Radeon RX 480 vs GeForce GTX 660
Summary
Radeon RX 480
271%
GeForce GTX 660
100%
Relative performance
Radeon RX 480
231%
GeForce GTX 660
100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider Radeon RX 480 |
| 131% 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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
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| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends Radeon RX 480
The Radeon RX 480 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (2 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| Radeon RX 480 | | GeForce GTX 660 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | Ellesmere (Ellesmere XT) | vs | GK106 (GK106-400-A1) |
| Fab Process | 14 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 232 mm² | vs | 221 mm² |
| Transistors | 5,700 million | vs | 2,540 million |
| Shaders | 2304 | vs | 960 |
| Compute Units | 36 | vs | 5 |
| Core clock | 1120 MHz | vs | 980 MHz |
| ROPs | 32 | vs | 24 |
| TMUs | 144 | vs | 80 |
Memory Configuration
| Radeon RX 480 | | GeForce GTX 660 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 256 bit | vs | 192 bit |
| Memory Speed | 2000 MHz
8000 MHz effective | vs | 1502 MHz
6008 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 8192 Mb | vs | 2048 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon RX 480 | | GeForce GTX 660 | |
|---|
| TDP | 150 watts | vs | 140 watts |
| Release Date | 29 Jun 2016 | vs | 6 Sep 2012 |
Radeon RX 480
40.50 GP/s
GeForce GTX 660
19.60 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Radeon RX 480
182.30 GT/s
GeForce GTX 660
78.40 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Radeon RX 480
256.00 GB/s
GeForce GTX 660
144.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Radeon RX 480
5834.00 GFLOPs
GeForce GTX 660
1882.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Radeon RX 480
18430
GeForce GTX 660
6800
Points (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
Radeon RX 480
84
GeForce GTX 660
37
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
Radeon RX 480
59
GeForce GTX 660
25
FPS (higher is better)