GeForce GTX 660 Ti vs GeForce GTX 960
Summary
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
100%
GeForce GTX 960
118%
Relative performance
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
100%
GeForce GTX 960
127%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 660 Ti |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 GeForce GTX 960 |
| 27% 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| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Maxwell), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends GeForce GTX 960
The GeForce GTX 960 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (4 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| GeForce GTX 660 Ti | | GeForce GTX 960 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | GK104 (GK104-300-KD-A2) | vs | GM206 (GM206-300-A1) |
| Fab Process | 28 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 294 mm² | vs | 228 mm² |
| Transistors | 3,540 million | vs | 2,940 million |
| Shaders | 1344 | vs | 1024 |
| Compute Units | 7 | vs | 8 |
| Core clock | 915 MHz | vs | 1127 MHz |
| ROPs | 24 | vs | 32 |
| TMUs | 112 | vs | 64 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce GTX 660 Ti | | GeForce GTX 960 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 192 bit | vs | 128 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1502 MHz
6008 MHz effective | vs | 1753 MHz
7012 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 2048 Mb | vs | 2048 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GTX 660 Ti | | GeForce GTX 960 | |
|---|
| TDP | 150 watts | vs | 120 watts |
| Release Date | 16 Aug 2012 | vs | 22 Jan 2015 |
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
25.60 GP/s
GeForce GTX 960
36.10 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
102.00 GT/s
GeForce GTX 960
72.10 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
144.00 GB/s
GeForce GTX 960
112.20 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
2460.00 GFLOPs
GeForce GTX 960
2308.10 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
8790
GeForce GTX 960
10380
Points (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA,EP3 Gator Bait
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
26
GeForce GTX 960
34
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA,EP3 Gator Bait
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
19
GeForce GTX 960
25
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra, DDOD, FXAA
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
36
GeForce GTX 960
47
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, High Quality, 2x MSAA, 16x AF
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
29
GeForce GTX 960
34
FPS (higher is better)