GeForce GTX 660 vs Radeon R9 285
Summary
GeForce GTX 660
100%
Radeon R9 285
158%
Relative performance
GeForce GTX 660
100%
Radeon R9 285
151%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 660 |
| 50 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the Radeon R9 285 . |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 285 |
| 51% higher gaming performance. |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 Radeon R9 285
The Radeon R9 285 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (4 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| GeForce GTX 660 | | Radeon R9 285 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | GK106 (GK106-400-A1) | vs | Tonga (Tonga PRO) |
| Fab Process | 28 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 221 mm² | vs | 366 mm² |
| Transistors | 2,540 million | vs | 5,000 million |
| Shaders | 960 | vs | 1792 |
| Compute Units | 5 | vs | 28 |
| Core clock | 980 MHz | vs | 918 MHz |
| ROPs | 24 | vs | 32 |
| TMUs | 80 | vs | 112 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce GTX 660 | | Radeon R9 285 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 192 bit | vs | 256 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1502 MHz
6008 MHz effective | vs | 1375 MHz
5500 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 2048 Mb | vs | 2048 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GTX 660 | | Radeon R9 285 | |
|---|
| TDP | 140 watts | vs | 190 watts |
| Release Date | 6 Sep 2012 | vs | 2 Sep 2014 |
GeForce GTX 660
19.60 GP/s
Radeon R9 285
29.38 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 660
78.40 GT/s
Radeon R9 285
102.80 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 660
144.00 GB/s
Radeon R9 285
176.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce GTX 660
1882.00 GFLOPs
Radeon R9 285
3290.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
GeForce GTX 660
6800
Radeon R9 285
10790
Points (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra, DDOD, FXAA
GeForce GTX 660
31
Radeon R9 285
50
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
GeForce GTX 660
25
Radeon R9 285
37
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, High Quality, 2x MSAA, 16x AF
GeForce GTX 660
27
Radeon R9 285
43
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
GeForce GTX 660
37
Radeon R9 285
51
FPS (higher is better)