ATI Radeon X1950 XTX vs GeForce GTX 660

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	439	not rated
Place by popularity	76	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	3.35	no data
Power efficiency	5.10	no data
Architecture	Kepler (2012−2018)	R500 (2005−2007)
GPU code name	GK106	R580+
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	6 September 2012 (12 years ago)	17 October 2006 (18 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$229	$449

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	960	no data
Core clock speed	980 MHz	650 MHz
Boost clock speed	1033 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	2,540 million	384 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	90 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	140 Watt	125 Watt
Texture fill rate	82.56	10.40
Floating-point processing power	1.981 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	24	16
TMUs	80	16

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 1.0 x16
Length	241 mm	230 mm
Height	4.376" (11.1 cm)	no data
Width	2-slot	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	1x 6-pin
SLI options	+	-

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	GDDR4
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	512 MB
Memory bus width	192-bit GDDR5	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	6.0 GB/s	1000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	144.2 GB/s	64 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	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Multi monitor support	4 displays	no data
HDMI	+	-
HDCP	+	-
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	+	-
3D Gaming	+	-
3D Vision	+	-

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	12 (11_0)	9.0c (9_3)
Shader Model	5.1	3.0
OpenGL	4.3	2.0
OpenCL	1.2	N/A
Vulkan	1.1.126	N/A
CUDA	+	-

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	6 September 2012	17 October 2006
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	512 MB
Chip lithography	28 nm	90 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	140 Watt	125 Watt

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