NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 vs AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition

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Combined performance score

Vega Frontier Edition
34.38
+233%

Radeon Vega Frontier Edition outperforms GeForce GTX 660 by 233% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

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

Place in performance ranking141402
Place by popularitynot in top-10060
Value for money6.172.32
ArchitectureGCN 5.0 (2017−2020)Kepler (2012−2018)
GPU code nameVega 10GK106
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date27 June 2017 (6 years old)6 September 2012 (11 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$999 $229
Current price$961 (1x MSRP)$172 (0.8x MSRP)
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Vega Frontier Edition has 166% better value for money than GTX 660.

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 cores4096960
CUDA coresno data960
Core clock speed1382 MHz980 MHz
Boost clock speed1600 MHz1033 MHz
Number of transistors12,500 million2,540 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)300 Watt140 Watt
Texture fill rate409.678.4 billion/sec
Floating-point performance13,107 gflops1,981 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 supportno dataPCI Express 3.0
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length267 mm9.5" (24.1 cm)
Heightno data4.376" (11.1 cm)
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors2x 8-pinOne 6-pin
SLI optionsno 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 typeHBM2GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount16 GB2 GB
Memory bus width2048 Bit192-bit GDDR5
Memory clock speed1890 MHz6.0 GB/s
Memory bandwidth483.8 GB/s144.2 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 Connectors1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPortOne Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One HDMI, One DisplayPort
Multi monitor supportno data4 displays
HDMI++
HDCPno data+
Maximum VGA resolutionno data2048x1536
Audio input for HDMIno dataInternal

Technologies

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

3D Blu-Rayno data+
3D Gamingno data+
3D Visionno data+

API support

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 (11_0)
Shader Model6.45.1
OpenGL4.64.3
OpenCL2.01.2
Vulkan1.1.1251.1.126
CUDAno 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.

Vega Frontier Edition 34.38
+233%
GTX 660 10.32

Radeon Vega Frontier Edition outperforms GeForce GTX 660 by 233% in our combined 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%

Vega Frontier Edition 13326
+233%
GTX 660 4000

Radeon Vega Frontier Edition outperforms GeForce GTX 660 by 233% in Passmark.

GeekBench 5 OpenCL

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses OpenCL API by Khronos Group.

Benchmark coverage: 9%

Vega Frontier Edition 76021
+577%
GTX 660 11225

Radeon Vega Frontier Edition outperforms GeForce GTX 660 by 577% in GeekBench 5 OpenCL.

GeekBench 5 Vulkan

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses Vulkan API by AMD & Khronos Group.

Benchmark coverage: 5%

Vega Frontier Edition 73760
+548%
GTX 660 11385

Radeon Vega Frontier Edition outperforms GeForce GTX 660 by 548% in GeekBench 5 Vulkan.

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 HD150−160
+219%
47
−219%

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 34.38 10.32
Recency 27 June 2017 6 September 2012
Cost $999 $229
Maximum RAM amount 16 GB 2 GB
Chip lithography 14 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 300 Watt 140 Watt

The Radeon Vega Frontier Edition is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTX 660 in performance tests.


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