GeForce GTX 560 Ti vs GeForce GTX 660
Summary
GeForce GTX 560 Ti
100%
GeForce GTX 660
145%
Relative performance
GeForce GTX 560 Ti
100%
GeForce GTX 660
141%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 560 Ti |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 |
| 41% 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| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends GeForce GTX 660
The GeForce GTX 660 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (6 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| GeForce GTX 560 Ti | | GeForce GTX 660 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | GF114 (GF114-400-A1) | vs | GK106 (GK106-400-A1) |
| Fab Process | 40 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 332 mm² | vs | 221 mm² |
| Transistors | 1,950 million | vs | 2,540 million |
| Shaders | 384 | vs | 960 |
| Compute Units | 8 | vs | 5 |
| Core clock | 823 MHz | vs | 980 MHz |
| ROPs | 32 | vs | 24 |
| TMUs | 64 | vs | 80 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce GTX 560 Ti | | GeForce GTX 660 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 256 bit | vs | 192 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1002 MHz
4008 MHz effective | vs | 1502 MHz
6008 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 1024 Mb | vs | 2048 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GTX 560 Ti | | GeForce GTX 660 | |
|---|
| TDP | 170 watts | vs | 140 watts |
| Release Date | 25 Jan 2011 | vs | 6 Sep 2012 |
GeForce GTX 560 Ti
13.20 GP/s
GeForce GTX 660
19.60 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 560 Ti
52.70 GT/s
GeForce GTX 660
78.40 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 560 Ti
128.00 GB/s
GeForce GTX 660
144.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce GTX 560 Ti
1263.00 GFLOPs
GeForce GTX 660
1882.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
GeForce GTX 560 Ti
4660
GeForce GTX 660
6800
Points (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality,2x MSAA,16x AF, HBAO
GeForce GTX 560 Ti
30
GeForce GTX 660
43
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality,DDOD, FX AA
GeForce GTX 560 Ti
34
GeForce GTX 660
50
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Very High Quality, FXAA
GeForce GTX 560 Ti
23
GeForce GTX 660
30
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA
GeForce GTX 560 Ti
29
GeForce GTX 660
39
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, AAA standard, 16xAF, Motion Blur normal, Tesselation normal
GeForce GTX 560 Ti
25
GeForce GTX 660
32
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra, DDOD, FXAA
GeForce GTX 560 Ti
19
GeForce GTX 660
31
FPS (higher is better)