GeForce GTX 660 Ti vs GeForce GTX 650 Ti

GeForce GTX 660 Ti
Memory: 2048Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 16 Aug 2012
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
GeForce GTX 650 Ti
Memory: 1024Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 9 Oct 2012
GeForce GTX 650 Ti

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • GeForce GTX 660 Ti
    185%
  • GeForce GTX 650 Ti
    100%

Relative performance

Gaming performance index

  • GeForce GTX 660 Ti
    179%
  • GeForce GTX 650 Ti
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 660 Ti

79% higher gaming performance.
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Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications

Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 650 Ti

40 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the GeForce GTX 660 Ti .
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Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications

GeForce GTX 660 Ti

HWBench recommends GeForce GTX 660 Ti

The GeForce GTX 660 Ti is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (40 combinations of games and resolutions).


Specifications

Core Configuration

GeForce GTX 660 TiGeForce GTX 650 Ti
GPU NameGK104 (GK104-300-KD-A2)vsGK106 (GK106-220-A1)
Fab Process28 nmvs28 nm
Die Size294 mm²vs221 mm²
Transistors3,540 millionvs2,540 million
Shaders1344vs768
Compute Units7vs4
Core clock915 MHzvs928 MHz
ROPs24vs16
TMUs112vs64

Memory Configuration

GeForce GTX 660 TiGeForce GTX 650 Ti
Memory TypeGDDR5vsGDDR5
Bus Width192 bitvs128 bit
Memory Speed1502 MHz
6008 MHz effective
vs1350 MHz
5400 MHz effective
Memory Size2048 Mbvs1024 Mb

Additional details

GeForce GTX 660 TiGeForce GTX 650 Ti
TDP150 wattsvs110 watts
Release Date16 Aug 2012vs9 Oct 2012

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • GeForce GTX 660 Ti
    25.60 GP/s
  • GeForce GTX 650 Ti
    14.80 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • GeForce GTX 660 Ti
    102.00 GT/s
  • GeForce GTX 650 Ti
    59.40 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • GeForce GTX 660 Ti
    144.00 GB/s
  • GeForce GTX 650 Ti
    86.40 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • GeForce GTX 660 Ti
    2460.00 GFLOPs
  • GeForce GTX 650 Ti
    1425.00 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

3DMark 11

  • GeForce GTX 660 Ti
    8790
  • GeForce GTX 650 Ti
    4750

Points (higher is better)

Game benchmarks

Alan Wake

  • GeForce GTX 660 Ti
    62.8
  • GeForce GTX 650 Ti
    34.6

FPS (higher is better)

Batman: Arkham City

  • GeForce GTX 660 Ti
    72.4
  • GeForce GTX 650 Ti
    43.1

FPS (higher is better)

Battlefield 3

  • GeForce GTX 660 Ti
    58.5
  • GeForce GTX 650 Ti
    31.5

FPS (higher is better)

Borderlands 2

  • GeForce GTX 660 Ti
    95.9
  • GeForce GTX 650 Ti
    55.7

FPS (higher is better)

Crysis

  • GeForce GTX 660 Ti
    44.6
  • GeForce GTX 650 Ti
    25.7

FPS (higher is better)

Crysis 2

  • GeForce GTX 660 Ti
    52.7
  • GeForce GTX 650 Ti
    29.1

FPS (higher is better)

Crysis 3

DX11,Very High Quality, FXAA

  • GeForce GTX 660 Ti
    37
  • GeForce GTX 650 Ti
    21

FPS (higher is better)

Diablo III

  • GeForce GTX 660 Ti
    134.6
  • GeForce GTX 650 Ti
    76

FPS (higher is better)

Dragon Age II

  • GeForce GTX 660 Ti
    56
  • GeForce GTX 650 Ti
    31.6

FPS (higher is better)

F1 2012

  • GeForce GTX 660 Ti
    78.2
  • GeForce GTX 650 Ti
    46.5

FPS (higher is better)

Max Payne 3

  • GeForce GTX 660 Ti
    61.8
  • GeForce GTX 650 Ti
    33.6

FPS (higher is better)

Medal Of Honor Warfighter

DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA

  • GeForce GTX 660 Ti
    43
  • GeForce GTX 650 Ti
    25

FPS (higher is better)

