AMD Radeon R9 M295X Mac Edition vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660

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Combined performance score

GTX 660
10.32

Radeon R9 M295X Mac Edition outperforms GeForce GTX 660 by 30% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

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

Place in performance ranking402353
Place by popularity60not in top-100
Value for money2.32no data
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)GCN 3.0 (2014−2017)
GPU code nameGK106Amethyst
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date6 September 2012 (11 years old)23 November 2014 (9 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$229 no data
Current price$172 (0.8x MSRP)no data
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores9602048
CUDA cores960no data
Core clock speed980 MHz850 MHz
Boost clock speed1033 MHzno data
Number of transistors2,540 million5,000 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)140 Watt250 Watt
Texture fill rate78.4 billion/sec108.8
Floating-point performance1,981 gflops3,482 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 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16MXM-B (3.0)
Length9.5" (24.1 cm)no data
Height4.376" (11.1 cm)no data
Width2-slotMXM Module
Supplementary power connectorsOne 6-pinno data
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/s5448 MHz
Memory bandwidth144.2 GB/s174.3 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 DisplayPortNo outputs
Multi monitor support4 displaysno data
HDMI+no data
HDCP+no data
Maximum VGA resolution2048x1536no data
Audio input for HDMIInternalno data

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 support

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

DirectX12 (11_0)12 (12_0)
Shader Model5.16.3
OpenGL4.34.6
OpenCL1.22.0
Vulkan1.1.1261.2.131
CUDA+no data

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
−27.7%
60−65
+27.7%

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 10.32 13.37
Recency 6 September 2012 23 November 2014
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 4 GB
Power consumption (TDP) 140 Watt 250 Watt

The Radeon R9 M295X Mac Edition is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTX 660 in performance tests.


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