GeForce GTX 660 vs Radeon R9 295X2
Summary
GeForce GTX 660
100%
Radeon R9 295X2
388%
Relative performance
GeForce GTX 660
100%
Radeon R9 295X2
355%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 660 |
| 360 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the Radeon R9 295X2 . |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 295X2 |
| 255% 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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 295X2
The Radeon R9 295X2 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 295X2 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | GK106 (GK106-400-A1) | vs | Vesuvius (Vesuvius XT) |
| Fab Process | 28 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 221 mm² | vs | 438 mm² |
| Transistors | 2,540 million | vs | 6,200 million |
| Shaders | 960 | vs | 2816 |
| Compute Units | 5 | vs | 44 |
| Core clock | 980 MHz | vs | 1018 MHz |
| ROPs | 24 | vs | 64 |
| TMUs | 80 | vs | 176 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce GTX 660 | | Radeon R9 295X2 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 192 bit | vs | 512 bit x2 |
| Memory Speed | 1502 MHz
6008 MHz effective | vs | 1250 MHz
5000 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 2048 Mb | vs | 4096 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GTX 660 | | Radeon R9 295X2 | |
|---|
| TDP | 140 watts | vs | 500 watts |
| Release Date | 6 Sep 2012 | vs | 29 Apr 2014 |
GeForce GTX 660
19.60 GP/s
Radeon R9 295X2
130.40 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 660
78.40 GT/s
Radeon R9 295X2
358.40 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 660
144.00 GB/s
Radeon R9 295X2
640.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce GTX 660
1882.00 GFLOPs
Radeon R9 295X2
11466.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
GeForce GTX 660
6800
Radeon R9 295X2
26440
Points (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra, DDOD, FXAA
GeForce GTX 660
31
Radeon R9 295X2
112
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
GeForce GTX 660
25
Radeon R9 295X2
103
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, High Quality, 2x MSAA, 16x AF
GeForce GTX 660
27
Radeon R9 295X2
85
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
GeForce GTX 660
37
Radeon R9 295X2
124
FPS (higher is better)