GeForce GTX 660 Ti vs Radeon HD 6790

GeForce GTX 660 Ti
Memory: 2048Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 16 Aug 2012
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
Radeon HD 6790
Memory: 1024Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 4 Apr 2011
Radeon HD 6790

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • GeForce GTX 660 Ti
    284%
  • Radeon HD 6790
    100%

Relative performance

Gaming performance index

  • GeForce GTX 660 Ti
    228%
  • Radeon HD 6790
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 660 Ti

128% higher gaming performance.
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Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications

Reasons to consider Radeon HD 6790

Based on an outdated architecture (ATI TeraScale), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications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 (38 combinations of games and resolutions).


Specifications

Core Configuration

GeForce GTX 660 TiRadeon HD 6790
GPU NameGK104 (GK104-300-KD-A2)vsBarts (Barts LE)
Fab Process28 nmvs40 nm
Die Size294 mm²vs255 mm²
Transistors3,540 millionvs1,700 million
Shaders1344vs800
Compute Units7vs10
Core clock915 MHzvs840 MHz
ROPs24vs16
TMUs112vs40

Memory Configuration

GeForce GTX 660 TiRadeon HD 6790
Memory TypeGDDR5vsGDDR5
Bus Width192 bitvs256 bit
Memory Speed1502 MHz
6008 MHz effective
vs1050 MHz
4200 MHz effective
Memory Size2048 Mbvs1024 Mb

Additional details

GeForce GTX 660 TiRadeon HD 6790
TDP150 wattsvs150 watts
Release Date16 Aug 2012vs4 Apr 2011

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • GeForce GTX 660 Ti
    25.60 GP/s
  • Radeon HD 6790
    13.40 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • GeForce GTX 660 Ti
    102.00 GT/s
  • Radeon HD 6790
    33.60 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • GeForce GTX 660 Ti
    144.00 GB/s
  • Radeon HD 6790
    134.00 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • GeForce GTX 660 Ti
    2460.00 GFLOPs
  • Radeon HD 6790
    1344.00 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

3DMark 11

  • GeForce GTX 660 Ti
    8790
  • Radeon HD 6790
    3090

Points (higher is better)

Game benchmarks

Alan Wake

  • GeForce GTX 660 Ti
    62.8
  • Radeon HD 6790
    30.8

FPS (higher is better)

Batman: Arkham City

  • GeForce GTX 660 Ti
    72.4
  • Radeon HD 6790
    34.6

FPS (higher is better)

Battlefield 3

  • GeForce GTX 660 Ti
    58.5
  • Radeon HD 6790
    21.5

FPS (higher is better)

Borderlands 2

  • GeForce GTX 660 Ti
    95.9
  • Radeon HD 6790
    43.5

FPS (higher is better)

Crysis

  • GeForce GTX 660 Ti
    44.6
  • Radeon HD 6790
    21.7

FPS (higher is better)

Crysis 2

  • GeForce GTX 660 Ti
    52.7
  • Radeon HD 6790
    23.3

FPS (higher is better)

Diablo III

  • GeForce GTX 660 Ti
    134.6
  • Radeon HD 6790
    56.7

FPS (higher is better)

Dragon Age II

  • GeForce GTX 660 Ti
    56
  • Radeon HD 6790
    22.1

FPS (higher is better)

F1 2012

  • GeForce GTX 660 Ti
    78.2
  • Radeon HD 6790
    36.9

FPS (higher is better)

Max Payne 3

  • GeForce GTX 660 Ti
    61.8
  • Radeon HD 6790
    25.6

FPS (higher is better)

Metro 2033

  • GeForce GTX 660 Ti
    22.1
  • Radeon HD 6790
    12.3

FPS (higher is better)

Sleeping Dogs

  • GeForce GTX 660 Ti
    58.6
  • Radeon HD 6790
    27.1

FPS (higher is better)

Sniper Elite V2

  • GeForce GTX 660 Ti
    52.5
  • Radeon HD 6790
    26.8

FPS (higher is better)

STALKER: Call of Pripyat

  • GeForce GTX 660 Ti
    76.6
  • Radeon HD 6790
    33.4

FPS (higher is better)

StarCraft II

  • GeForce GTX 660 Ti
    180
  • Radeon HD 6790
    66.9

FPS (higher is better)

The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim

  • GeForce GTX 660 Ti
    63.8
  • Radeon HD 6790
    34.1

FPS (higher is better)

Total War: Shogun 2

  • GeForce GTX 660 Ti
    51.3
  • Radeon HD 6790
    20.3

FPS (higher is better)

Unigine Heaven 2.0

  • GeForce GTX 660 Ti
    51.7
  • Radeon HD 6790
    20.4

FPS (higher is better)

World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria

  • GeForce GTX 660 Ti
    84.4
  • Radeon HD 6790
    36

FPS (higher is better)

Alan Wake

  • GeForce GTX 660 Ti
    37.7
  • Radeon HD 6790
    18.6

FPS (higher is better)

Batman: Arkham City

  • GeForce GTX 660 Ti
    43.5
  • Radeon HD 6790
    21

FPS (higher is better)

Battlefield 3

  • GeForce GTX 660 Ti
    35.7
  • Radeon HD 6790
    10.9

FPS (higher is better)

Borderlands 2

  • GeForce GTX 660 Ti
    60.4
  • Radeon HD 6790
    26.6

FPS (higher is better)

Crysis

  • GeForce GTX 660 Ti
    27
  • Radeon HD 6790
    13.1

FPS (higher is better)

Crysis 2

  • GeForce GTX 660 Ti
    30.6
  • Radeon HD 6790
    14.1

FPS (higher is better)

Diablo III

  • GeForce GTX 660 Ti
    93.9
  • Radeon HD 6790
    39.7

FPS (higher is better)

Dragon Age II

  • GeForce GTX 660 Ti
    37.5
  • Radeon HD 6790
    15.3

FPS (higher is better)

F1 2012

  • GeForce GTX 660 Ti
    56.1
  • Radeon HD 6790
    25.6

FPS (higher is better)

Max Payne 3

  • GeForce GTX 660 Ti
    41.6
  • Radeon HD 6790
    17.3

FPS (higher is better)

Metro 2033

  • GeForce GTX 660 Ti
    17.4
  • Radeon HD 6790
    8.7

FPS (higher is better)

Sleeping Dogs

  • GeForce GTX 660 Ti
    34.3
  • Radeon HD 6790
    15.8

FPS (higher is better)

Sniper Elite V2

  • GeForce GTX 660 Ti
    33.6
  • Radeon HD 6790
    16.9

FPS (higher is better)

STALKER: Call of Pripyat

  • GeForce GTX 660 Ti
    46.9
  • Radeon HD 6790
    20.3

FPS (higher is better)

StarCraft II

  • GeForce GTX 660 Ti
    123.3
  • Radeon HD 6790
    48.7

FPS (higher is better)

The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim

  • GeForce GTX 660 Ti
    45.7
  • Radeon HD 6790
    20.6

FPS (higher is better)

Total War: Shogun 2

  • GeForce GTX 660 Ti
    30.2
  • Radeon HD 6790
    12.3

FPS (higher is better)

Unigine Heaven 2.0

  • GeForce GTX 660 Ti
    33.3
  • Radeon HD 6790
    13.6

FPS (higher is better)

World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria

  • GeForce GTX 660 Ti
    58.7
  • Radeon HD 6790
    24.6

FPS (higher is better)