Quadro T1000 vs GeForce GTX 660

Place in the ranking	439	324
Place by popularity	76	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	3.42	no data
Power efficiency	5.09	23.02
Architecture	Kepler (2012−2018)	Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code name	GK106	TU117
Market segment	Desktop	Workstation
Release date	6 September 2012 (12 years ago)	27 May 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$229	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

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	960	no data
Core clock speed	980 MHz	1395 MHz
Boost clock speed	1033 MHz	1455 MHz
Number of transistors	2,540 million	4,700 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	140 Watt	50 Watt
Texture fill rate	82.56	no data
Floating-point processing power	1.981 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	24	no data
TMUs	80	no data

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 support	PCI Express 3.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	241 mm	no data
Height	4.376" (11.1 cm)	no data
Width	2-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	None
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 type	GDDR5	no data
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	no data
Memory bus width	192-bit GDDR5	no data
Memory clock speed	6.0 GB/s	8000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	144.2 GB/s	no data

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	One Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One HDMI, One DisplayPort	No outputs
Multi monitor support	4 displays	no data
HDMI	+	-
HDCP	+	-
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	no data
Audio input for HDMI	Internal	no 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	+	-

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (11_0)	12.0 (12_1)
Shader Model	5.1	no data
OpenGL	4.3	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	no data
Vulkan	1.1.126	-
CUDA	+	-

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 10.39

Quadro T1000 16.79
+61.6%

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

Quadro T1000 6469
+61.5%

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

Quadro T1000 33875
+198%

GeekBench 5 Vulkan

GTX 660 11395

Quadro T1000 30130
+164%

GeekBench 5 CUDA

GTX 660 8583

Quadro T1000 34236
+299%

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 HD

−59.6%

75−80
+59.6%

Cost per frame, $

1080p

4.87

no data

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	10.39	16.79
Recency	6 September 2012	27 May 2019
Chip lithography	28 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	140 Watt	50 Watt

Quadro T1000 has a 61.6% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 6 years, a 133.3% more advanced lithography process, and 180% lower power consumption.

The Quadro T1000 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTX 660 in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 660 is a desktop card while Quadro T1000 is a workstation one.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.