GeForce GTX 660 vs Radeon R7 260
Summary
GeForce GTX 660
123%
Radeon R7 260
100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 660 |
| 23% 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| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 R7 260 |
| 45 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the GeForce GTX 660 . |
| This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support. |
| Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute |
| Supports FreeSync |
| Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty) |
| Supports TrueAudio |
| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends GeForce GTX 660
The GeForce GTX 660 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (2 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| GeForce GTX 660 | | Radeon R7 260 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | GK106 (GK106-400-A1) | vs | Bonaire (Bonaire PRO) |
| Fab Process | 28 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 221 mm² | vs | 160 mm² |
| Transistors | 2,540 million | vs | 2,080 million |
| Shaders | 960 | vs | 768 |
| Compute Units | 5 | vs | 12 |
| Core clock | 980 MHz | vs | 1000 MHz |
| ROPs | 24 | vs | 16 |
| TMUs | 80 | vs | 48 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce GTX 660 | | Radeon R7 260 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 192 bit | vs | 128 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1502 MHz
6008 MHz effective | vs | 1500 MHz
6000 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 2048 Mb | vs | 2048 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GTX 660 | | Radeon R7 260 | |
|---|
| TDP | 140 watts | vs | 95 watts |
| Release Date | 6 Sep 2012 | vs | 17 Dec 2013 |
GeForce GTX 660
19.60 GP/s
Radeon R7 260
16.00 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 660
78.40 GT/s
Radeon R7 260
48.00 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 660
144.00 GB/s
Radeon R7 260
96.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce GTX 660
1882.00 GFLOPs
Radeon R7 260
1536.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
GeForce GTX 660
37
Radeon R7 260
29
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
GeForce GTX 660
25
Radeon R7 260
21
FPS (higher is better)