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NVIDIA logo GeForce GTX 660
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AMD logo Radeon HD 4870

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 logo AMD Radeon HD 4870 logo
General information GeForce GTX 660 Radeon HD 4870
Launched Q3 2012 Q3 2012
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory NVIDIA AMD
Motherboard Bus PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Memory 3072 MB 0 % 2048 MB 33.3 %
Core Clock 980 MHz 0 % 750 MHz 23.5 %
Effective Clock 6608 MHz 0 % 3800 MHz 42.5 %
DirectX DirectX 11 DirectX 10.1
OpenGL OpenGL 4.5 OpenGL 3.3
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 140 W 6.7 % 150 W 0 %
Length 260 mm 0 % 241 mm 7.3 %
Cooling Fans 2 0 % 1 50 %
Case Slots 2 0 % 2 0 %
Performance GeForce GTX 660 Radeon HD 4870
Overall Score 32143 0 % 18793 41.5 %
Future Proof 21 % 0 % 21 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 10332 0 % 3532 65.8 %
2D Benchmark Score 472.2 0 % 45.5 90.4 %
Average DirectX performance 33.3 FPS 0 % 10.7 FPS 67.7 %
DirectX 9 performance 67.9 FPS 0 % 36 FPS 47 %
DirectX 10 performance 16.1 FPS 0 % 7 FPS 56.5 %
DirectX 11 performance 34.2 FPS 0 % 0 FPS 100 %
DirectX 12 performance 15.1 FPS 0 % 0 FPS 100 %
Graphic card computing 1787.4 operations/s 0 % 0 operations/s 100 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for GeForce GTX 660, Radeon HD 4870.

Average frames per second GeForce GTX 660 Radeon HD 4870
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 65.9 FPS 31.9 FPS
High settings 118.7 FPS 57.5 FPS
Medium settings 142.4 FPS 69.0 FPS
Low settings 199.4 FPS 96.6 FPS
Difference 0 % 51.6 %

Grand Theft Auto V Frames per second

Comparison of FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) in game Grand Theft Auto V for GeForce GTX 660, Radeon HD 4870.

Grand Theft Auto V GeForce GTX 660 Radeon HD 4870
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 52.9 FPS 30.0 FPS
High settings 95.2 FPS 53.9 FPS
Medium settings 114.2 FPS 64.7 FPS
Low settings 159.9 FPS 90.6 FPS
Difference 0 % 43.3 %
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