GeForce RTX 4070 vs GTX 660

Place in performance ranking	405	17
Place by popularity	70	31
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	2.42	26.91
Architecture	Kepler (2012−2018)	Ada Lovelace
GPU code name	GK106	AD104
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	6 September 2012 (11 years ago)	13 April 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$229	$599
Current price	$172 (0.8x MSRP)	$791 (1.3x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

RTX 4070 has 1012% better value for money than GTX 660.

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	5888
CUDA cores	960	no data
Core clock speed	980 MHz	1920 MHz
Boost clock speed	1033 MHz	2475 MHz
Number of transistors	2,540 million	35,800 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	140 Watt	200 Watt
Texture fill rate	78.4 billion/sec	455.4
Floating-point performance	1,981 gflops	no data

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	9.5" (24.1 cm)	240 mm
Height	4.376" (11.1 cm)	no data
Width	2-slot	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	One 6-pin	1x 16-pin
SLI options	+	no data

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	GDDR6X
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	12 GB
Memory bus width	192-bit GDDR5	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	6.0 GB/s	21000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	144.2 GB/s	504.2 GB/s
Shared memory	no data	-

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	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
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 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	5.1	6.7
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 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 10.36

RTX 4070 69.85
+574%

RTX 4070 outperforms GTX 660 by 574% based on our aggregate 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 4000

RTX 4070 26976
+574%

RTX 4070 outperforms GTX 660 by 574% 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

RTX 4070 43824
+770%

RTX 4070 outperforms GTX 660 by 770% in 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics.

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	47 −340%	207 +340%
1440p	18−20 −578%	122 +578%
4K	10−12 −630%	73 +630%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

30−33
−620%

216

+620%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	16−18 −606%	110−120 +606%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	18−20 −583%	120−130 +583%
Battlefield 5	30−33 −643%	220−230 +643%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	16−18 −644%	110−120 +644%
Cyberpunk 2077	24−27 −625%	174 +625%
Far Cry 5	16−18 −631%	110−120 +631%
Far Cry New Dawn	24−27 −613%	170−180 +613%
Forza Horizon 4	30−33 −627%	210−220 +627%
Hitman 3	18−20 −578%	120−130 +578%
Horizon Zero Dawn	65−70 −623%	470 +623%
Metro Exodus	21−24 −586%	140−150 +586%
Red Dead Redemption 2	18−20 −589%	120−130 +589%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	70−75 −589%	482 +589%
Watch Dogs: Legion	18−20 −644%	130−140 +644%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	16−18 −606%	110−120 +606%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	18−20 −583%	120−130 +583%
Battlefield 5	30−33 −643%	220−230 +643%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	16−18 −644%	110−120 +644%
Cyberpunk 2077	21−24 −581%	143 +581%
Far Cry 5	16−18 −631%	110−120 +631%
Far Cry New Dawn	24−27 −613%	170−180 +613%
Forza Horizon 4	30−33 −627%	210−220 +627%
Hitman 3	18−20 −578%	120−130 +578%
Horizon Zero Dawn	40−45 −638%	290−300 +638%
Metro Exodus	12−14 −600%	84 +600%
Red Dead Redemption 2	18−20 −589%	120−130 +589%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	55−60 −584%	376 +584%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	50−55 −602%	351 +602%
Watch Dogs: Legion	18−20 −644%	130−140 +644%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	16−18 −606%	110−120 +606%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	18−20 −583%	120−130 +583%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	16−18 −644%	110−120 +644%
Cyberpunk 2077	18−20 −611%	128 +611%
Far Cry 5	16−18 −631%	110−120 +631%
Forza Horizon 4	30−33 −627%	210−220 +627%
Horizon Zero Dawn	40−45 −633%	293 +633%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	45−50 −616%	322 +616%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	24−27 −608%	170 +608%
Watch Dogs: Legion	18−20 −589%	124 +589%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

18−20
−589%

120−130

+589%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	24−27 −592%	160−170 +592%
Far Cry New Dawn	21−24 −586%	140−150 +586%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	12−14 −583%	80−85 +583%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	12−14 −625%	85−90 +625%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	14−16 −657%	100−110 +657%
Cyberpunk 2077	12−14 −575%	81 +575%
Far Cry 5	24−27 −613%	171 +613%
Forza Horizon 4	24−27 −600%	160−170 +600%
Hitman 3	14−16 −629%	100−110 +629%
Horizon Zero Dawn	30−33 −640%	222 +640%
Metro Exodus	21−24 −581%	143 +581%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	30−33 −640%	222 +640%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	18−20 −600%	120−130 +600%
Watch Dogs: Legion	12−14 −675%	93 +675%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

16−18
−619%

110−120

+619%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	12−14 −633%	85−90 +633%
Far Cry New Dawn	10−11 −590%	65−70 +590%
Hitman 3	9−10 −578%	60−65 +578%
Horizon Zero Dawn	14−16 −664%	100−110 +664%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	12−14 −600%	84 +600%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	16−18 −619%	115 +619%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	8−9 −625%	55−60 +625%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	8−9 −588%	55−60 +588%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	7−8 −643%	50−55 +643%
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6 −620%	36 +620%
Far Cry 5	7−8 −614%	50−55 +614%
Forza Horizon 4	16−18 −656%	120−130 +656%
Horizon Zero Dawn	18−20 −622%	130 +622%
Metro Exodus	14−16 −586%	96 +586%
Watch Dogs: Legion	7−8 −614%	50 +614%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

10−11

−660%

75−80
+660%

This is how GTX 660 and RTX 4070 compete in popular games:

RTX 4070 is 340% faster in 1080p
RTX 4070 is 578% faster in 1440p
RTX 4070 is 630% faster in 4K

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	10.36	69.85
Recency	6 September 2012	13 April 2023
Cost	$229	$599
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	12 GB
Chip lithography	28 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	140 Watt	200 Watt