GeForce GT 1030 vs GTX 660

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce GTX 660 and GeForce GT 1030, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

GTX 660
2012
2 GB GDDR5, 140 Watt
10.40
+63.3%

GTX 660 outperforms GT 1030 by an impressive 63% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking439576
Place by popularity7636
Cost-effectiveness evaluation3.422.31
Power efficiency5.0914.55
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code nameGK106GP108
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date6 September 2012 (12 years ago)17 May 2017 (7 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$229 $79

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

GTX 660 has 48% better value for money than GT 1030.

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 cores960384
Core clock speed980 MHz1228 MHz
Boost clock speed1033 MHz1468 MHz
Number of transistors2,540 million1,800 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)140 Watt30 Watt
Texture fill rate82.5635.23
Floating-point processing power1.981 TFLOPS1.127 TFLOPS
ROPs2416
TMUs8024

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).

Bus supportPCI Express 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x4
Length241 mm145 mm
Height4.376" (11.1 cm)no data
Width2-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pinNone
SLI options+-

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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount2 GB4 GB
Memory bus width192-bit GDDR564 Bit
Memory clock speed6.0 GB/s1502 MHz
Memory bandwidth144.2 GB/s48.06 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 ConnectorsOne Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One HDMI, One DisplayPort1x DVI, 1x HDMI
Multi monitor support4 displaysno data
HDMI++
HDCP+-
Maximum VGA resolution2048x1536no data
G-SYNC support-+
Audio input for HDMIInternalno data

Supported technologies

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

3D Blu-Ray+-
3D Gaming+-
3D Vision+-
VR Readyno data+

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)12 (12_1)
Shader Model5.16.4
OpenGL4.34.6
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan1.1.1261.2.131
CUDA+6.1

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

GTX 660 10.40
+63.3%
GT 1030 6.37

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

GTX 660 4005
+63.2%
GT 1030 2454

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

GTX 660 5040
+39.1%
GT 1030 3625

GeekBench 5 OpenCL

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses OpenCL API by Khronos Group.

GTX 660 11368
+16.1%
GT 1030 9789

GeekBench 5 Vulkan

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses Vulkan API by AMD & Khronos Group.

GTX 660 11395
+19.4%
GT 1030 9541

GeekBench 5 CUDA

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses CUDA API by NVIDIA.

GTX 660 8583
GT 1030 10307
+20.1%

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 HD47
+95.8%
24
−95.8%
1440p35−40
+52.2%
23
−52.2%
4K12−14
+50%
8
−50%

Cost per frame, $

1080p4.873.29
1440p6.543.43
4K19.089.88

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 15
+0%
15
+0%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 18
+0%
18
+0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 8−9
+0%
8−9
+0%
Battlefield 5 22
+0%
22
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 18
+0%
18
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 11
+0%
11
+0%
Far Cry 5 21
+0%
21
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 27
+0%
27
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 93
+0%
93
+0%
Hitman 3 16
+0%
16
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 152
+0%
152
+0%
Metro Exodus 26
+0%
26
+0%
Red Dead Redemption 2 31
+0%
31
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 37
+0%
37
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 93
+0%
93
+0%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 24
+0%
24
+0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 8−9
+0%
8−9
+0%
Battlefield 5 18−20
+0%
18−20
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 16
+0%
16
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 7
+0%
7
+0%
Far Cry 5 14−16
+0%
14−16
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 20
+0%
20
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 84
+0%
84
+0%
Hitman 3 15
+0%
15
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 123
+0%
123
+0%
Metro Exodus 20
+0%
20
+0%
Red Dead Redemption 2 15
+0%
15
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 19
+0%
19
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 20−22
+0%
20−22
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 84
+0%
84
+0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 7
+0%
7
+0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 8−9
+0%
8−9
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 5
+0%
5
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 10−11
+0%
10−11
+0%
Far Cry 5 14−16
+0%
14−16
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 16
+0%
16
+0%
Hitman 3 12−14
+0%
12−14
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 19
+0%
19
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 16
+0%
16
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 12
+0%
12
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 6
+0%
6
+0%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 19
+0%
19
+0%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 12−14
+0%
12−14
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 10−11
+0%
10−11
+0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 6−7
+0%
6−7
+0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 6−7
+0%
6−7
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%
Far Cry 5 7−8
+0%
7−8
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 20−22
+0%
20−22
+0%
Hitman 3 10−11
+0%
10−11
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 14
+0%
14
+0%
Metro Exodus 6−7
+0%
6−7
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 11
+0%
11
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 5−6
+0%
5−6
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 48
+0%
48
+0%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 10−12
+0%
10−12
+0%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 5−6
+0%
5−6
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 4
+0%
4
+0%
Hitman 3 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 16−18
+0%
16−18
+0%
Metro Exodus 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 1
+0%
1
+0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 0−1 0−1
Far Cry 5 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 7
+0%
7
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 6
+0%
6
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 7−8
+0%
7−8
+0%

This is how GTX 660 and GT 1030 compete in popular games:

  • GTX 660 is 96% faster in 1080p
  • GTX 660 is 52% faster in 1440p
  • GTX 660 is 50% faster in 4K

All in all, in popular games:

  • there's a draw in 71 test (100%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 10.40 6.37
Recency 6 September 2012 17 May 2017
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 4 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 140 Watt 30 Watt

GTX 660 has a 63.3% higher aggregate performance score.

GT 1030, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 4 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 366.7% lower power consumption.

The GeForce GTX 660 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GT 1030 in performance tests.


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