GeForce GTX 660 vs Radeon HD 6790
Summary
GeForce GTX 660
220%
Radeon HD 6790
100%
Relative performance
GeForce GTX 660
198%
Radeon HD 6790
100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 660 |
| 98% 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| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications |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| Based on an outdated architecture (ATI TeraScale), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends GeForce GTX 660
The GeForce GTX 660 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (38 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| GeForce GTX 660 | | Radeon HD 6790 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | GK106 (GK106-400-A1) | vs | Barts (Barts LE) |
| Fab Process | 28 nm | vs | 40 nm |
| Die Size | 221 mm² | vs | 255 mm² |
| Transistors | 2,540 million | vs | 1,700 million |
| Shaders | 960 | vs | 800 |
| Compute Units | 5 | vs | 10 |
| Core clock | 980 MHz | vs | 840 MHz |
| ROPs | 24 | vs | 16 |
| TMUs | 80 | vs | 40 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce GTX 660 | | Radeon HD 6790 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 192 bit | vs | 256 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1502 MHz
6008 MHz effective | vs | 1050 MHz
4200 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 2048 Mb | vs | 1024 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GTX 660 | | Radeon HD 6790 | |
|---|
| TDP | 140 watts | vs | 150 watts |
| Release Date | 6 Sep 2012 | vs | 4 Apr 2011 |
GeForce GTX 660
19.60 GP/s
Radeon HD 6790
13.40 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 660
78.40 GT/s
Radeon HD 6790
33.60 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 660
144.00 GB/s
Radeon HD 6790
134.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce GTX 660
1882.00 GFLOPs
Radeon HD 6790
1344.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
GeForce GTX 660
6800
Radeon HD 6790
3090
Points (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 660
53.7
Radeon HD 6790
30.8
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 660
68.5
Radeon HD 6790
34.6
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 660
49.7
Radeon HD 6790
21.5
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 660
88.6
Radeon HD 6790
43.5
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 660
38.4
Radeon HD 6790
21.7
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 660
46.1
Radeon HD 6790
23.3
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 660
111.9
Radeon HD 6790
56.7
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 660
46.1
Radeon HD 6790
22.1
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 660
70.5
Radeon HD 6790
36.9
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 660
51.1
Radeon HD 6790
25.6
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 660
21.7
Radeon HD 6790
12.3
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 660
46.9
Radeon HD 6790
27.1
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 660
43.9
Radeon HD 6790
26.8
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 660
65.7
Radeon HD 6790
33.4
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 660
166.8
Radeon HD 6790
66.9
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 660
59.1
Radeon HD 6790
34.1
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 660
41
Radeon HD 6790
20.3
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 660
46.4
Radeon HD 6790
20.4
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 660
72
Radeon HD 6790
36
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 660
32.8
Radeon HD 6790
18.6
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 660
41.5
Radeon HD 6790
21
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 660
30.2
Radeon HD 6790
10.9
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 660
54.7
Radeon HD 6790
26.6
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 660
23.2
Radeon HD 6790
13.1
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 660
26.9
Radeon HD 6790
14.1
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 660
75.9
Radeon HD 6790
39.7
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 660
30.4
Radeon HD 6790
15.3
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 660
49.7
Radeon HD 6790
25.6
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 660
34.2
Radeon HD 6790
17.3
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 660
16.9
Radeon HD 6790
8.7
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 660
26.9
Radeon HD 6790
15.8
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 660
27.9
Radeon HD 6790
16.9
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 660
40.6
Radeon HD 6790
20.3
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 660
109.5
Radeon HD 6790
48.7
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 660
42.6
Radeon HD 6790
20.6
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 660
24.6
Radeon HD 6790
12.3
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 660
30.4
Radeon HD 6790
13.6
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 660
49.9
Radeon HD 6790
24.6
FPS (higher is better)