GeForce GTX 660 vs Radeon R7 265
Summary
GeForce GTX 660
100%
Radeon R7 265
101%
Relative performance
GeForce GTX 660
100%
Radeon R7 265
100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 660 |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 265 |
| This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support. |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
No clear winner declared
These graphics cards seems to have comparable performance based on the game benchmark suite used (8 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| GeForce GTX 660 | | Radeon R7 265 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | GK106 (GK106-400-A1) | vs | Pitcairn (Pitcairn PRO) |
| Fab Process | 28 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 221 mm² | vs | 212 mm² |
| Transistors | 2,540 million | vs | 2,800 million |
| Shaders | 960 | vs | 1024 |
| Compute Units | 5 | vs | 16 |
| Core clock | 980 MHz | vs | 900 MHz |
| ROPs | 24 | vs | 32 |
| TMUs | 80 | vs | 64 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce GTX 660 | | Radeon R7 265 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 192 bit | vs | 256 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1502 MHz
6008 MHz effective | vs | 1400 MHz
5600 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 2048 Mb | vs | 2048 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GTX 660 | | Radeon R7 265 | |
|---|
| TDP | 140 watts | vs | 150 watts |
| Release Date | 6 Sep 2012 | vs | 13 Feb 2014 |
GeForce GTX 660
19.60 GP/s
Radeon R7 265
29.60 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 660
78.40 GT/s
Radeon R7 265
59.20 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 660
144.00 GB/s
Radeon R7 265
179.20 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce GTX 660
1882.00 GFLOPs
Radeon R7 265
1894.40 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
GeForce GTX 660
6800
Radeon R7 265
6900
Points (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality,2x MSAA,16x AF, HBAO
GeForce GTX 660
43
Radeon R7 265
44
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality,DDOD, FX AA
GeForce GTX 660
50
Radeon R7 265
46
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Very High Quality, FXAA
GeForce GTX 660
30
Radeon R7 265
27
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, High Quality, 2x MSAA, 16x AF
GeForce GTX 660
42
Radeon R7 265
45
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA
GeForce GTX 660
39
Radeon R7 265
39
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, AAA standard, 16xAF, Motion Blur normal, Tesselation normal
GeForce GTX 660
32
Radeon R7 265
31
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra, DDOD, FXAA
GeForce GTX 660
31
Radeon R7 265
29
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, High Quality, 2x MSAA, 16x AF
GeForce GTX 660
27
Radeon R7 265
32
FPS (higher is better)