GeForce GTX 660 vs GeForce GTX 770
Summary
GeForce GTX 660
100%
GeForce GTX 770
164%
Relative performance
GeForce GTX 660
100%
GeForce GTX 770
160%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 660 |
| 90 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the GeForce GTX 770 . |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 770 |
| 60% higher gaming performance. |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 770
The GeForce GTX 770 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (10 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| GeForce GTX 660 | | GeForce GTX 770 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | GK106 (GK106-400-A1) | vs | GK104 (GK104-425-A2) |
| Fab Process | 28 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 221 mm² | vs | 294 mm² |
| Transistors | 2,540 million | vs | 3,540 million |
| Shaders | 960 | vs | 1536 |
| Compute Units | 5 | vs | 8 |
| Core clock | 980 MHz | vs | 1046 MHz |
| ROPs | 24 | vs | 32 |
| TMUs | 80 | vs | 128 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce GTX 660 | | GeForce GTX 770 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 192 bit | vs | 256 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 | | GeForce GTX 770 | |
|---|
| TDP | 140 watts | vs | 230 watts |
| Release Date | 6 Sep 2012 | vs | 30 May 2013 |
GeForce GTX 660
19.60 GP/s
GeForce GTX 770
33.50 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 660
78.40 GT/s
GeForce GTX 770
134.00 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 660
144.00 GB/s
GeForce GTX 770
224.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce GTX 660
1882.00 GFLOPs
GeForce GTX 770
3213.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
GeForce GTX 660
6800
GeForce GTX 770
11180
Points (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality,2x MSAA,16x AF, HBAO
GeForce GTX 660
43
GeForce GTX 770
67
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality,DDOD, FX AA
GeForce GTX 660
50
GeForce GTX 770
81
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Very High Quality, FXAA
GeForce GTX 660
30
GeForce GTX 770
49
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, High Quality, 2x MSAA, 16x AF
GeForce GTX 660
42
GeForce GTX 770
61
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA
GeForce GTX 660
39
GeForce GTX 770
64
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, AAA standard, 16xAF, Motion Blur normal, Tesselation normal
GeForce GTX 660
32
GeForce GTX 770
50
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra, DDOD, FXAA
GeForce GTX 660
31
GeForce GTX 770
52
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
GeForce GTX 660
25
GeForce GTX 770
41
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, High Quality, 2x MSAA, 16x AF
GeForce GTX 660
27
GeForce GTX 770
45
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
GeForce GTX 660
37
GeForce GTX 770
58
FPS (higher is better)