Radeon HD 6950 vs GeForce GTX 660
Summary
Radeon HD 6950
100%
GeForce GTX 660
119%
Relative performance
Radeon HD 6950
100%
GeForce GTX 660
122%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider Radeon HD 6950 |
| Based on an outdated architecture (ATI TeraScale), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 660 |
| 22% higher gaming performance. |
| 60 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the Radeon HD 6950 . |
| This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support. |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 660
The GeForce GTX 660 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (42 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| Radeon HD 6950 | | GeForce GTX 660 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | Cayman (Cayman PRO) | vs | GK106 (GK106-400-A1) |
| Fab Process | 40 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 389 mm² | vs | 221 mm² |
| Transistors | 2,640 million | vs | 2,540 million |
| Shaders | 1408 | vs | 960 |
| Compute Units | 22 | vs | 5 |
| Core clock | 800 MHz | vs | 980 MHz |
| ROPs | 32 | vs | 24 |
| TMUs | 88 | vs | 80 |
Memory Configuration
| Radeon HD 6950 | | GeForce GTX 660 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 256 bit | vs | 192 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1250 MHz
5000 MHz effective | vs | 1502 MHz
6008 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 2048 Mb | vs | 2048 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon HD 6950 | | GeForce GTX 660 | |
|---|
| TDP | 200 watts | vs | 140 watts |
| Release Date | 14 Dec 2010 | vs | 6 Sep 2012 |
Radeon HD 6950
25.60 GP/s
GeForce GTX 660
19.60 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Radeon HD 6950
70.40 GT/s
GeForce GTX 660
78.40 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Radeon HD 6950
160.00 GB/s
GeForce GTX 660
144.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Radeon HD 6950
2253.00 GFLOPs
GeForce GTX 660
1882.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Radeon HD 6950
5710
GeForce GTX 660
6800
Points (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6950
50.8
GeForce GTX 660
53.7
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6950
56.8
GeForce GTX 660
68.5
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6950
35.9
GeForce GTX 660
49.7
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality,2x MSAA,16x AF, HBAO
Radeon HD 6950
29
GeForce GTX 660
43
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6950
69.3
GeForce GTX 660
88.6
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6950
34.6
GeForce GTX 660
38.4
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6950
34.4
GeForce GTX 660
46.1
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Very High Quality, FXAA
Radeon HD 6950
18
GeForce GTX 660
30
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6950
100.6
GeForce GTX 660
111.9
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6950
40.7
GeForce GTX 660
46.1
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6950
58.7
GeForce GTX 660
70.5
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6950
38.9
GeForce GTX 660
51.1
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA
Radeon HD 6950
28
GeForce GTX 660
39
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6950
21.3
GeForce GTX 660
21.7
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, AAA standard, 16xAF, Motion Blur normal, Tesselation normal
Radeon HD 6950
22
GeForce GTX 660
32
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6950
44.6
GeForce GTX 660
46.9
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6950
45.3
GeForce GTX 660
43.9
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6950
58.1
GeForce GTX 660
65.7
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6950
116.8
GeForce GTX 660
166.8
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6950
54.2
GeForce GTX 660
59.1
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6950
31.6
GeForce GTX 660
41
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6950
28.7
GeForce GTX 660
46.4
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6950
59.6
GeForce GTX 660
72
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6950
32.6
GeForce GTX 660
32.8
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6950
36.3
GeForce GTX 660
41.5
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6950
22.3
GeForce GTX 660
30.2
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6950
43.8
GeForce GTX 660
54.7
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6950
21.1
GeForce GTX 660
23.2
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6950
20.9
GeForce GTX 660
26.9
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6950
72
GeForce GTX 660
75.9
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6950
28.5
GeForce GTX 660
30.4
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6950
41.9
GeForce GTX 660
49.7
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6950
27
GeForce GTX 660
34.2
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6950
14.5
GeForce GTX 660
16.9
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6950
27.7
GeForce GTX 660
26.9
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6950
30.4
GeForce GTX 660
27.9
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6950
37.5
GeForce GTX 660
40.6
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6950
91.4
GeForce GTX 660
109.5
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6950
29.5
GeForce GTX 660
42.6
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6950
19.1
GeForce GTX 660
24.6
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6950
19.7
GeForce GTX 660
30.4
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon HD 6950
41.6
GeForce GTX 660
49.9
FPS (higher is better)