GeForce GTX 570 vs GeForce GTX 660

GeForce GTX 570
Memory: 1280Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 7 Dec 2010
GeForce GTX 570
GeForce GTX 660
Memory: 2048Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 6 Sep 2012
GeForce GTX 660

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • GeForce GTX 570
    100%
  • GeForce GTX 660
    116%

Relative performance

Gaming performance index

  • GeForce GTX 570
    100%
  • GeForce GTX 660
    111%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 570

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Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications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

11% higher gaming performance.
79 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the GeForce GTX 570 .
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Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications

GeForce GTX 660

HWBench recommends GeForce GTX 660

The GeForce GTX 660 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (3 combinations of games and resolutions).


Specifications

Core Configuration

GeForce GTX 570GeForce GTX 660
GPU NameGF110 (GF110-275-A1)vsGK106 (GK106-400-A1)
Fab Process40 nmvs28 nm
Die Size520 mm²vs221 mm²
Transistors3,000 millionvs2,540 million
Shaders480vs960
Compute Units15vs5
Core clock732 MHzvs980 MHz
ROPs40vs24
TMUs60vs80

Memory Configuration

GeForce GTX 570GeForce GTX 660
Memory TypeGDDR5vsGDDR5
Bus Width320 bitvs192 bit
Memory Speed950 MHz
3800 MHz effective
vs1502 MHz
6008 MHz effective
Memory Size1280 Mbvs2048 Mb

Additional details

GeForce GTX 570GeForce GTX 660
TDP219 wattsvs140 watts
Release Date7 Dec 2010vs6 Sep 2012

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • GeForce GTX 570
    22.00 GP/s
  • GeForce GTX 660
    19.60 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • GeForce GTX 570
    43.90 GT/s
  • GeForce GTX 660
    78.40 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • GeForce GTX 570
    152.00 GB/s
  • GeForce GTX 660
    144.00 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • GeForce GTX 570
    1405.00 GFLOPs
  • GeForce GTX 660
    1882.00 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

3DMark 11

  • GeForce GTX 570
    5860
  • GeForce GTX 660
    6800

Points (higher is better)

Game benchmarks

Battlefield 4

DX11, Ultra Quality,2x MSAA,16x AF, HBAO

  • GeForce GTX 570
    34
  • GeForce GTX 660
    43

FPS (higher is better)

Medal Of Honor Warfighter

DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA

  • GeForce GTX 570
    37
  • GeForce GTX 660
    39

FPS (higher is better)

Metro Last Light

DX11, AAA standard, 16xAF, Motion Blur normal, Tesselation normal

  • GeForce GTX 570
    31
  • GeForce GTX 660
    32

FPS (higher is better)