GeForce GTX 660 vs Radeon HD 6870

GeForce GTX 660
Radeon HD 6870
960 Shaders
2GB GDDR5
1084MHz
1120 Shaders
2GB GDDR5
900MHz
FP32
2.08 TFLOPS
FP32
2.02 TFLOPS
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Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.0-Slots
Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.0-Slots
TDP
140W
TDP
151W
Power Connectors
1x 6-Pin
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Power Connectors
2x 6-Pin
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GB5 OpenCL - N/A
0%
GB5 OpenCL - N/A
0%
GB5 CUDA - N/A
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GB5 CUDA - N/A
0%
GB5 Metal - N/A
0%
GB5 Metal - N/A
0%
GB5 Vulkan - N/A
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GB5 Vulkan - N/A
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OCT 2020.1 - N/A
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OCT 2020.1 - N/A
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OCT Metal - N/A
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OCT Metal - N/A
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Manufacturer
NVIDIA
Manufacturer
AMD
Chip Designer
NVIDIA
Chip Designer
AMD
Architecture
Kepler
Architecture
TeraScale 2
Family
GeForce 600
Family
Radeon HD 6000
Codename
NVE6
GK106
Variant
GK106-400-A1
Codename
Barts
RV940
Variant
Barts XT
Market Segment
Desktop
Market Segment
Desktop
Release Date
9/13/2012
Release Date
10/22/2010
Foundry
TSMC
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Foundry
TSMC
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Fabrication Node
28nm
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Fabrication Node
40nm
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Die Size
221 mm²
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Die Size
255 mm²
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Transistor Count
2.5 Billion
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Transistor Count
1.7 Billion
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Transistor Density
11.49M/mm²
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Transistor Density
6.67M/mm²
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Form
PCIe Card
Form
PCIe Card
Shading Units
960 Shaders
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Shading Units
1120 Shaders
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Texture Mapping Units
80 TMUs
Texture Mapping Units
56 TMUs
Render Output Units
24 ROPs
Render Output Units
32 ROPs
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Streaming Multiprocessors
5 SMs
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Compute Units
14 CUs
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980MHz Base
1084MHz
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900MHz
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FP32
2.08 TFLOPS
FP32
2.02 TFLOPS
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FP64
0.09 TFLOPS
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Pixel Fillrate
26.016 GPixel/s
Pixel Fillrate
28.8 GPixel/s
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Texture Fillrate
86.72 GTexel/s
Texture Fillrate
50.4 GTexel/s
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L1
48KB/SM Tex
16KB/SM
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L1
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8KB/CU
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L2
512KB Shared
L2
512KB Shared
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2GB
GDDR5
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2GB
GDDR5
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Bus Width
192Bit
Bus Width
256Bit
Clock
1502MHz
Transfer Rate
6GT/s
Bandwidth
144.2GB/s
Clock
1050MHz
Transfer Rate
4.2GT/s
Bandwidth
134.4GB/s
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TDP
140W
TDP
151W
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1x DVI-I Dual-Link
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1x DVI-D Dual-Link
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1x DisplayPort 1.2
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1x HDMI 1.4
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2x DVI-I Dual-Link
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2x mini-DisplayPort 1.1
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1x HDMI 1.3
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Max Resolution
4096x2304
Max Resolution
2560x1600
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
Variable Refresh Rate
G-Sync
FreeSync
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Variable Refresh Rate
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Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Not Supported
Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Not Supported
Multi Monitor Support
3
Multi Monitor Support
2
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Model
NVENC 1
No Encoders
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Codec
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AVC (H.264)
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Model
NVDEC 1
Model
UVD 3.0
Codec
MPEG-1
MPEG-2
MPEG-4
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VC-1
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AVC (H.264)
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Codec
MPEG-1
MPEG-2
MPEG-4
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VC-1
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AVC (H.264)
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Direct X
12
Direct 3D
11_0
Direct X
11
Direct 3D
11_0
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
3.0
Vulkan
1.2
OpenGL
4.5
OpenCL
1.2
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Shader Model
6.5
CUDA
3.0
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PureVideo HD
VP5
VDPAU
Feature Set D
Shader Model
5.0
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GFX
4
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1x Fan
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1x Fan
Power Connectors
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1x 6-Pin
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Power Connectors
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2x 6-Pin
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Slots Required
2.0
PCIe Version
3.0
PCIe Lanes
16
Slots Required
2.0
PCIe Version
2.1
PCIe Lanes
16
Multi GPU Support
Supported
Type
2-way SLI
Multi GPU Support
Supported
Type
4-way CrossFireX
Height
111 mm (4.37 in)
Width
241 mm (9.49 in)
Depth
38 mm (1.5 in)
Height
111 mm (4.37 in)
Width
247 mm (9.72 in)
Depth
36 mm (1.42 in)
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