GeForce GTX 660 vs GeForce GT 710 (Fermi)
Summary
Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 660 |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications |
Reasons to consider GeForce GT 710 (Fermi) |
| 111 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the GeForce GTX 660 . |
| This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support. |
| Supports PhysX |
| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends GeForce GTX 660
Based on theoretical specifications.
Core Configuration
| GeForce GTX 660 | | GeForce GT 710 (Fermi) | |
|---|
| GPU Name | GK106 (GK106-400-A1) | vs | GF119 (GF119-300-A1) |
| Fab Process | 28 nm | vs | 40 nm |
| Die Size | 221 mm² | vs | 79 mm² |
| Transistors | 2,540 million | vs | 292 million |
| Shaders | 960 | vs | 48 |
| Compute Units | 5 | vs | 1 |
| Core clock | 980 MHz | vs | 810 MHz |
| ROPs | 24 | vs | 4 |
| TMUs | 80 | vs | 8 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce GTX 660 | | GeForce GT 710 (Fermi) | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | DDR3 |
| Bus Width | 192 bit | vs | 64 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1502 MHz
6008 MHz effective | vs | 898 MHz
1796 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 2048 Mb | vs | 1024 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GTX 660 | | GeForce GT 710 (Fermi) | |
|---|
| TDP | 140 watts | vs | 29 watts |
| Release Date | 6 Sep 2012 | vs | 22 Aug 2014 |
GeForce GTX 660
19.60 GP/s
GeForce GT 710 (Fermi)
1.62 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 660
78.40 GT/s
GeForce GT 710 (Fermi)
6.48 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 660
144.00 GB/s
GeForce GT 710 (Fermi)
14.37 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce GTX 660
1882.00 GFLOPs
GeForce GT 710 (Fermi)
155.52 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better