GeForce GTX 660 vs Radeon R7 370

GeForce GTX 660
Memory: 2048Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 6 Sep 2012
GeForce GTX 660
Radeon R7 370
Memory: 2048Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 18 Jun 2015
Radeon R7 370

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • GeForce GTX 660
    100%
  • Radeon R7 370
    120%

Relative performance

Gaming performance index

  • GeForce GTX 660
    100%
  • Radeon R7 370
    120%

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Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications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 370

20% higher gaming performance.
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Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications

Radeon R7 370

HWBench recommends Radeon R7 370

The Radeon R7 370 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (2 combinations of games and resolutions).


Specifications

Core Configuration

GeForce GTX 660Radeon R7 370
GPU NameGK106 (GK106-400-A1)vsTrinidad (Trinidad PRO)
Fab Process28 nmvs28 nm
Die Size221 mm²vs212 mm²
Transistors2,540 millionvs2,800 million
Shaders960vs1024
Compute Units5vs16
Core clock980 MHzvs925 MHz
ROPs24vs32
TMUs80vs64

Memory Configuration

GeForce GTX 660Radeon R7 370
Memory TypeGDDR5vsGDDR5
Bus Width192 bitvs256 bit
Memory Speed1502 MHz
6008 MHz effective
vs1400 MHz
5600 MHz effective
Memory Size2048 Mbvs2048 Mb

Additional details

GeForce GTX 660Radeon R7 370
TDP140 wattsvs110 watts
Release Date6 Sep 2012vs18 Jun 2015

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • GeForce GTX 660
    19.60 GP/s
  • Radeon R7 370
    31.20 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • GeForce GTX 660
    78.40 GT/s
  • Radeon R7 370
    62.40 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • GeForce GTX 660
    144.00 GB/s
  • Radeon R7 370
    179.20 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • GeForce GTX 660
    1882.00 GFLOPs
  • Radeon R7 370
    1996.80 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

3DMark 11

  • GeForce GTX 660
    6800
  • Radeon R7 370
    8210

Points (higher is better)

Game benchmarks

Grand Theft Auto V

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

  • GeForce GTX 660
    37
  • Radeon R7 370
    43

FPS (higher is better)

Grand Theft Auto V

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

  • GeForce GTX 660
    25
  • Radeon R7 370
    31

FPS (higher is better)