GeForce GTX 670 vs GeForce GTX 660

GeForce GTX 670
Memory: 2048Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 10 May 2012
GeForce GTX 670
GeForce GTX 660
Memory: 2048Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 6 Sep 2012
GeForce GTX 660

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • GeForce GTX 670
    137%
  • GeForce GTX 660
    100%

Relative performance

Gaming performance index

  • GeForce GTX 670
    135%
  • GeForce GTX 660
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 670

35% higher gaming performance.
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Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications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 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Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications

GeForce GTX 670

HWBench recommends GeForce GTX 670

The GeForce GTX 670 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (63 combinations of games and resolutions).


Specifications

Core Configuration

GeForce GTX 670GeForce GTX 660
GPU NameGK104 (GK104-325-A2)vsGK106 (GK106-400-A1)
Fab Process28 nmvs28 nm
Die Size294 mm²vs221 mm²
Transistors3,540 millionvs2,540 million
Shaders1344vs960
Compute Units7vs5
Core clock915 MHzvs980 MHz
ROPs32vs24
TMUs112vs80

Memory Configuration

GeForce GTX 670GeForce GTX 660
Memory TypeGDDR5vsGDDR5
Bus Width256 bitvs192 bit
Memory Speed1502 MHz
6008 MHz effective
vs1502 MHz
6008 MHz effective
Memory Size2048 Mbvs2048 Mb

Additional details

GeForce GTX 670GeForce GTX 660
TDP170 wattsvs140 watts
Release Date10 May 2012vs6 Sep 2012

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • GeForce GTX 670
    25.60 GP/s
  • GeForce GTX 660
    19.60 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • GeForce GTX 670
    102.00 GT/s
  • GeForce GTX 660
    78.40 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • GeForce GTX 670
    192.00 GB/s
  • GeForce GTX 660
    144.00 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • GeForce GTX 670
    2460.00 GFLOPs
  • GeForce GTX 660
    1882.00 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

3DMark 11

  • GeForce GTX 670
    9330
  • GeForce GTX 660
    6800

Points (higher is better)

Game benchmarks

Alan Wake

  • GeForce GTX 670
    73.9
  • GeForce GTX 660
    53.7

FPS (higher is better)

Batman: Arkham City

  • GeForce GTX 670
    89.4
  • GeForce GTX 660
    68.5

FPS (higher is better)

Battlefield 3

  • GeForce GTX 670
    67.5
  • GeForce GTX 660
    49.7

FPS (higher is better)

Battlefield 4

DX11, Ultra Quality,2x MSAA,16x AF, HBAO

  • GeForce GTX 670
    58
  • GeForce GTX 660
    43

FPS (higher is better)

Bioshock Infinite

DX11, Ultra Quality,DDOD, FX AA

  • GeForce GTX 670
    71
  • GeForce GTX 660
    50

FPS (higher is better)

Borderlands 2

  • GeForce GTX 670
    109
  • GeForce GTX 660
    88.6

FPS (higher is better)

Crysis

  • GeForce GTX 670
    50.7
  • GeForce GTX 660
    38.4

FPS (higher is better)

Crysis 2

  • GeForce GTX 670
    62.8
  • GeForce GTX 660
    46.1

FPS (higher is better)

Crysis 3

DX11,Very High Quality, FXAA

  • GeForce GTX 670
    42
  • GeForce GTX 660
    30

FPS (higher is better)

Diablo III

  • GeForce GTX 670
    159.7
  • GeForce GTX 660
    111.9

FPS (higher is better)

Dragon Age II

  • GeForce GTX 670
    62.3
  • GeForce GTX 660
    46.1

FPS (higher is better)

F1 2012

  • GeForce GTX 670
    96.6
  • GeForce GTX 660
    70.5

FPS (higher is better)

Hitman Absolution

DX11, High Quality, 2x MSAA, 16x AF

  • GeForce GTX 670
    54
  • GeForce GTX 660
    42

FPS (higher is better)

Max Payne 3

  • GeForce GTX 670
    69.1
  • GeForce GTX 660
    51.1

FPS (higher is better)

Medal Of Honor Warfighter

DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA

  • GeForce GTX 670
    55
  • GeForce GTX 660
    39

FPS (higher is better)

Metro 2033

  • GeForce GTX 670
    28
  • GeForce GTX 660
    21.7

FPS (higher is better)

Metro Last Light

DX11, AAA standard, 16xAF, Motion Blur normal, Tesselation normal

  • GeForce GTX 670
    43
  • GeForce GTX 660
    32

FPS (higher is better)

Sleeping Dogs

  • GeForce GTX 670
    63.6
  • GeForce GTX 660
    46.9

FPS (higher is better)

Sniper Elite V2

  • GeForce GTX 670
    58.7
  • GeForce GTX 660
    43.9

FPS (higher is better)

STALKER: Call of Pripyat

  • GeForce GTX 670
    89.7
  • GeForce GTX 660
    65.7

FPS (higher is better)

StarCraft II

  • GeForce GTX 670
    219.1
  • GeForce GTX 660
    166.8

FPS (higher is better)

The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim

  • GeForce GTX 670
    75.9
  • GeForce GTX 660
    59.1

FPS (higher is better)

Total War: Shogun 2

  • GeForce GTX 670
    55.8
  • GeForce GTX 660
    41

FPS (higher is better)

