GeForce GTX 480 vs GeForce GTX 660
Summary
GeForce GTX 480
100%
GeForce GTX 660
119%
Relative performance
GeForce GTX 480
100%
GeForce GTX 660
121%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 480 |
| Supports PhysX |
| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 660 |
| 21% higher gaming performance. |
| 110 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the GeForce GTX 480 . |
| This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support. |
| Supports PhysX |
| Supports G-Sync |
| Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty) |
| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends GeForce GTX 660
The GeForce GTX 660 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (3 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| GeForce GTX 480 | | GeForce GTX 660 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | GF100 (GF100-375-A3) | vs | GK106 (GK106-400-A1) |
| Fab Process | 40 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 529 mm² | vs | 221 mm² |
| Transistors | 3,100 million | vs | 2,540 million |
| Shaders | 480 | vs | 960 |
| Compute Units | 15 | vs | 5 |
| Core clock | 701 MHz | vs | 980 MHz |
| ROPs | 48 | vs | 24 |
| TMUs | 60 | vs | 80 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce GTX 480 | | GeForce GTX 660 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 384 bit | vs | 192 bit |
| Memory Speed | 924 MHz
3696 MHz effective | vs | 1502 MHz
6008 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 1536 Mb | vs | 2048 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GTX 480 | | GeForce GTX 660 | |
|---|
| TDP | 250 watts | vs | 140 watts |
| Release Date | 26 Mar 2010 | vs | 6 Sep 2012 |
GeForce GTX 480
21.00 GP/s
GeForce GTX 660
19.60 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 480
42.10 GT/s
GeForce GTX 660
78.40 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 480
177.00 GB/s
GeForce GTX 660
144.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce GTX 480
1345.00 GFLOPs
GeForce GTX 660
1882.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
GeForce GTX 480
5700
GeForce GTX 660
6800
Points (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra, DDOD, FXAA
GeForce GTX 480
24
GeForce GTX 660
31
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality,DDOD, FX AA
GeForce GTX 480
39
GeForce GTX 660
50
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA
GeForce GTX 480
36
GeForce GTX 660
39
FPS (higher is better)