NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

299
Place in performance rating
314
36.19
Value for money (0-100)
8.83
Kepler
Architecture
Fermi
GK106
Code name
GF110
Desktop
Type
Desktop
6 September 2012 (9 years ago)
Release date
7 December 2010 (10 years ago)
$229
Launch price (MSRP)
$349
$321 (1.4x MSRP)
Price now
$7.98 (0x MSRP)
4.45
Value for money
10.61
GK106
GPU code name
GF110
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570 based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

960
Pipelines
480
980 MHz
Core clock speed
732 MHz
1033 MHz
Boost Clock
no data
2,540 million
Transistor count
3,000 million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
140 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
219 Watt
78.4 billion/sec
Texture fill rate
43.9 billion/sec
1,981 gflops
Floating-point performance
1,405.4 gflops
no data
Maximum GPU temperature
97 °C
960
CUDA cores
480
960
Pipelines / CUDA cores
480
1033 MHz
Boost clock speed
no data
2,540 million
Number of transistors
3,000 million
140 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
219 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570.

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
9.5" (24.1 cm)
Length
10.5" (267 mm) (26.7 cm)
One 6-pin
Supplementary power connectors
Two 6-pin
+
SLI options
+
PCI Express 3.0
Bus support
PCI-E 2.0 x 16
4.376" (11.1 cm)
Height
4.376" (111 mm) (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 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570 can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR5
2 GB
Maximum RAM amount
1280 MB
192-bit GDDR5
Memory bus width
320 Bit
6.0 GB/s
Memory clock speed
1900 MHz (3800 data rate)
144.2 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
152.0 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570, the size and number of monitors.

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

Technologies

The difference between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570 is the additional functionality.

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

API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 (11_0)
DirectX
12 (11_0)
4.3
OpenGL
4.2
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 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570 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 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570
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

0.36% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (960 vs 480)

Finer manufacturing process technology (28 nm vs 40 nm)

Less power consumption (140 Watt vs 219 Watt)

G-SYNC support

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570

Cheaper ($7.98 (0x MSRP) vs $321 (1.4x MSRP))

More maximum RAM amount (1280 MB vs 2 GB)

More memory bandwidth (152.0 GB/s vs 144.2 GB/s)

So, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570?

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

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 versus NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570 performance benchmarks comparison

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