Unigine Heaven 2.0

  • GeForce GTX 670
    63.6
  • GeForce GTX 660
    46.4

FPS (higher is better)

World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria

  • GeForce GTX 670
    98.6
  • GeForce GTX 660
    72

FPS (higher is better)

Alan Wake

  • GeForce GTX 670
    44.6
  • GeForce GTX 660
    32.8

FPS (higher is better)

Batman: Arkham City

  • GeForce GTX 670
    55.4
  • GeForce GTX 660
    41.5

FPS (higher is better)

Battlefield 3

  • GeForce GTX 670
    41.3
  • GeForce GTX 660
    30.2

FPS (higher is better)

Borderlands 2

  • GeForce GTX 670
    73.1
  • GeForce GTX 660
    54.7

FPS (higher is better)

Crysis

  • GeForce GTX 670
    31
  • GeForce GTX 660
    23.2

FPS (higher is better)

Crysis 2

  • GeForce GTX 670
    36.4
  • GeForce GTX 660
    26.9

FPS (higher is better)

Diablo III

  • GeForce GTX 670
    107.7
  • GeForce GTX 660
    75.9

FPS (higher is better)

Dragon Age II

  • GeForce GTX 670
    41.8
  • GeForce GTX 660
    30.4

FPS (higher is better)

F1 2012

  • GeForce GTX 670
    68.6
  • GeForce GTX 660
    49.7

FPS (higher is better)

Max Payne 3

  • GeForce GTX 670
    46.5
  • GeForce GTX 660
    34.2

FPS (higher is better)

Metro 2033

  • GeForce GTX 670
    21.1
  • GeForce GTX 660
    16.9

FPS (higher is better)

Sleeping Dogs

  • GeForce GTX 670
    37.3
  • GeForce GTX 660
    26.9

FPS (higher is better)

Sniper Elite V2

  • GeForce GTX 670
    37.6
  • GeForce GTX 660
    27.9

FPS (higher is better)

STALKER: Call of Pripyat

  • GeForce GTX 670
    55.5
  • GeForce GTX 660
    40.6

FPS (higher is better)

StarCraft II

  • GeForce GTX 670
    146.9
  • GeForce GTX 660
    109.5

FPS (higher is better)

The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim

  • GeForce GTX 670
    55.6
  • GeForce GTX 660
    42.6

FPS (higher is better)

Total War: Shogun 2

  • GeForce GTX 670
    33.6
  • GeForce GTX 660
    24.6

FPS (higher is better)

Unigine Heaven 2.0

  • GeForce GTX 670
    41.6
  • GeForce GTX 660
    30.4

FPS (higher is better)

World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria

  • GeForce GTX 670
    69.7
  • GeForce GTX 660
    49.9

FPS (higher is better)

Alan Wake

  • GeForce GTX 670
    30
  • GeForce GTX 660
    21.8

FPS (higher is better)

Batman: Arkham City

  • GeForce GTX 670
    36.1
  • GeForce GTX 660
    26.8

FPS (higher is better)

Battlefield 3

  • GeForce GTX 670
    27.6
  • GeForce GTX 660
    20

FPS (higher is better)

Borderlands 2

  • GeForce GTX 670
    50
  • GeForce GTX 660
    36.6

FPS (higher is better)

Crysis

  • GeForce GTX 670
    19.5
  • GeForce GTX 660
    14.5

FPS (higher is better)

Crysis 2

  • GeForce GTX 670
    23.6
  • GeForce GTX 660
    17.8

FPS (higher is better)

Dragon Age II

  • GeForce GTX 670
    34.8
  • GeForce GTX 660
    25.5

FPS (higher is better)

F1 2012

  • GeForce GTX 670
    54.7
  • GeForce GTX 660
    40.3

FPS (higher is better)

Max Payne 3

  • GeForce GTX 670
    33.9
  • GeForce GTX 660
    24.5

FPS (higher is better)

Metro 2033

  • GeForce GTX 670
    15.2
  • GeForce GTX 660
    12

FPS (higher is better)

Sleeping Dogs

  • GeForce GTX 670
    24.8
  • GeForce GTX 660
    17.6

FPS (higher is better)

Sniper Elite V2

  • GeForce GTX 670
    24.4
  • GeForce GTX 660
    18.1

FPS (higher is better)

STALKER: Call of Pripyat

  • GeForce GTX 670
    35.4
  • GeForce GTX 660
    25.4

FPS (higher is better)

The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim

  • GeForce GTX 670
    42.1
  • GeForce GTX 660
    32.3

FPS (higher is better)

Total War: Shogun 2

  • GeForce GTX 670
    20.3
  • GeForce GTX 660
    14.9

FPS (higher is better)

Unigine Heaven 2.0

  • GeForce GTX 670
    26.5
  • GeForce GTX 660
    19.8

FPS (higher is better)

World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria

  • GeForce GTX 670
    48.5
  • GeForce GTX 660
    35.9

FPS (higher is better)

Bioshock Infinite

DX11, Ultra, DDOD, FXAA

  • GeForce GTX 670
    43
  • GeForce GTX 660
    31

FPS (higher is better)

Hitman Absolution

DX11, High Quality, 2x MSAA, 16x AF

  • GeForce GTX 670
    39
  • GeForce GTX 660
    27

FPS (higher is better)