Quadro T500 Mobile vs GeForce GTX 660 Rev. 2

Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated476
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data35.05
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code nameGK104TU117
Market segmentDesktopMobile workstation
Release date13 September 2014 (10 years ago)2 December 2020 (3 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 cores960896
Core clock speed980 MHz1365 MHz
Boost clock speed1032 MHz1695 MHz
Number of transistors3,540 million4,700 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)140 Watt18 Watt
Texture fill rate82.5694.92
Floating-point processing power1.981 TFLOPS3.037 TFLOPS
ROPs2432
TMUs8056

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 sizeno datamedium sized
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount2 GB2 GB
Memory bus width192 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed1502 MHz1250 MHz
Memory bandwidth144.2 GB/s80 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 DisplayPortNo outputs
HDMI+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)12 (12_1)
Shader Model5.16.6
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan1.1.1261.2
CUDA3.07.5

Pros & cons summary


Recency 13 September 2014 2 December 2020
Chip lithography 28 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 140 Watt 18 Watt

T500 Mobile has an age advantage of 6 years, a 133.3% more advanced lithography process, and 677.8% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 660 Rev. 2 and Quadro T500 Mobile. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 660 Rev. 2 is a desktop card while Quadro T500 Mobile is a mobile workstation one.


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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Rev. 2
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