Chart below shows dependence on processor score in bottleneck calculation with NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 graphic card for General Tasks.
We don't recommend you to downgrade your processor if you physically own it because there is no good reason to replace current processor with weaker one. Here is list of processors that will best work with your NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 graphic card. This processors with NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 will have less bottleneck than with your current Intel Core i5-2415M processor.
Core i7-2655LE |
Desktop
Used in |
Q2 2011
Launched |
BGA1023
Socket |
2.2 GHz
Clock |
2
Cores |
25 W
Thermal Design Power TDP |
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2.2 GHz
Clock |
2.9 GHz
Turbo Clock |
2
Cores |
4
Threads |
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Core i5-3339Y |
Desktop
Used in |
Q1 2013
Launched |
BGA1023
Socket |
1.5 GHz
Clock |
2
Cores |
13 W
Thermal Design Power TDP |
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1.5 GHz
Clock |
2 GHz
Turbo Clock |
2
Cores |
4
Threads |
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Core i3-3229Y |
Desktop
Used in |
Q1 2013
Launched |
BGA1023
Socket |
1.4 GHz
Clock |
2
Cores |
13 W
Thermal Design Power TDP |
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1.4 GHz
Clock |
2
Cores |
4
Threads |
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Pentium 997 |
Desktop
Used in |
Q4 2012
Launched |
BGA1023
Socket |
1.6 GHz
Clock |
2
Cores |
17 W
Thermal Design Power TDP |
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1.6 GHz
Clock |
2
Cores |
2
Threads |