GeForce GTX 660 vs Radeon HD 7750

GeForce GTX 660
Memory: 2048Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 6 Sep 2012
GeForce GTX 660
Radeon HD 7750
Memory: 1024Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 15 Feb 2012
Radeon HD 7750

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • GeForce GTX 660
    653%
  • Radeon HD 7750
    100%

Relative performance

Gaming performance index

  • GeForce GTX 660
    209%
  • Radeon HD 7750
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 660

109% 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Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications

Reasons to consider Radeon HD 7750

85 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the GeForce GTX 660 .
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Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications

GeForce GTX 660

HWBench recommends GeForce GTX 660

The GeForce GTX 660 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (38 combinations of games and resolutions).


Specifications

Core Configuration

GeForce GTX 660Radeon HD 7750
GPU NameGK106 (GK106-400-A1)vsCape Verde (Cape Verde PRO)
Fab Process28 nmvs28 nm
Die Size221 mm²vs123 mm²
Transistors2,540 millionvs1,500 million
Shaders960vs512
Compute Units5vs8
Core clock980 MHzvs800 MHz
ROPs24vs16
TMUs80vs32

Memory Configuration

GeForce GTX 660Radeon HD 7750
Memory TypeGDDR5vsGDDR5
Bus Width192 bitvs128 bit
Memory Speed1502 MHz
6008 MHz effective
vs1125 MHz
4500 MHz effective
Memory Size2048 Mbvs1024 Mb

Additional details

GeForce GTX 660Radeon HD 7750
TDP140 wattsvs55 watts
Release Date6 Sep 2012vs15 Feb 2012

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • GeForce GTX 660
    19.60 GP/s
  • Radeon HD 7750
    12.80 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • GeForce GTX 660
    78.40 GT/s
  • Radeon HD 7750
    25.60 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • GeForce GTX 660
    144.00 GB/s
  • Radeon HD 7750
    72.00 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • GeForce GTX 660
    1882.00 GFLOPs
  • Radeon HD 7750
    819.20 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

3DMark 11

  • GeForce GTX 660
    6800
  • Radeon HD 7750
    1040

Points (higher is better)

Game benchmarks

Alan Wake

  • GeForce GTX 660
    53.7
  • Radeon HD 7750
    27.2

FPS (higher is better)

Batman: Arkham City

  • GeForce GTX 660
    68.5
  • Radeon HD 7750
    31.3

FPS (higher is better)

Battlefield 3

  • GeForce GTX 660
    49.7
  • Radeon HD 7750
    22.8

FPS (higher is better)

Borderlands 2

  • GeForce GTX 660
    88.6
  • Radeon HD 7750
    36.6

FPS (higher is better)

Crysis

  • GeForce GTX 660
    38.4
  • Radeon HD 7750
    19.1

FPS (higher is better)

Crysis 2

  • GeForce GTX 660
    46.1
  • Radeon HD 7750
    22.8

FPS (higher is better)

Diablo III

  • GeForce GTX 660
    111.9
  • Radeon HD 7750
    48.3

FPS (higher is better)

Dragon Age II

  • GeForce GTX 660
    46.1
  • Radeon HD 7750
    19

FPS (higher is better)

F1 2012

  • GeForce GTX 660
    70.5
  • Radeon HD 7750
    34.7

FPS (higher is better)

Max Payne 3

  • GeForce GTX 660
    51.1
  • Radeon HD 7750
    27.1

FPS (higher is better)

Metro 2033

  • GeForce GTX 660
    21.7
  • Radeon HD 7750
    11.4

FPS (higher is better)

Sleeping Dogs

  • GeForce GTX 660
    46.9
  • Radeon HD 7750
    25.3

FPS (higher is better)

Sniper Elite V2

  • GeForce GTX 660
    43.9
  • Radeon HD 7750
    24.3

FPS (higher is better)

STALKER: Call of Pripyat

  • GeForce GTX 660
    65.7
  • Radeon HD 7750
    30.4

FPS (higher is better)

StarCraft II

  • GeForce GTX 660
    166.8
  • Radeon HD 7750
    76.8

FPS (higher is better)

The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim

  • GeForce GTX 660
    59.1
  • Radeon HD 7750
    32.8

FPS (higher is better)

Total War: Shogun 2

  • GeForce GTX 660
    41
  • Radeon HD 7750
    15.5

FPS (higher is better)

Unigine Heaven 2.0

  • GeForce GTX 660
    46.4
  • Radeon HD 7750
    22.8

FPS (higher is better)

World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria

  • GeForce GTX 660
    72
  • Radeon HD 7750
    36.9

FPS (higher is better)

Alan Wake

  • GeForce GTX 660
    32.8
  • Radeon HD 7750
    16.6

FPS (higher is better)

Batman: Arkham City

  • GeForce GTX 660
    41.5
  • Radeon HD 7750
    18.8

FPS (higher is better)

Battlefield 3

  • GeForce GTX 660
    30.2
  • Radeon HD 7750
    13.5

FPS (higher is better)

Borderlands 2

  • GeForce GTX 660
    54.7
  • Radeon HD 7750
    22.3

FPS (higher is better)

Crysis

  • GeForce GTX 660
    23.2
  • Radeon HD 7750
    11.4

FPS (higher is better)

Crysis 2

  • GeForce GTX 660
    26.9
  • Radeon HD 7750
    13.6

FPS (higher is better)

Diablo III

  • GeForce GTX 660
    75.9
  • Radeon HD 7750
    33.7

FPS (higher is better)

Dragon Age II

  • GeForce GTX 660
    30.4
  • Radeon HD 7750
    12.8

FPS (higher is better)

F1 2012

  • GeForce GTX 660
    49.7
  • Radeon HD 7750
    24.3

FPS (higher is better)

Max Payne 3

  • GeForce GTX 660
    34.2
  • Radeon HD 7750
    17.9

FPS (higher is better)

Metro 2033

  • GeForce GTX 660
    16.9
  • Radeon HD 7750
    8.5

FPS (higher is better)

Sleeping Dogs

  • GeForce GTX 660
    26.9
  • Radeon HD 7750
    14.6

FPS (higher is better)

Sniper Elite V2

  • GeForce GTX 660
    27.9
  • Radeon HD 7750
    15.5

FPS (higher is better)

STALKER: Call of Pripyat

  • GeForce GTX 660
    40.6
  • Radeon HD 7750
    18.6

FPS (higher is better)

StarCraft II

  • GeForce GTX 660
    109.5
  • Radeon HD 7750
    54.7

FPS (higher is better)

The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim

  • GeForce GTX 660
    42.6
  • Radeon HD 7750
    21.4

FPS (higher is better)

Total War: Shogun 2

  • GeForce GTX 660
    24.6
  • Radeon HD 7750
    9.2

FPS (higher is better)

Unigine Heaven 2.0

  • GeForce GTX 660
    30.4
  • Radeon HD 7750
    15.2

FPS (higher is better)

World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria

  • GeForce GTX 660
    49.9
  • Radeon HD 7750
    24.5

FPS (higher is better)