AMD Radeon RX Vega 8
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660
AMD Radeon RX Vega 8
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

505
Place in performance rating
299
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Value for money (0-100)
36.19
Vega
Architecture
Kepler
Vega Raven Ridge
Code name
GK106
Laptop
Type
Desktop
26 October 2017 (4 years ago)
Release date
6 September 2012 (9 years ago)
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Launch price (MSRP)
$229
$273
Price now
$321 (1.4x MSRP)
5.17
Value for money
4.45
Vega Raven Ridge
GPU code name
GK106
Laptop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

512
Pipelines
960
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Core clock speed
980 MHz
1200 MHz
Boost Clock
1033 MHz
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Transistor count
2,540 million
14 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
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Power consumption (TDP)
140 Watt
35.20
Texture fill rate
78.4 billion/sec
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Floating-point performance
1,981 gflops
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CUDA cores
960
512
Pipelines / CUDA cores
960
1200 MHz
Boost clock speed
1033 MHz
4,940 million
Number of transistors
2,540 million
65 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
140 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660.

IGP
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
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Length
9.5" (24.1 cm)
None
Supplementary power connectors
One 6-pin
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SLI options
+
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Bus support
PCI Express 3.0
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Height
4.376" (11.1 cm)

Memory

Graphics card memory is used to store calculations. Modern software and 3D games require more and faster memory. The higher these parameters, the more productive the chip. The difference in these characteristics AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 can be seen in this section.

System Shared
Memory type
GDDR5
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Maximum RAM amount
2 GB
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Memory bus width
192-bit GDDR5
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Memory clock speed
6.0 GB/s
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Memory bandwidth
144.2 GB/s
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Shared memory
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Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660, the size and number of monitors.

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Display Connectors
One Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One HDMI, One DisplayPort
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G-SYNC support
+
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Multi monitor support
4 displays
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HDCP
+
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Maximum VGA resolution
2048x1536
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Audio input for HDMI
Internal
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HDMI
+

Technologies

The difference between AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 is the additional functionality.

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3D Vision
+
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GPU Boost
+
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CUDA
+
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3D Gaming
+
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FXAA
+
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TXAA
+
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Adaptive VSync
+
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3D Blu-Ray
+

API support

The difference in supported APIs is AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

DirectX 12_1
DirectX
12 (11_0)
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OpenGL
4.3
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Vulkan
1.1.126
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Shader Model
5.1
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OpenCL
1.2

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) AMD Radeon RX Vega 8
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660
Death Stranding (2020) AMD Radeon RX Vega 8
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660
F1 2020 (2020) AMD Radeon RX Vega 8
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660
Gears Tactics (2020) AMD Radeon RX Vega 8
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660
Doom Eternal (2020) AMD Radeon RX Vega 8
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660
Legend
5 Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
May Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
30 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 25 frames per second (fps)
40 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 35 frames per second (fps)
60 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 58 frames per second (fps)
May Run Fluently – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards show a smooth frame rate, comfortable for the game.
? Uncertain – Graphics cards testing has shown that a slower card can provide a high and stable frame rate for the same operation.
Uncertain – The work of the video card in the game is still being studied. Interpolation among analogs is not possible.
The value depicts the average frame rate. Hovering over the value, you can get individual results.

Advantages of AMD Radeon RX Vega 8

Cheaper ($273 vs $321 (1.4x MSRP))

Finer manufacturing process technology (14 nm vs 28 nm)

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660

10.27% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (960 vs 512)

G-SYNC support

So, AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 .

AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 versus NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

5.0 Out of 1 CpusData Score AMD Radeon RX Vega 8
0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660