GeForce RTX 2070 Super vs GTX 660 Rev. 2

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated71
Place by popularitynot in top-10080
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data41.48
Power efficiencyno data15.08
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code nameGK104TU104
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date13 September 2014 (10 years ago)9 July 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$499

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 cores9602560
Core clock speed980 MHz1605 MHz
Boost clock speed1032 MHz1770 MHz
Number of transistors3,540 million13,600 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)140 Watt215 Watt
Texture fill rate82.56283.2
Floating-point processing power1.981 TFLOPS9.062 TFLOPS
ROPs2464
TMUs80160
Tensor Coresno data320
Ray Tracing Coresno data40

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 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length241 mm267 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin1x 6-pin + 1x 8-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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount2 GB8 GB
Memory bus width192 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1502 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth144.2 GB/s448.0 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 Connectors2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C
HDMI++
G-SYNC support-+

Supported technologies

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

VR Readyno data+

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)12 Ultimate (12_1)
Shader Model5.16.5
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan1.1.1261.2.131
CUDA3.07.5

Pros & cons summary


Recency 13 September 2014 9 July 2019
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 8 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 140 Watt 215 Watt

GTX 660 Rev. 2 has 53.6% lower power consumption.

RTX 2070 Super, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 4 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 133.3% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 660 Rev. 2 and GeForce RTX 2070 Super. We've got no test results to judge.


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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Rev. 2
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