Quadro RTX A6000 vs GeForce GTX 660

Place in performance ranking	405	84
Place by popularity	69	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	2.41	0.49
Architecture	Kepler (2012−2018)	Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code name	GK106	Ampere
Market segment	Desktop	Workstation
Release date	6 September 2012 (11 years ago)	5 October 2020 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$229	$4,649
Current price	$172 (0.8x MSRP)	$8932 (1.9x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

GTX 660 has 392% better value for money than RTX A6000.

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	10752
CUDA cores	960	no data
Core clock speed	980 MHz	1410 MHz
Boost clock speed	1033 MHz	1800 MHz
Number of transistors	2,540 million	28,300 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	140 Watt	300 Watt
Texture fill rate	78.4 billion/sec	625.0
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)	267 mm
Height	4.376" (11.1 cm)	no data
Width	2-slot	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	One 6-pin	8-pin EPS
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	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	48 GB
Memory bus width	192-bit GDDR5	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	6.0 GB/s	16000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	144.2 GB/s	768.0 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	4x DisplayPort
Multi monitor support	4 displays	no data
HDMI	+	no data
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	6.5
OpenGL	4.3	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	2.0
Vulkan	1.1.126	1.2
CUDA	+	8.6

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 10.35

RTX A6000 41.50
+301%

Quadro RTX A6000 outperforms GeForce GTX 660 by 301% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

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 A6000 27511
+446%

Quadro RTX A6000 outperforms GeForce GTX 660 by 446% 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 −255%	167 +255%
1440p	30−35 −330%	129 +330%
4K	27−30 −315%	112 +315%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

70−75
−292%

290−300

+292%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	70−75 −289%	280−290 +289%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	70−75 −289%	280−290 +289%
Battlefield 5	130−140 −276%	500−550 +276%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	80−85 −257%	300−310 +257%
Cyberpunk 2077	70−75 −292%	290−300 +292%
Far Cry 5	85−90 −293%	350−400 +293%
Far Cry New Dawn	100−110 −292%	400−450 +292%
Forza Horizon 4	150−160 −287%	600−650 +287%
Hitman 3	85−90 −253%	300−310 +253%
Horizon Zero Dawn	248 −283%	950−1000 +283%
Metro Exodus	110−120 −288%	450−500 +288%
Red Dead Redemption 2	95−100 −257%	350−400 +257%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	300 −300%	1200−1250 +300%
Watch Dogs: Legion	100−105 −300%	400−450 +300%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	70−75 −289%	280−290 +289%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	70−75 −289%	280−290 +289%
Battlefield 5	130−140 −276%	500−550 +276%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	80−85 −257%	300−310 +257%
Cyberpunk 2077	70−75 −292%	290−300 +292%
Far Cry 5	85−90 −293%	350−400 +293%
Far Cry New Dawn	100−110 −292%	400−450 +292%
Forza Horizon 4	150−160 −287%	600−650 +287%
Hitman 3	85−90 −253%	300−310 +253%
Horizon Zero Dawn	160−170 −285%	650−700 +285%
Metro Exodus	34 −282%	130−140 +282%
Red Dead Redemption 2	95−100 −257%	350−400 +257%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	293 −292%	1150−1200 +292%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	307 −291%	1200−1250 +291%
Watch Dogs: Legion	100−105 −300%	400−450 +300%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	70−75 −289%	280−290 +289%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	70−75 −289%	280−290 +289%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	80−85 −257%	300−310 +257%
Cyberpunk 2077	70−75 −292%	290−300 +292%
Far Cry 5	85−90 −293%	350−400 +293%
Forza Horizon 4	150−160 −287%	600−650 +287%
Horizon Zero Dawn	224 −279%	850−900 +279%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	288 −299%	1150−1200 +299%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	180 −289%	700−750 +289%
Watch Dogs: Legion	100−105 −300%	400−450 +300%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

95−100
−257%

350−400

+257%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	80−85 −270%	300−310 +270%
Far Cry New Dawn	95−100 −261%	350−400 +261%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	45−50 −300%	180−190 +300%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	45−50 −291%	180−190 +291%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	60−65 −291%	250−260 +291%
Cyberpunk 2077	30−35 −282%	130−140 +282%
Far Cry 5	52 −285%	200−210 +285%
Forza Horizon 4	85−90 −298%	350−400 +298%
Hitman 3	50−55 −289%	210−220 +289%
Horizon Zero Dawn	210 −281%	800−850 +281%
Metro Exodus	63 −297%	250−260 +297%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	247 −285%	950−1000 +285%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	60−65 −287%	240−250 +287%
Watch Dogs: Legion	35−40 −295%	150−160 +295%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

70−75
−289%

280−290

+289%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	40−45 −281%	160−170 +281%
Far Cry New Dawn	35−40 −300%	140−150 +300%
Hitman 3	30−35 −282%	130−140 +282%
Horizon Zero Dawn	50−55 −296%	210−220 +296%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	30−35 −294%	130−140 +294%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	146 −277%	550−600 +277%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	27−30 −279%	110−120 +279%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	24−27 −285%	100−105 +285%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	27−30 −270%	100−105 +270%
Cyberpunk 2077	14−16 −300%	60−65 +300%
Far Cry 5	24−27 −300%	100−105 +300%
Forza Horizon 4	55−60 −297%	230−240 +297%
Horizon Zero Dawn	137 −265%	500−550 +265%
Metro Exodus	63 −297%	250−260 +297%
Watch Dogs: Legion	21−24 −281%	80−85 +281%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

35−40
−278%

140−150

+278%

This is how GTX 660 and RTX A6000 compete in popular games:

RTX A6000 is 255% faster in 1080p
RTX A6000 is 330% faster in 1440p
RTX A6000 is 315% faster in 4K

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	10.35	41.50
Recency	6 September 2012	5 October 2020
Cost	$229	$4649
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	48 GB
Chip lithography	28 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	140 Watt	300 Watt