GeForce GTX 660 vs Radeon R7 260X
Summary
GeForce GTX 660
108%
Radeon R7 260X
100%
Relative performance
GeForce GTX 660
131%
Radeon R7 260X
100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 660 |
| 31% 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| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 260X |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 (8 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| GeForce GTX 660 | | Radeon R7 260X | |
|---|
| GPU Name | GK106 (GK106-400-A1) | vs | Bonaire (Bonaire XTX) |
| 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 | 896 |
| Compute Units | 5 | vs | 14 |
| Core clock | 980 MHz | vs | 1100 MHz |
| ROPs | 24 | vs | 16 |
| TMUs | 80 | vs | 56 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce GTX 660 | | Radeon R7 260X | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 192 bit | vs | 128 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1502 MHz
6008 MHz effective | vs | 1625 MHz
6500 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 2048 Mb | vs | 2048 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GTX 660 | | Radeon R7 260X | |
|---|
| TDP | 140 watts | vs | 115 watts |
| Release Date | 6 Sep 2012 | vs | 8 Oct 2013 |
GeForce GTX 660
19.60 GP/s
Radeon R7 260X
17.60 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 660
78.40 GT/s
Radeon R7 260X
61.60 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 660
144.00 GB/s
Radeon R7 260X
104.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce GTX 660
1882.00 GFLOPs
Radeon R7 260X
1971.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
GeForce GTX 660
6800
Radeon R7 260X
6260
Points (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality,2x MSAA,16x AF, HBAO
GeForce GTX 660
43
Radeon R7 260X
33
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality,DDOD, FX AA
GeForce GTX 660
50
Radeon R7 260X
33
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Very High Quality, FXAA
GeForce GTX 660
30
Radeon R7 260X
23
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, High Quality, 2x MSAA, 16x AF
GeForce GTX 660
42
Radeon R7 260X
33
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA
GeForce GTX 660
39
Radeon R7 260X
29
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, AAA standard, 16xAF, Motion Blur normal, Tesselation normal
GeForce GTX 660
32
Radeon R7 260X
26
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra, DDOD, FXAA
GeForce GTX 660
31
Radeon R7 260X
22
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, High Quality, 2x MSAA, 16x AF
GeForce GTX 660
27
Radeon R7 260X
23
FPS (higher is better)