GeForce GTX 560 Ti vs 660

Place in performance ranking	403	483
Place by popularity	69	not in top-100
Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation	2.36	1.77
Architecture	Kepler (2012−2018)	Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code name	GK106	GF114
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	6 September 2012 (11 years ago)	25 January 2011 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$229	$249
Current price	$172 (0.8x MSRP)	$130 (0.5x MSRP)

Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

GTX 660 has 33% better value for money than GTX 560 Ti.

Detailed Specifications

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	960	384
CUDA cores	960	no data
Core clock speed	980 MHz	822 MHz
Boost clock speed	1033 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	2,540 million	1,950 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	140 Watt	170 Watt
Texture fill rate	78.4 billion/sec	52.67
Floating-point performance	1,981 gflops	1,263.4 gflops

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 2.0 x16
Length	9.5" (24.1 cm)	229 mm
Height	4.376" (11.1 cm)	no data
Width	2-slot	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	One 6-pin	2x 6-pin
SLI options	+	no data

Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	1 GB
Memory bus width	192-bit GDDR5	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	6.0 GB/s	2004 MHz
Memory bandwidth	144.2 GB/s	128.3 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	One Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One HDMI, One DisplayPort	2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI
Multi monitor support	4 displays	no data
HDMI	+	+
HDCP	+	no data
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	+	no data
3D Gaming	+	no data
3D Vision	+	no data

API Compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (11_0)	12 (11_0)
Shader Model	5.1	5.1
OpenGL	4.3	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	1.1
Vulkan	1.1.126	N/A
CUDA	+	2.1

Synthetic benchmark performance

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

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance 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 10.33
+31.6%

GTX 560 Ti 7.85

660 outperforms 560 Ti by 32% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. 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.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

GTX 660 3998
+31.6%

GTX 560 Ti 3038

660 outperforms 560 Ti by 32% in Passmark.

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

GTX 660 5040
+45.2%

GTX 560 Ti 3470

660 outperforms 560 Ti by 45% in 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 9%

GTX 660 11272
+2.4%

GTX 560 Ti 11008

660 outperforms 560 Ti by 2% in GeekBench 5 OpenCL.

Octane Render OctaneBench

This is a special benchmark measuring graphics card performance in OctaneRender, which is a realistic GPU rendering engine by OTOY Inc., available either as a standalone program, or as a plugin for 3DS Max, Cinema 4D and many other apps. It renders four different static scenes, then compares render times with a reference GPU which is currently GeForce GTX 980. This benchmark has nothing to do with gaming and is aimed at professional 3D graphics artists.

Benchmark coverage: 4%

GTX 660 33

GTX 560 Ti 38
+15.2%

560 Ti outperforms 660 by 15% in Octane Render OctaneBench.

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:

900p	80−85 +27%	63 −27%
Full HD	47 −38.3%	65 +38.3%

Pros & Cons Summary

Performance score	10.33	7.85
Recency	6 September 2012	25 January 2011
Cost	$229	$249
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	1 GB
Chip lithography	28 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	140 Watt	170 Watt