NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660
VS
Intel HD Graphics 6000
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660
VS
Intel HD Graphics 6000

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 and Intel HD Graphics 6000. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

299
Place in performance rating
700
36.19
Value for money (0-100)
no data
Kepler
Architecture
Gen. 8 Broadwell
GK106
Code name
Broadwell GT3
Desktop
Type
Laptop
6 September 2012 (9 years ago)
Release date
5 January 2015 (6 years ago)
$229
Launch price (MSRP)
no data
$321 (1.4x MSRP)
Price now
$286
4.45
Value for money
0.74
GK106
GPU code name
Broadwell GT3
Desktop
Market segment
Laptop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 and Intel HD Graphics 6000 based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

960
Pipelines
384
980 MHz
Core clock speed
300 MHz
1033 MHz
Boost Clock
1000 MHz
2,540 million
Transistor count
189 million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
14 nm
140 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
15 Watt
78.4 billion/sec
Texture fill rate
48.00
1,981 gflops
Floating-point performance
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960
CUDA cores
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960
Pipelines / CUDA cores
48
1033 MHz
Boost clock speed
1000 MHz
2,540 million
Number of transistors
189 million
140 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
15 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 and Intel HD Graphics 6000.

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x1
9.5" (24.1 cm)
Length
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One 6-pin
Supplementary power connectors
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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 Intel HD Graphics 6000 can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
System Shared
2 GB
Maximum RAM amount
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192-bit GDDR5
Memory bus width
64/128 Bit
6.0 GB/s
Memory clock speed
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144.2 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
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Shared memory
+

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 and Intel HD Graphics 6000, the size and number of monitors.

One Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One HDMI, One DisplayPort
Display Connectors
No outputs
+
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 Intel HD Graphics 6000 is the additional functionality.

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

API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 and Intel HD Graphics 6000. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 (11_0)
DirectX
12 (11_1)
4.3
OpenGL
4.4
1.1.126
Vulkan
1.1.80
5.1
Shader Model
5.1
1.2
OpenCL
2.0

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 and Intel HD Graphics 6000 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 Intel HD Graphics 6000 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660
Intel HD Graphics 6000
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660
Intel HD Graphics 6000
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660
Intel HD Graphics 6000
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660
Intel HD Graphics 6000
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660
Intel HD Graphics 6000
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

14.38% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (960 vs 384)

G-SYNC support

Advantages of Intel HD Graphics 6000

Cheaper ($286 vs $321 (1.4x MSRP))

Finer manufacturing process technology (14 nm vs 28 nm)

Less power consumption (15 Watt vs 140 Watt)

So, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 or Intel HD Graphics 6000?

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

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 versus Intel HD Graphics 6000 performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660
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