GeForce GTX 660 vs FirePro D700

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared FirePro D700 with GeForce GTX 660, including specs and performance data.

FirePro D700
2014
6 GB GDDR5, 274 Watt
14.03
+35%

D700 outperforms GTX 660 by a substantial 35% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking371439
Place by popularitynot in top-10076
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data3.42
Power efficiency3.515.09
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2011−2020)Kepler (2012−2018)
GPU code nameTahitiGK106
Market segmentWorkstationDesktop
Release date18 January 2014 (10 years ago)6 September 2012 (12 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$229

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores2048960
Core clock speed850 MHz980 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1033 MHz
Number of transistors4,313 million2,540 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)274 Watt140 Watt
Texture fill rate108.882.56
Floating-point processing power3.482 TFLOPS1.981 TFLOPS
ROPs3224
TMUs12880

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Bus supportno dataPCI Express 3.0
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length279 mm241 mm
Heightno data4.376" (11.1 cm)
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 6-pin
SLI options-+

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount6 GB2 GB
Memory bus width384 Bit192-bit GDDR5
Memory clock speed1370 MHz6.0 GB/s
Memory bandwidth263.0 GB/s144.2 GB/s

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors6x mini-DisplayPort, 1x SDIOne Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One HDMI, One DisplayPort
Multi monitor supportno data4 displays
HDMI-+
HDCP-+
Maximum VGA resolutionno data2048x1536
Audio input for HDMIno dataInternal

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

3D Blu-Ray-+
3D Gaming-+
3D Vision-+

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (11_1)12 (11_0)
Shader Model5.15.1
OpenGL4.64.3
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan1.2.1311.1.126
CUDA-+

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD60−65
+27.7%
47
−27.7%

Cost per frame, $

1080pno data4.87

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 14.03 10.39
Recency 18 January 2014 6 September 2012
Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 2 GB
Power consumption (TDP) 274 Watt 140 Watt

FirePro D700 has a 35% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 1 year, and a 200% higher maximum VRAM amount.

GTX 660, on the other hand, has 95.7% lower power consumption.

The FirePro D700 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTX 660 in performance tests.

Be aware that FirePro D700 is a workstation graphics card while GeForce GTX 660 is a desktop one.


Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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