AMD Radeon R7 265 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660

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General info

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in performance ranking402401
Place by popularity60not in top-100
Value for money2.321.65
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)GCN 1.0 (2012−2020)
GPU code nameGK106Pitcairn
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Designno datareference
Release date6 September 2012 (11 years old)13 February 2014 (10 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$229 $149
Current price$172 (0.8x MSRP)$242 (1.6x MSRP)
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

GTX 660 has 41% better value for money than R7 265.

Technical specs

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 cores9601024
CUDA cores960no data
Core clock speed980 MHzno data
Boost clock speed1033 MHz925 MHz
Number of transistors2,540 million2,800 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)140 Watt150 Watt
Texture fill rate78.4 billion/sec59.20
Floating-point performance1,981 gflops1,894 gflops

Size and 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 supportPCI Express 3.0PCIe 3.0
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length9.5" (24.1 cm)210 mm
Height4.376" (11.1 cm)no data
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsOne 6-pin1 x 6-pin
SLI options+no data

Memory

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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount2 GB4 GB
Memory bus width192-bit GDDR5256 Bit
Memory clock speed6.0 GB/s1400 MHz
Memory bandwidth144.2 GB/s179.2 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

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 ConnectorsOne Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One HDMI, One DisplayPort2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
Multi monitor support4 displaysno data
Eyefinityno data1
HDMI++
HDCP+no data
Maximum VGA resolution2048x1536no data
DisplayPort supportno data-
Audio input for HDMIInternalno data

Technologies

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

AppAccelerationno data-
CrossFireno data1
Endurono data-
FreeSyncno data1
HD3Dno data-
PowerTuneno data-
TrueAudiono data-
ZeroCoreno data-
DDMA audiono data+
3D Blu-Ray+no data
3D Gaming+no data
3D Vision+no data

API support

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

DirectX12 (11_0)DirectX® 12
Shader Model5.15.1
OpenGL4.34.6
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan1.1.126no data
Mantleno 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 10.32
R7 265 10.33
+0.1%

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
R7 265 5220
+3.6%

Radeon R7 265 outperforms GeForce GTX 660 by 4% 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 HD47
+4.4%
45−50
−4.4%

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 10.32 10.33
Recency 6 September 2012 13 February 2014
Cost $229 $149
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 4 GB
Power consumption (TDP) 140 Watt 150 Watt

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 660 and Radeon R7 265. The differences in performance seem too small.


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

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