GeForce GTX 660 Ti vs Radeon HD 7970
Summary
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
100%
Radeon HD 7970
122%
Relative performance
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
100%
Radeon HD 7970
128%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 660 Ti |
| 100 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the Radeon HD 7970 . |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 7970 |
| 28% higher gaming performance. |
| Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute |
| Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty) |
| Supports Mantle |
| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends Radeon HD 7970
The Radeon HD 7970 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (60 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| GeForce GTX 660 Ti | | Radeon HD 7970 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | GK104 (GK104-300-KD-A2) | vs | Tahiti (Tahiti XT) |
| Fab Process | 28 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 294 mm² | vs | 352 mm² |
| Transistors | 3,540 million | vs | 4,313 million |
| Shaders | 1344 | vs | 2048 |
| Compute Units | 7 | vs | 32 |
| Core clock | 915 MHz | vs | 925 MHz |
| ROPs | 24 | vs | 32 |
| TMUs | 112 | vs | 128 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce GTX 660 Ti | | Radeon HD 7970 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 192 bit | vs | 384 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1502 MHz
6008 MHz effective | vs | 1375 MHz
5500 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 2048 Mb | vs | 3072 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GTX 660 Ti | | Radeon HD 7970 | |
|---|
| TDP | 150 watts | vs | 250 watts |
| Release Date | 16 Aug 2012 | vs | 22 Dec 2011 |
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
25.60 GP/s
Radeon HD 7970
29.60 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
102.00 GT/s
Radeon HD 7970
118.00 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
144.00 GB/s
Radeon HD 7970
264.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
2460.00 GFLOPs
Radeon HD 7970
3789.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
8790
Radeon HD 7970
10760
Points (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
62.8
Radeon HD 7970
83.2
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
72.4
Radeon HD 7970
92.4
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
58.5
Radeon HD 7970
71.8
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality,DDOD, FX AA
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
59
Radeon HD 7970
62
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
95.9
Radeon HD 7970
74.8
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
44.6
Radeon HD 7970
55.1
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
52.7
Radeon HD 7970
64.6
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Very High Quality, FXAA
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
37
Radeon HD 7970
40
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
134.6
Radeon HD 7970
153.8
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
56
Radeon HD 7970
60.3
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
78.2
Radeon HD 7970
99.9
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
61.8
Radeon HD 7970
71.7
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
43
Radeon HD 7970
60
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
22.1
Radeon HD 7970
34.6
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, AAA standard, 16xAF, Motion Blur normal, Tesselation normal
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
39
Radeon HD 7970
43
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
58.6
Radeon HD 7970
77.7
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
52.5
Radeon HD 7970
79.5
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
76.6
Radeon HD 7970
94
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
180
Radeon HD 7970
168.7
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
63.8
Radeon HD 7970
79.4
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
51.3
Radeon HD 7970
53.5
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
51.7
Radeon HD 7970
68.7
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
84.4
Radeon HD 7970
94.3
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
37.7
Radeon HD 7970
59.4
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
43.5
Radeon HD 7970
59.5
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
35.7
Radeon HD 7970
45.3
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
60.4
Radeon HD 7970
66.3
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
27
Radeon HD 7970
34.9
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
30.6
Radeon HD 7970
40.9
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
93.9
Radeon HD 7970
111.9
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
37.5
Radeon HD 7970
42.6
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
56.1
Radeon HD 7970
74.8
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
41.6
Radeon HD 7970
49.5
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
17.4
Radeon HD 7970
23.5
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
34.3
Radeon HD 7970
48.9
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
33.6
Radeon HD 7970
53.2
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
46.9
Radeon HD 7970
60.9
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
123.3
Radeon HD 7970
136.9
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
45.7
Radeon HD 7970
69.6
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
30.2
Radeon HD 7970
32.8
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
33.3
Radeon HD 7970
48.7
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
58.7
Radeon HD 7970
67
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
254
Radeon HD 7970
36.1
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
28.7
Radeon HD 7970
38.3
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
23
Radeon HD 7970
32.2
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
40.8
Radeon HD 7970
46.1
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
16.7
Radeon HD 7970
22
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
19.8
Radeon HD 7970
26.2
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
31.8
Radeon HD 7970
34.6
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
47.3
Radeon HD 7970
58.5
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
29.9
Radeon HD 7970
38
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
12
Radeon HD 7970
17.8
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
22.9
Radeon HD 7970
85.1
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
21.8
Radeon HD 7970
35.3
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
28.7
Radeon HD 7970
38.6
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
35.1
Radeon HD 7970
49.7
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
17.3
Radeon HD 7970
19.2
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
19.7
Radeon HD 7970
31.2
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
42.1
Radeon HD 7970
43.9
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra, DDOD, FXAA
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
36
Radeon HD 7970
39
FPS (higher is better)