Metro 2033

  • GeForce GTX 660 Ti
    22.1
  • GeForce GTX 650 Ti
    13.7

FPS (higher is better)

Sleeping Dogs

  • GeForce GTX 660 Ti
    58.6
  • GeForce GTX 650 Ti
    31.3

FPS (higher is better)

Sniper Elite V2

  • GeForce GTX 660 Ti
    52.5
  • GeForce GTX 650 Ti
    28.5

FPS (higher is better)

STALKER: Call of Pripyat

  • GeForce GTX 660 Ti
    76.6
  • GeForce GTX 650 Ti
    42.1

FPS (higher is better)

StarCraft II

  • GeForce GTX 660 Ti
    180
  • GeForce GTX 650 Ti
    102.8

FPS (higher is better)

The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim

  • GeForce GTX 660 Ti
    63.8
  • GeForce GTX 650 Ti
    38.5

FPS (higher is better)

Total War: Shogun 2

  • GeForce GTX 660 Ti
    51.3
  • GeForce GTX 650 Ti
    28.1

FPS (higher is better)

Unigine Heaven 2.0

  • GeForce GTX 660 Ti
    51.7
  • GeForce GTX 650 Ti
    30.2

FPS (higher is better)

World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria

  • GeForce GTX 660 Ti
    84.4
  • GeForce GTX 650 Ti
    45.4

FPS (higher is better)

Alan Wake

  • GeForce GTX 660 Ti
    37.7
  • GeForce GTX 650 Ti
    20.9

FPS (higher is better)

Batman: Arkham City

  • GeForce GTX 660 Ti
    43.5
  • GeForce GTX 650 Ti
    25

FPS (higher is better)

Battlefield 3

  • GeForce GTX 660 Ti
    35.7
  • GeForce GTX 650 Ti
    18.6

FPS (higher is better)

Borderlands 2

  • GeForce GTX 660 Ti
    60.4
  • GeForce GTX 650 Ti
    33.3

FPS (higher is better)

Crysis

  • GeForce GTX 660 Ti
    27
  • GeForce GTX 650 Ti
    15.2

FPS (higher is better)

Crysis 2

  • GeForce GTX 660 Ti
    30.6
  • GeForce GTX 650 Ti
    16.3

FPS (higher is better)

Diablo III

  • GeForce GTX 660 Ti
    93.9
  • GeForce GTX 650 Ti
    52.2

FPS (higher is better)

Dragon Age II

  • GeForce GTX 660 Ti
    37.5
  • GeForce GTX 650 Ti
    20.3

FPS (higher is better)

F1 2012

  • GeForce GTX 660 Ti
    56.1
  • GeForce GTX 650 Ti
    32.6

FPS (higher is better)

Max Payne 3

  • GeForce GTX 660 Ti
    41.6
  • GeForce GTX 650 Ti
    22

FPS (higher is better)

Metro 2033

  • GeForce GTX 660 Ti
    17.4
  • GeForce GTX 650 Ti
    10.6

FPS (higher is better)

Sleeping Dogs

  • GeForce GTX 660 Ti
    34.3
  • GeForce GTX 650 Ti
    17.3

FPS (higher is better)

Sniper Elite V2

  • GeForce GTX 660 Ti
    33.6
  • GeForce GTX 650 Ti
    17.8

FPS (higher is better)

STALKER: Call of Pripyat

  • GeForce GTX 660 Ti
    46.9
  • GeForce GTX 650 Ti
    25.9

FPS (higher is better)

StarCraft II

  • GeForce GTX 660 Ti
    123.3
  • GeForce GTX 650 Ti
    68.1

FPS (higher is better)

The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim

  • GeForce GTX 660 Ti
    45.7
  • GeForce GTX 650 Ti
    23.7

FPS (higher is better)

Total War: Shogun 2

  • GeForce GTX 660 Ti
    30.2
  • GeForce GTX 650 Ti
    16.3

FPS (higher is better)

Unigine Heaven 2.0

  • GeForce GTX 660 Ti
    33.3
  • GeForce GTX 650 Ti
    19.4

FPS (higher is better)

World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria

  • GeForce GTX 660 Ti
    58.7
  • GeForce GTX 650 Ti
    30.8

FPS (higher is better)