Quadro T500 Mobile vs GeForce GTX 660 OEM

Place in the ranking	738	484
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	1.78	34.46
Architecture	Kepler (2012−2018)	Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code name	GK104	TU117
Market segment	Desktop	Mobile workstation
Release date	22 August 2012 (12 years ago)	2 December 2020 (4 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 cores	1152	896
Core clock speed	823 MHz	1365 MHz
Boost clock speed	888 MHz	1695 MHz
Number of transistors	3,540 million	4,700 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	130 Watt	18 Watt
Texture fill rate	85.25	94.92
Floating-point processing power	2.046 TFLOPS	3.037 TFLOPS
ROPs	32	32
TMUs	96	56

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).

Laptop size	no data	medium sized
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	241 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	no 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 type	GDDR5	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	2 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz	1250 MHz
Memory bandwidth	179.2 GB/s	80 GB/s
Shared memory	-	-

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 Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	No outputs
HDMI	+	-

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (11_0)	12 (12_1)
Shader Model	5.1	6.6
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	3.0
Vulkan	1.1.126	1.2
CUDA	3.0	7.5

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 HD	12−14 −200%	36 +200%
1440p	5−6 −200%	15 +200%
4K	6−7 −183%	17 +183%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077	18−20 +0%	18−20 +0%
Elden Ring	24−27 +0%	24−27 +0%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5	27−30 +0%	27−30 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	8 +0%	8 +0%
Elden Ring	24−27 +0%	24−27 +0%
Far Cry 5	30 +0%	30 +0%
Fortnite	50−55 +0%	50−55 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	35−40 +0%	35−40 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	70−75 +0%	70−75 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	24−27 +0%	24−27 +0%
Valorant	30−35 +0%	30−35 +0%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5	27−30 +0%	27−30 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	6 +0%	6 +0%
Dota 2	90 +0%	90 +0%
Elden Ring	24−27 +0%	24−27 +0%
Far Cry 5	28 +0%	28 +0%
Fortnite	50−55 +0%	50−55 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	35−40 +0%	35−40 +0%
Grand Theft Auto V	31 +0%	31 +0%
Metro Exodus	24−27 +0%	24−27 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	70−75 +0%	70−75 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	24−27 +0%	24−27 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	28 +0%	28 +0%
Valorant	30−35 +0%	30−35 +0%
World of Tanks	130−140 +0%	130−140 +0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	27−30 +0%	27−30 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	5 +0%	5 +0%
Dota 2	75 +0%	75 +0%
Far Cry 5	27 +0%	27 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	35−40 +0%	35−40 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	70−75 +0%	70−75 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	19 +0%	19 +0%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Fortnite

50−55

+0%

50−55

+0%

1440p
High Preset

Elden Ring	12−14 +0%	12−14 +0%
Grand Theft Auto V	13 +0%	13 +0%
Metro Exodus	16−18 +0%	16−18 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	8−9 +0%	8−9 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−12 +0%	10−12 +0%
Valorant	21−24 +0%	21−24 +0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	16−18 +0%	16−18 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	7−8 +0%	7−8 +0%
Far Cry 5	18−20 +0%	18−20 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	18−20 +0%	18−20 +0%

1440p
Epic Preset

Fortnite

21−24

+0%

21−24

+0%

4K
High Preset

Elden Ring	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%
Grand Theft Auto V	14 +0%	14 +0%
Metro Exodus	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	6−7 +0%	6−7 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	18−20 +0%	18−20 +0%
Valorant	9−10 +0%	9−10 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	8−9 +0%	8−9 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Dota 2	28 +0%	28 +0%
Far Cry 5	10−12 +0%	10−12 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	10−12 +0%	10−12 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	24−27 +0%	24−27 +0%

4K
Epic Preset

Fortnite

9−10

+0%

9−10

+0%

This is how GTX 660 OEM and T500 Mobile compete in popular games:

T500 Mobile is 200% faster in 1080p
T500 Mobile is 200% faster in 1440p
T500 Mobile is 183% faster in 4K

All in all, in popular games:

there's a draw in 57 tests (100%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	3.37	9.01
Recency	22 August 2012	2 December 2020
Chip lithography	28 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	130 Watt	18 Watt

T500 Mobile has a 167.4% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 8 years, a 133.3% more advanced lithography process, and 622.2% lower power consumption.

The Quadro T500 Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTX 660 OEM in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 660 OEM is a desktop card while Quadro T500 Mobile is a mobile workstation one.

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