NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660
VS
NVIDIA GRID M60-2Q
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660
VS
NVIDIA GRID M60-2Q

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 and NVIDIA GRID M60-2Q. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

299
Place in performance rating
285
36.19
Value for money (0-100)
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Kepler
Architecture
Maxwell 2.0
GK106
Code name
GM204
Desktop
Type
Workstation
6 September 2012 (9 years ago)
Release date
30 August 2015 (6 years ago)
$229
Launch price (MSRP)
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$321 (1.4x MSRP)
Price now
no data
4.45
Value for money
no data
GK106
GPU code name
GM204
Desktop
Market segment
Workstation

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 and NVIDIA GRID M60-2Q based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

960
Pipelines
2048
980 MHz
Core clock speed
557 MHz
1033 MHz
Boost Clock
1178 MHz
2,540 million
Transistor count
5,200 million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
140 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
225 Watt
78.4 billion/sec
Texture fill rate
150.8
1,981 gflops
Floating-point performance
4,833 gflops
960
CUDA cores
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960
Pipelines / CUDA cores
2048
1033 MHz
Boost clock speed
1178 MHz
2,540 million
Number of transistors
5,200 million
140 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
225 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 and NVIDIA GRID M60-2Q.

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
9.5" (24.1 cm)
Length
267 mm
One 6-pin
Supplementary power connectors
1x 8-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 NVIDIA GRID M60-2Q can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR5
2 GB
Maximum RAM amount
2 GB
192-bit GDDR5
Memory bus width
256 Bit
6.0 GB/s
Memory clock speed
5012 MHz
144.2 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
160.4 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 and NVIDIA GRID M60-2Q, 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
no data
+
HDMI
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Technologies

The difference between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 and NVIDIA GRID M60-2Q is the additional functionality.

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

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 and NVIDIA GRID M60-2Q. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 (11_0)
DirectX
12 (12_1)
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 NVIDIA GRID M60-2Q 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 GRID M60-2Q good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660
NVIDIA GRID M60-2Q
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660
NVIDIA GRID M60-2Q
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660
NVIDIA GRID M60-2Q
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660
NVIDIA GRID M60-2Q
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660
NVIDIA GRID M60-2Q
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

Less power consumption (140 Watt vs 225 Watt)

G-SYNC support

Advantages of NVIDIA GRID M60-2Q

6.19% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (2048 vs 960)

More memory bandwidth (160.4 GB/s vs 144.2 GB/s)

So, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 or NVIDIA GRID M60-2Q?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GRID M60-2Q .

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 versus NVIDIA GRID M60-2Q performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

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