ATI Radeon X1800 GTO vs GeForce GTX 660 OEM
Aggregate performance score
We've compared GeForce GTX 660 OEM and Radeon X1800 GTO, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.
GTX 660 OEM outperforms ATI X1800 GTO by a whopping 833% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 737 | 1276 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 1.77 | 0.51 |
| Architecture | Kepler (2012−2018) | R500 (2005−2007) |
| GPU code name | GK104 | R520 |
| Market segment | Desktop | Desktop |
| Release date | 22 August 2012 (12 years ago) | 1 March 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 cores | 1152 | no data |
| Core clock speed | 823 MHz | 500 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 888 MHz | no data |
| Number of transistors | 3,540 million | 321 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 90 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 130 Watt | 48 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 85.25 | 6.000 |
| Floating-point processing power | 2.046 TFLOPS | no data |
| ROPs | 32 | 12 |
| TMUs | 96 | 12 |
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).
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 1.0 x16 |
| Length | 241 mm | no data |
| Width | 2-slot | 1-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pin | 1x 6-pin |
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 | GDDR3 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | 256 MB |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1400 MHz | 495 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 179.2 GB/s | 31.68 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 Connectors | 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort | 2x DVI, 1x S-Video |
| HDMI | + | - |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (11_0) | 9.0c (9_3) |
| Shader Model | 5.1 | 3.0 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 2.0 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | N/A |
| Vulkan | 1.1.126 | N/A |
| CUDA | 3.0 | - |
Gaming performance
Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 3.36 | 0.36 |
| Recency | 22 August 2012 | 1 March 2006 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | 256 MB |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 90 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 130 Watt | 48 Watt |
GTX 660 OEM has a 833.3% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 6 years, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 221.4% more advanced lithography process.
ATI X1800 GTO, on the other hand, has 170.8% lower power consumption.
The GeForce GTX 660 OEM is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon X1800 GTO in performance tests.
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