GeForce GTX 660 Ti vs Radeon R9 280X
Summary
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
100%
Radeon R9 280X
124%
Relative performance
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
100%
Radeon R9 280X
144%
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 R9 280X . |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 R9 280X |
| 44% higher gaming performance. |
| This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support. |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 R9 280X
The Radeon R9 280X is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (9 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| GeForce GTX 660 Ti | | Radeon R9 280X | |
|---|
| GPU Name | GK104 (GK104-300-KD-A2) | vs | Tahiti (Tahiti XTL) |
| 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 | 850 MHz |
| ROPs | 24 | vs | 32 |
| TMUs | 112 | vs | 128 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce GTX 660 Ti | | Radeon R9 280X | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 192 bit | vs | 384 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1502 MHz
6008 MHz effective | vs | 1500 MHz
6000 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 2048 Mb | vs | 3072 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GTX 660 Ti | | Radeon R9 280X | |
|---|
| TDP | 150 watts | vs | 250 watts |
| Release Date | 16 Aug 2012 | vs | 8 Oct 2013 |
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
25.60 GP/s
Radeon R9 280X
27.20 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
102.00 GT/s
Radeon R9 280X
109.00 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
144.00 GB/s
Radeon R9 280X
288.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
2460.00 GFLOPs
Radeon R9 280X
3482.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
8790
Radeon R9 280X
10960
Points (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA,EP3 Gator Bait
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
26
Radeon R9 280X
40
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA,EP3 Gator Bait
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
19
Radeon R9 280X
33
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra, DDOD, FXAA
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
36
Radeon R9 280X
48
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, High Quality, 2x MSAA, 16x AF
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
29
Radeon R9 280X
51
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality,DDOD, FX AA
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
59
Radeon R9 280X
69
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Very High Quality, FXAA
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
37
Radeon R9 280X
42
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, High Quality, 2x MSAA, 16x AF
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
47
Radeon R9 280X
69
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
43
Radeon R9 280X
67
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, AAA standard, 16xAF, Motion Blur normal, Tesselation normal
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
39
Radeon R9 280X
50
FPS (higher is better)