	27−30 −456%	150−160 +456%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	18−20 −456%	100−105 +456%
Battlefield 5	35−40 −456%	200−210 +456%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	21−24 −465%	130−140 +465%
Cyberpunk 2077	18−20 −456%	100−105 +456%
Far Cry 5	27−30 −456%	150−160 +456%
Far Cry New Dawn	30−35 −463%	180−190 +463%
Forza Horizon 4	75−80 −426%	400−450 +426%
Hitman 3	21−24 −445%	120−130 +445%
Horizon Zero Dawn	60−65 −392%	300−310 +392%
Metro Exodus	35−40 −441%	200−210 +441%
Red Dead Redemption 2	30−35 −463%	180−190 +463%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	35−40 −441%	200−210 +441%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	27−30 −452%	160−170 +452%
Watch Dogs: Legion	65−70 −415%	350−400 +415%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	27−30 −456%	150−160 +456%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	18−20 −456%	100−105 +456%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	21−24 −465%	130−140 +465%
Cyberpunk 2077	18−20 −456%	100−105 +456%
Far Cry 5	27−30 −456%	150−160 +456%
Forza Horizon 4	75−80 −426%	400−450 +426%
Hitman 3	21−24 −445%	120−130 +445%
Horizon Zero Dawn	60−65 −392%	300−310 +392%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	35−40 −441%	200−210 +441%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	27−30 −452%	160−170 +452%
Watch Dogs: Legion	65−70 −415%	350−400 +415%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

30−35
−463%

180−190

+463%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	21−24 −445%	120−130 +445%
Far Cry New Dawn	18−20 −456%	100−105 +456%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	10−12 −445%	60−65 +445%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	8−9 −463%	45−50 +463%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	12−14 −442%	65−70 +442%
Cyberpunk 2077	6−7 −400%	30−33 +400%
Far Cry 5	12−14 −438%	70−75 +438%
Forza Horizon 4	50−55 −456%	300−310 +456%
Hitman 3	14−16 −436%	75−80 +436%
Horizon Zero Dawn	21−24 −465%	130−140 +465%
Metro Exodus	18−20 −456%	100−105 +456%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	16−18 −459%	95−100 +459%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−12 −445%	60−65 +445%
Watch Dogs: Legion	70−75 −456%	400−450 +456%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

18−20
−426%

100−105

+426%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	10−12 −445%	60−65 +445%
Far Cry New Dawn	8−9 −463%	45−50 +463%
Hitman 3	7−8 −400%	35−40 +400%
Horizon Zero Dawn	50−55 −447%	290−300 +447%
Metro Exodus	10−11 −450%	55−60 +450%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	9−10 −456%	50−55 +456%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	7−8 −400%	35−40 +400%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	5−6 −440%	27−30 +440%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	5−6 −440%	27−30 +440%
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 −400%	5−6 +400%
Far Cry 5	6−7 −400%	30−33 +400%
Forza Horizon 4	14−16 −433%	80−85 +433%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	9−10 −456%	50−55 +456%
Watch Dogs: Legion	4−5 −425%	21−24 +425%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

10−12

−445%

60−65
+445%

This is how GTX 660 Ti and RTX 4000 Ada Generation compete in popular games:

RTX 4000 Ada Generation is 448% faster in 1080p

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	11.47	64.86
Recency	16 August 2012	9 August 2023
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	20 GB
Chip lithography	28 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	150 Watt	130 Watt

RTX 4000 Ada Generation has a 465.5% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 10 years, a 900% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 460% more advanced lithography process, and 15.4% lower power consumption.

The RTX 4000 Ada Generation is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTX 660 Ti in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 660 Ti is a desktop card while RTX 4000 Ada Generation is a workstation one.

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