NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660
VS
AMD Radeon RX 550
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660
VS
AMD Radeon RX 550

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 and AMD Radeon RX 550. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

299
Place in performance rating
398
36.19
Value for money (0-100)
32.72
Kepler
Architecture
GCN 4.0
GK106
Code name
Lexa
Desktop
Type
Desktop
6 September 2012 (9 years ago)
Release date
20 April 2017 (4 years ago)
$229
Launch price (MSRP)
$79
$321 (1.4x MSRP)
Price now
$851 (10.8x MSRP)
4.45
Value for money
2.89
GK106
GPU code name
Lexa
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 and AMD Radeon RX 550 based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

960
Pipelines
512
980 MHz
Core clock speed
1100 MHz
1033 MHz
Boost Clock
1183 MHz
2,540 million
Transistor count
2,200 million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
14 nm
140 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
50 Watt
78.4 billion/sec
Texture fill rate
37.86
1,981 gflops
Floating-point performance
1,211 gflops
960
CUDA cores
no data
960
Pipelines / CUDA cores
512
1033 MHz
Boost clock speed
1183 MHz
2,540 million
Number of transistors
2,200 million
140 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
50 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 and AMD Radeon RX 550.

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x8
9.5" (24.1 cm)
Length
145 mm
One 6-pin
Supplementary power connectors
None
+
SLI options
no data
PCI Express 3.0
Bus support
no data
4.376" (11.1 cm)
Height
no data

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 RX 550 can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR5
2 GB
Maximum RAM amount
4 GB
192-bit GDDR5
Memory bus width
128 Bit
6.0 GB/s
Memory clock speed
7000 MHz
144.2 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
112.0 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 and AMD Radeon RX 550, the size and number of monitors.

One Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One HDMI, One DisplayPort
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
+
G-SYNC support
no data
4 displays
Multi monitor support
no data
+
HDCP
no data
2048x1536
Maximum VGA resolution
no data
Internal
Audio input for HDMI
no data
+
HDMI
+

Technologies

The difference between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 and AMD Radeon RX 550 is the additional functionality.

+
3D Vision
no data
+
GPU Boost
no data
+
CUDA
no data
+
3D Gaming
no data
+
FXAA
no data
+
TXAA
no data
+
Adaptive VSync
no data
+
3D Blu-Ray
no data

API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 and AMD Radeon RX 550. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 (11_0)
DirectX
12 (12_0)
4.3
OpenGL
4.6
1.1.126
Vulkan
no data
5.1
Shader Model
no data
1.2
OpenCL
no data

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 and AMD Radeon RX 550 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 RX 550 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 RX 550
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660
AMD Radeon RX 550
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660
AMD Radeon RX 550
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660
AMD Radeon RX 550
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660
AMD Radeon RX 550
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

7.05% faster in synthetic tests

Cheaper ($321 (1.4x MSRP) vs $851 (10.8x MSRP))

More pipelines (960 vs 512)

More memory bandwidth (144.2 GB/s vs 112.0 GB/s)

G-SYNC support

Advantages of AMD Radeon RX 550

Finer manufacturing process technology (14 nm vs 28 nm)

Less power consumption (50 Watt vs 140 Watt)

More maximum RAM amount (4 GB vs 2 GB)

So, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 or AMD Radeon RX 550?

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

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 versus AMD Radeon RX 550 performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660
5.0 Out of 1 CpusData Score AMD Radeon RX 550