NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660
VS
AMD Radeon HD 6930
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660
VS
AMD Radeon HD 6930

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 and AMD Radeon HD 6930. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

299
Place in performance rating
249
36.19
Value for money (0-100)
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Kepler
Architecture
TeraScale 3
GK106
Code name
Cayman
Desktop
Type
Desktop
6 September 2012 (9 years ago)
Release date
1 December 2011
$229
Launch price (MSRP)
$180
$321 (1.4x MSRP)
Price now
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4.45
Value for money
no data
GK106
GPU code name
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Desktop
Market segment
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Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 and AMD Radeon HD 6930 based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

960
Pipelines
1280
980 MHz
Core clock speed
750 MHz
1033 MHz
Boost Clock
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2,540 million
Transistor count
2,640 million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
140 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
186 Watt
78.4 billion/sec
Texture fill rate
60.00
1,981 gflops
Floating-point performance
1,920.0 gflops
960
CUDA cores
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960
Pipelines / CUDA cores
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1033 MHz
Boost clock speed
no data
2,540 million
Number of transistors
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140 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
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Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 and AMD Radeon HD 6930.

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
9.5" (24.1 cm)
Length
220 mm
One 6-pin
Supplementary power connectors
2x 6-pin
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SLI options
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PCI Express 3.0
Bus support
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4.376" (11.1 cm)
Height
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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 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 and AMD Radeon HD 6930 can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR5
2 GB
Maximum RAM amount
1 GB
192-bit GDDR5
Memory bus width
256 Bit
6.0 GB/s
Memory clock speed
4800 MHz
144.2 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
153.6 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 and AMD Radeon HD 6930, the size and number of monitors.

One Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One HDMI, One DisplayPort
Display Connectors
2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
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G-SYNC support
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4 displays
Multi monitor support
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+
HDCP
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2048x1536
Maximum VGA resolution
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Internal
Audio input for HDMI
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+
HDMI
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Technologies

The difference between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 and AMD Radeon HD 6930 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
no data
+
Adaptive VSync
no data
+
3D Blu-Ray
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API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 and AMD Radeon HD 6930. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 (11_0)
DirectX
11.2 (11_0)
4.3
OpenGL
4.4
1.1.126
Vulkan
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5.1
Shader Model
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1.2
OpenCL
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Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 and AMD Radeon HD 6930 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 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 or AMD Radeon HD 6930 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660
AMD Radeon HD 6930
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660
AMD Radeon HD 6930
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660
AMD Radeon HD 6930
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660
AMD Radeon HD 6930
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660
AMD Radeon HD 6930
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 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660

0.37% faster in synthetic tests

Finer manufacturing process technology (28 nm vs 40 nm)

Less power consumption (140 Watt vs 186 Watt)

More maximum RAM amount (2 GB vs 1 GB)

G-SYNC support

Advantages of AMD Radeon HD 6930

More pipelines (1280 vs 960)

More memory bandwidth (153.6 GB/s vs 144.2 GB/s)

So, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 or AMD Radeon HD 6930?

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

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 versus AMD Radeon HD 6930 performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660
0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score AMD Radeon HD 6930