GeForce GTX 660 OEM vs Radeon E8950

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon E8950 with GeForce GTX 660 OEM, including specs and performance data.

Radeon E8950
2015
8 GB GDDR5, 95 Watt
14.17
+322%

E8950 outperforms GTX 660 OEM by a whopping 322% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking369736
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency10.231.77
ArchitectureGCN 3.0 (2014−2019)Kepler (2012−2018)
GPU code nameAmethystGK104
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date29 September 2015 (9 years ago)22 August 2012 (12 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 cores20481152
Core clock speed735 MHz823 MHz
Boost clock speed1000 MHz888 MHz
Number of transistors5,000 million3,540 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)95 Watt130 Watt
Texture fill rate128.085.25
Floating-point processing power4.096 TFLOPS2.046 TFLOPS
ROPs3232
TMUs12896

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).

InterfaceMXM-B (3.0)PCIe 3.0 x16
Lengthno data241 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone1x 6-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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount8 GB2 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1500 MHz1400 MHz
Memory bandwidth192.0 GB/s179.2 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 ConnectorsNo outputs2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
HDMI-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_0)12 (11_0)
Shader Model6.35.1
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.01.2
Vulkan1.2.1311.1.126
CUDA-3.0

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 14.17 3.36
Recency 29 September 2015 22 August 2012
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 2 GB
Power consumption (TDP) 95 Watt 130 Watt

Radeon E8950 has a 321.7% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 3 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and 36.8% lower power consumption.

The Radeon E8950 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTX 660 OEM in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon E8950 is a notebook card while GeForce GTX 660 OEM is a desktop one.


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