GeForce GTX 570 vs GeForce GTX 660
Summary
GeForce GTX 570
100%
GeForce GTX 660
116%
Relative performance
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Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications |
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).
Core Configuration
| GeForce GTX 570 | | GeForce GTX 660 | |
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GPU Name | GF110 (GF110-275-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 | 480 | vs | 960 |
Compute Units | 15 | vs | 5 |
Core clock | 732 MHz | vs | 980 MHz |
ROPs | 40 | vs | 24 |
TMUs | 60 | vs | 80 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce GTX 570 | | GeForce GTX 660 | |
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Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
Bus Width | 320 bit | vs | 192 bit |
Memory Speed | 950 MHz
3800 MHz effective | vs | 1502 MHz
6008 MHz effective |
Memory Size | 1280 Mb | vs | 2048 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GTX 570 | | GeForce GTX 660 | |
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TDP | 219 watts | vs | 140 watts |
Release Date | 7 Dec 2010 | vs | 6 Sep 2012 |
GeForce GTX 570
22.00 GP/s
GeForce GTX 660
19.60 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 570
43.90 GT/s
GeForce GTX 660
78.40 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 570
152.00 GB/s
GeForce GTX 660
144.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce GTX 570
1405.00 GFLOPs
GeForce GTX 660
1882.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
GeForce GTX 570
5860
GeForce GTX 660
6800
Points (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality,2x MSAA,16x AF, HBAO
GeForce GTX 570
34
GeForce GTX 660
43
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA
GeForce GTX 570
37
GeForce GTX 660
39
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, AAA standard, 16xAF, Motion Blur normal, Tesselation normal
GeForce GTX 570
31
GeForce GTX 660
32
FPS (higher is better)