Radeon R7 350 vs GeForce GTX 660

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce GTX 660 and Radeon R7 350, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

GTX 660
2012
2 GB GDDR5, 140 Watt
10.37
+85.8%

GTX 660 outperforms R7 350 by an impressive 86% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking433596
Place by popularity89not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation3.28no data
Power efficiency5.347.32
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)GCN 1.0 (2011−2020)
GPU code nameGK106Cape Verde
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date6 September 2012 (12 years ago)6 July 2016 (8 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$229 no data

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 cores960512
Core clock speed980 MHz800 MHz
Boost clock speed1033 MHzno data
Number of transistors2,540 million1,500 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)140 Watt55 Watt
Texture fill rate82.5625.60
Floating-point processing power1.981 TFLOPS0.8192 TFLOPS
ROPs2416
TMUs8032

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 x16
Length241 mm168 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 GB2 GB
Memory bus width192-bit GDDR5128 Bit
Memory clock speed6.0 GB/s1125 MHz
Memory bandwidth144.2 GB/s72 GB/s

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, 1x DisplayPort
Multi monitor support4 displaysno data
HDMI++
HDCP+-
Maximum VGA resolution2048x1536no data
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+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)12 (11_1)
Shader Model5.15.1
OpenGL4.34.6
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan1.1.1261.2.131
CUDA+-

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%
24−27
−95.8%

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 10.37 5.58
Recency 6 September 2012 6 July 2016
Power consumption (TDP) 140 Watt 55 Watt

GTX 660 has a 85.8% higher aggregate performance score.

R7 350, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 3 years, and 154.5% lower power consumption.

The GeForce GTX 660 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon R7 350 in performance tests.


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