GeForce GTX 660 Rev. 2: specs and benchmarks
Summary
NVIDIA started GeForce GTX 660 Rev. 2 sales 13 September 2014. This is a desktop graphics card based on a Kepler architecture and made with 28 nm manufacturing process. It is primarily aimed at gamer market. 2 GB of GDDR5 memory clocked at 6.01 GHz are supplied, and together with 192 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 144.2 GB/s.
Compatibility-wise, this is dual-slot card attached via PCIe 3.0 x16 interface. Its manufacturer default version has a length of 241 mm. 1x 6-pin power connector is required, and power consumption is at 140 Watt.
Primary details
Some basic facts about GeForce GTX 660 Rev. 2: architecture, market segment, release date etc.
Place in performance ranking | not rated | |
Place by popularity | not in top-100 | |
Architecture | Kepler (2012−2018) | |
GPU code name | GK104 | |
Market segment | Desktop | |
Release date | 13 September 2014 (9 years ago) | |
Current price | $489 | of 168889 (A100 PCIe 80 GB) |
Detailed specifications
GeForce GTX 660 Rev. 2's specs such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of GeForce GTX 660 Rev. 2's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.
Pipelines / CUDA cores | 960 | of 20480 (Data Center GPU Max NEXT) |
Core clock speed | 980 MHz | of 2610 (Radeon RX 6500 XT) |
Boost clock speed | 1032 MHz | of 3599 (Radeon RX 7990 XTX) |
Number of transistors | 3,540 million | of 14400 (GeForce GTX 1070 SLI Mobile) |
Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | of 4 (Radeon 780M) |
Power consumption (TDP) | 140 Watt | of 2400 (Data Center GPU Max Subsystem) |
Texture fill rate | 82.56 | of 969.9 (H100 SXM5 96 GB) |
Floating-point performance | 1,981 gflops | of 16384 (Radeon Pro Duo) |
Form factor & compatibility
This section provides details about the physical dimensions of GeForce GTX 660 Rev. 2 and its compatibility with other computer components. This information is useful when selecting a computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards, it includes details about the interface and bus (for motherboard compatibility) and additional power connectors (for power supply compatibility).
Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | |
Length | 241 mm | |
Width | 2-slot | |
Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pin |
VRAM capacity and type
Parameters of memory installed on GeForce GTX 660 Rev. 2: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors have no dedicated memory and use a shared part of system RAM instead.
Memory type | GDDR5 | |
Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | of 192 (Radeon Instinct MI300X) |
Memory bus width | 192 Bit | of 8192 (Radeon Instinct MI250X) |
Memory clock speed | 6008 MHz | of 23000 (GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER) |
Memory bandwidth | 144.2 GB/s | of 3276 (Aldebaran) |
Connectivity and outputs
Types and number of video connectors present on GeForce GTX 660 Rev. 2. As a rule, this section is relevant only for desktop reference graphics cards, since for notebook ones the availability of certain video outputs depends on the laptop model, while non-reference desktop models can (though not necessarily will) bear a different set of video ports.
Display Connectors | 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort | |
HDMI | + |
API compatibility
APIs supported by GeForce GTX 660 Rev. 2, sometimes including their particular versions.
DirectX | 12 (11_0) | |
Shader Model | 5.1 | |
OpenGL | 4.6 | |
OpenCL | 1.2 | |
Vulkan | 1.1.126 | |
CUDA | 3.0 |
AMD equivalent
According to our data, the closest AMD alternative to GeForce GTX 660 Rev. 2 is Radeon R7 260X.
Similar GPUs
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Recommended processors
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