GeForce GTX 555 OEM vs GeForce GTX 660
Summary
Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 555 OEM |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 |
| This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support. |
| Higher theoretical gaming performance, based on specifications. |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications |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
Based on theoretical specifications.
Core Configuration
| GeForce GTX 555 OEM | | GeForce GTX 660 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | GF114 () | vs | GK106 (GK106-400-A1) |
| Fab Process | 40 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 332 mm² | vs | 221 mm² |
| Transistors | 1,950 million | vs | 2,540 million |
| Shaders | 288 | vs | 960 |
| Compute Units | 6 | vs | 5 |
| Core clock | 736 MHz | vs | 980 MHz |
| ROPs | 24 | vs | 24 |
| TMUs | 48 | vs | 80 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce GTX 555 OEM | | GeForce GTX 660 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 192 bit | vs | 192 bit |
| Memory Speed | 957 MHz
3828 MHz effective | vs | 1502 MHz
6008 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 1024 Mb | vs | 2048 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GTX 555 OEM | | GeForce GTX 660 | |
|---|
| TDP | 150 watts | vs | 140 watts |
| Release Date | 14 May 2011 | vs | 6 Sep 2012 |
GeForce GTX 555 OEM
8.83 GP/s
GeForce GTX 660
19.60 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 555 OEM
35.30 GT/s
GeForce GTX 660
78.40 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 555 OEM
91.90 GB/s
GeForce GTX 660
144.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce GTX 555 OEM
847.90 GFLOPs
GeForce GTX 660
1882.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better