GeForce GTX 660 vs GeForce GTX 780 Ti

GeForce GTX 660
Memory: 2048Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 6 Sep 2012
GeForce GTX 660
GeForce GTX 780 Ti
Memory: 3072Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 7 Nov 2013
GeForce GTX 780 Ti

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • GeForce GTX 660
    100%
  • GeForce GTX 780 Ti
    235%

Relative performance

Gaming performance index

  • GeForce GTX 660
    100%
  • GeForce GTX 780 Ti
    214%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 660

110 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the GeForce GTX 780 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Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications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 780 Ti

114% 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Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications

GeForce GTX 780 Ti

HWBench recommends GeForce GTX 780 Ti

The GeForce GTX 780 Ti is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (10 combinations of games and resolutions).


Specifications

Core Configuration

GeForce GTX 660GeForce GTX 780 Ti
GPU NameGK106 (GK106-400-A1)vsGK110B (GK110-425-B1)
Fab Process28 nmvs28 nm
Die Size221 mm²vs561 mm²
Transistors2,540 millionvs7,080 million
Shaders960vs2880
Compute Units5vs15
Core clock980 MHzvs875 MHz
ROPs24vs48
TMUs80vs240

Memory Configuration

GeForce GTX 660GeForce GTX 780 Ti
Memory TypeGDDR5vsGDDR5
Bus Width192 bitvs384 bit
Memory Speed1502 MHz
6008 MHz effective
vs1750 MHz
7000 MHz effective
Memory Size2048 Mbvs3072 Mb

Additional details

GeForce GTX 660GeForce GTX 780 Ti
TDP140 wattsvs250 watts
Release Date6 Sep 2012vs7 Nov 2013

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • GeForce GTX 660
    19.60 GP/s
  • GeForce GTX 780 Ti
    52.50 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • GeForce GTX 660
    78.40 GT/s
  • GeForce GTX 780 Ti
    210.00 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • GeForce GTX 660
    144.00 GB/s
  • GeForce GTX 780 Ti
    336.00 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • GeForce GTX 660
    1882.00 GFLOPs
  • GeForce GTX 780 Ti
    5040.00 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

3DMark 11

  • GeForce GTX 660
    6800
  • GeForce GTX 780 Ti
    16040

Points (higher is better)

Game benchmarks

Battlefield 4

DX11, Ultra Quality,2x MSAA,16x AF, HBAO

  • GeForce GTX 660
    43
  • GeForce GTX 780 Ti
    87

FPS (higher is better)

Bioshock Infinite

DX11, Ultra Quality,DDOD, FX AA

  • GeForce GTX 660
    50
  • GeForce GTX 780 Ti
    112

FPS (higher is better)

Crysis 3

DX11,Very High Quality, FXAA

  • GeForce GTX 660
    30
  • GeForce GTX 780 Ti
    62

FPS (higher is better)

Hitman Absolution

DX11, High Quality, 2x MSAA, 16x AF

  • GeForce GTX 660
    42
  • GeForce GTX 780 Ti
    65

FPS (higher is better)

Medal Of Honor Warfighter

DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA

  • GeForce GTX 660
    39
  • GeForce GTX 780 Ti
    95

FPS (higher is better)

Metro Last Light

DX11, AAA standard, 16xAF, Motion Blur normal, Tesselation normal

  • GeForce GTX 660
    32
  • GeForce GTX 780 Ti
    70

FPS (higher is better)

Bioshock Infinite

DX11, Ultra, DDOD, FXAA

  • GeForce GTX 660
    31
  • GeForce GTX 780 Ti
    78

FPS (higher is better)

Grand Theft Auto V

DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA

  • GeForce GTX 660
    25
  • GeForce GTX 780 Ti
    52

FPS (higher is better)

Hitman Absolution

DX11, High Quality, 2x MSAA, 16x AF

  • GeForce GTX 660
    27
  • GeForce GTX 780 Ti
    63

FPS (higher is better)

Grand Theft Auto V

DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA

  • GeForce GTX 660
    37
  • GeForce GTX 780 Ti
    74

FPS (higher is better)