GeForce GTX 660 vs Radeon R9 280X
Summary
GeForce GTX 660
100%
Radeon R9 280X
161%
Relative performance
GeForce GTX 660
100%
Radeon R9 280X
163%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 660 |
| 110 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the Radeon R9 280X . |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 R9 280X |
| 63% 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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends Radeon R9 280X
The Radeon R9 280X is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (10 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| GeForce GTX 660 | | Radeon R9 280X | |
|---|
| GPU Name | GK106 (GK106-400-A1) | vs | Tahiti (Tahiti XTL) |
| Fab Process | 28 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 221 mm² | vs | 352 mm² |
| Transistors | 2,540 million | vs | 4,313 million |
| Shaders | 960 | vs | 2048 |
| Compute Units | 5 | vs | 32 |
| Core clock | 980 MHz | vs | 850 MHz |
| ROPs | 24 | vs | 32 |
| TMUs | 80 | vs | 128 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce GTX 660 | | Radeon R9 280X | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 192 bit | vs | 384 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1502 MHz
6008 MHz effective | vs | 1500 MHz
6000 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 2048 Mb | vs | 3072 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GTX 660 | | Radeon R9 280X | |
|---|
| TDP | 140 watts | vs | 250 watts |
| Release Date | 6 Sep 2012 | vs | 8 Oct 2013 |
GeForce GTX 660
19.60 GP/s
Radeon R9 280X
27.20 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 660
78.40 GT/s
Radeon R9 280X
109.00 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 660
144.00 GB/s
Radeon R9 280X
288.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce GTX 660
1882.00 GFLOPs
Radeon R9 280X
3482.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
GeForce GTX 660
6800
Radeon R9 280X
10960
Points (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality,2x MSAA,16x AF, HBAO
GeForce GTX 660
43
Radeon R9 280X
72
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality,DDOD, FX AA
GeForce GTX 660
50
Radeon R9 280X
69
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Very High Quality, FXAA
GeForce GTX 660
30
Radeon R9 280X
42
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, High Quality, 2x MSAA, 16x AF
GeForce GTX 660
42
Radeon R9 280X
69
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA
GeForce GTX 660
39
Radeon R9 280X
67
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, AAA standard, 16xAF, Motion Blur normal, Tesselation normal
GeForce GTX 660
32
Radeon R9 280X
50
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra, DDOD, FXAA
GeForce GTX 660
31
Radeon R9 280X
48
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
GeForce GTX 660
25
Radeon R9 280X
47
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, High Quality, 2x MSAA, 16x AF
GeForce GTX 660
27
Radeon R9 280X
51
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
GeForce GTX 660
37
Radeon R9 280X
63
FPS (higher is better)