Playstation 3 RSX vs GeForce GTX 660 OEM

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking736not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency1.77no data
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)Curie (2003−2013)
GPU code nameGK104RSX-CXD2991
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date22 August 2012 (12 years ago)11 November 2006 (18 years ago)

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 cores1152no data
Core clock speed823 MHz550 MHz
Boost clock speed888 MHzno data
Number of transistors3,540 million300 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)130 Watt81 Watt
Texture fill rate85.25no data
Floating-point processing power2.046 TFLOPSno data
ROPs32no data
TMUs96no data

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).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16IGP
Length241 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pinno data

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 typeGDDR5no data
Maximum RAM amount2 GBno data
Memory bus width256 Bitno data
Memory clock speed1400 MHz1400 MHz
Memory bandwidth179.2 GB/sno data

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 Connectors2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPortNo outputs
HDMI+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)N/A
Shader Model5.1no data
OpenGL4.6ES 1.1
OpenCL1.2no data
Vulkan1.1.126-
CUDA3.0-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 22 August 2012 11 November 2006
Chip lithography 28 nm 65 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 130 Watt 81 Watt

GTX 660 OEM has an age advantage of 5 years, and a 132.1% more advanced lithography process.

Playstation 3 RSX, on the other hand, has 60.5% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 660 OEM and Playstation 3 RSX. We've got no test results to judge.


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