GeForce GTX 965M Rev. 3 vs GeForce GTX 660 Rev. 2
Summary
GeForce GTX 965M Rev. 3
116%
GeForce GTX 660 Rev. 2
100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 965M Rev. 3 |
| This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support. |
| Around 16% higher average synthetic performance. |
| Supports PhysX |
| Supports G-Sync |
| Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty) |
| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Maxwell), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 660 Rev. 2 |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends GeForce GTX 965M Rev. 3
The GeForce GTX 965M Rev. 3 is the better performing card based on the synthetic benchmarks used (1 benchmarks).
Core Configuration
| GeForce GTX 965M Rev. 3 | | GeForce GTX 660 Rev. 2 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | GM206 () | vs | GK104 () |
| Fab Process | 28 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 228 mm² | vs | 294 mm² |
| Transistors | 2,940 million | vs | 3,540 million |
| Shaders | 1024 | vs | 960 |
| Compute Units | 8 | vs | 5 |
| Core clock | 935 MHz | vs | 993 MHz |
| ROPs | 32 | vs | 24 |
| TMUs | 64 | vs | 80 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce GTX 965M Rev. 3 | | GeForce GTX 660 Rev. 2 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 128 bit | vs | 192 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1253 MHz
5012 MHz effective | vs | 1502 MHz
6008 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 4096 Mb | vs | 2048 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GTX 965M Rev. 3 | | GeForce GTX 660 Rev. 2 | |
|---|
| TDP | 0 watts | vs | 140 watts |
| Release Date | 1 Jan 2016 | vs | 13 Sep 2014 |
GeForce GTX 965M Rev. 3
29.92 GP/s
GeForce GTX 660 Rev. 2
19.90 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 965M Rev. 3
59.80 GT/s
GeForce GTX 660 Rev. 2
79.40 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 965M Rev. 3
80.20 GB/s
GeForce GTX 660 Rev. 2
144.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce GTX 965M Rev. 3
1914.90 GFLOPs
GeForce GTX 660 Rev. 2
1907.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
GeForce GTX 965M Rev. 3
7890
GeForce GTX 660 Rev. 2
6800
Points (higher is better)