GeForce GTX 580 vs GeForce GTX 660
Summary
GeForce GTX 580
100%
GeForce GTX 660
103%
Relative performance
GeForce GTX 580
100%
GeForce GTX 660
104%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 580 |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 |
| 104 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the GeForce GTX 580 . |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications |
No clear winner declared
These graphics cards seems to have comparable performance based on the game benchmark suite used (4 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| GeForce GTX 580 | | GeForce GTX 660 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | GF110 (GF110-375-A1) | vs | GK106 (GK106-400-A1) |
| Fab Process | 40 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 520 mm² | vs | 221 mm² |
| Transistors | 3,000 million | vs | 2,540 million |
| Shaders | 512 | vs | 960 |
| Compute Units | 16 | vs | 5 |
| Core clock | 772 MHz | vs | 980 MHz |
| ROPs | 48 | vs | 24 |
| TMUs | 64 | vs | 80 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce GTX 580 | | GeForce GTX 660 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 384 bit | vs | 192 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1002 MHz
4008 MHz effective | vs | 1502 MHz
6008 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 1536 Mb | vs | 2048 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GTX 580 | | GeForce GTX 660 | |
|---|
| TDP | 244 watts | vs | 140 watts |
| Release Date | 9 Nov 2010 | vs | 6 Sep 2012 |
GeForce GTX 580
24.70 GP/s
GeForce GTX 660
19.60 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 580
49.40 GT/s
GeForce GTX 660
78.40 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 580
192.00 GB/s
GeForce GTX 660
144.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce GTX 580
1581.00 GFLOPs
GeForce GTX 660
1882.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
GeForce GTX 580
6600
GeForce GTX 660
6800
Points (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra, DDOD, FXAA
GeForce GTX 580
29
GeForce GTX 660
31
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality,DDOD, FX AA
GeForce GTX 580
47
GeForce GTX 660
50
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Very High Quality, FXAA
GeForce GTX 580
27
GeForce GTX 660
30
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, AAA standard, 16xAF, Motion Blur normal, Tesselation normal
GeForce GTX 580
34
GeForce GTX 660
32
FPS (higher is better)