GeForce GTX 660 vs GeForce GTX TITAN X

GeForce GTX 660
Memory: 2048Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 6 Sep 2012
GeForce GTX 660
GeForce GTX TITAN X
Memory: 12288Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 17 Mar 2015
GeForce GTX TITAN X

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • GeForce GTX 660
    100%
  • GeForce GTX TITAN X
    318%

Relative performance

Gaming performance index

  • GeForce GTX 660
    100%
  • GeForce GTX TITAN X
    354%

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Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications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

254% 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Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Maxwell), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications

GeForce GTX TITAN X

HWBench recommends GeForce GTX TITAN X

The GeForce GTX TITAN X is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (4 combinations of games and resolutions).


Specifications

Core Configuration

GeForce GTX 660GeForce GTX TITAN X
GPU NameGK106 (GK106-400-A1)vsGM200 (GM200-400-A1)
Fab Process28 nmvs28 nm
Die Size221 mm²vs601 mm²
Transistors2,540 millionvs8,000 million
Shaders960vs3072
Compute Units5vs24
Core clock980 MHzvs1000 MHz
ROPs24vs96
TMUs80vs192

Memory Configuration

GeForce GTX 660GeForce GTX TITAN X
Memory TypeGDDR5vsGDDR5
Bus Width192 bitvs384 bit
Memory Speed1502 MHz
6008 MHz effective
vs1753 MHz
7012 MHz effective
Memory Size2048 Mbvs12288 Mb

Additional details

GeForce GTX 660GeForce GTX TITAN X
TDP140 wattsvs250 watts
Release Date6 Sep 2012vs17 Mar 2015

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • GeForce GTX 660
    19.60 GP/s
  • GeForce GTX TITAN X
    96.00 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • GeForce GTX 660
    78.40 GT/s
  • GeForce GTX TITAN X
    192.00 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • GeForce GTX 660
    144.00 GB/s
  • GeForce GTX TITAN X
    337.00 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • GeForce GTX 660
    1882.00 GFLOPs
  • GeForce GTX TITAN X
    6144.00 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

3DMark 11

  • GeForce GTX 660
    6800
  • GeForce GTX TITAN X
    21680

Points (higher is better)

Game benchmarks

Bioshock Infinite

DX11, Ultra, DDOD, FXAA

  • GeForce GTX 660
    31
  • GeForce GTX TITAN X
    114

FPS (higher is better)

Grand Theft Auto V

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

  • GeForce GTX 660
    25
  • GeForce GTX TITAN X
    94

FPS (higher is better)

Hitman Absolution

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

  • GeForce GTX 660
    27
  • GeForce GTX TITAN X
    87

FPS (higher is better)

Grand Theft Auto V

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

  • GeForce GTX 660
    37
  • GeForce GTX TITAN X
    130

FPS (higher is better)