Radeon R7 240 vs GeForce GTX 660

Place in performance ranking	404	808
Place by popularity	69	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	2.36	0.16
Architecture	Kepler (2012−2018)	GCN 1.0 (2012−2020)
GPU code name	GK106	Oland
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Design	no data	reference
Release date	6 September 2012 (11 years ago)	8 October 2013 (10 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$229	$69
Current price	$172 (0.8x MSRP)	$109 (1.6x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

GTX 660 has 1375% better value for money than R7 240.

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	320
CUDA cores	960	no data
Core clock speed	980 MHz	no data
Boost clock speed	1033 MHz	780 MHz
Number of transistors	2,540 million	950 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	140 Watt	50 Watt
Texture fill rate	78.4 billion/sec	14.00
Floating-point performance	1,981 gflops	499.2 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	PCIe 3.0
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x8
Length	9.5" (24.1 cm)	168 mm
Height	4.376" (11.1 cm)	no data
Width	2-slot	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	One 6-pin	N/A
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	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	2 GB
Memory bus width	192-bit GDDR5	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	6.0 GB/s	1150 MHz
Memory bandwidth	144.2 GB/s	72 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	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
Multi monitor support	4 displays	no data
HDMI	+	+
HDCP	+	no data
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	no data
DisplayPort support	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.

AppAcceleration	no data	-
CrossFire	no data	1
Enduro	no data	-
FreeSync	no data	1
HD3D	no data	-
PowerTune	no data	-
TrueAudio	no data	-
ZeroCore	no data	-
DDMA audio	no data	+
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)	DirectX® 12
Shader Model	5.1	5.1
OpenGL	4.3	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	1.2
Vulkan	1.1.126	no data
Mantle	no data	-
CUDA	+	no data

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
+341%

R7 240 2.34

GeForce GTX 660 outperforms Radeon R7 240 by 341% 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
+341%

R7 240 906

GeForce GTX 660 outperforms Radeon R7 240 by 341% 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
+313%

R7 240 1220

GeForce GTX 660 outperforms Radeon R7 240 by 313% in 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics.