Nvidia GeForce GTX 960 vs AMD Radeon 660M

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce GTX 960, vs AMD Radeon 660M. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce GTX 960 and AMD Radeon 660M
Games
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, Vulkan
AI/ML
AI workload testing
Professional Apps
3D modeling, video editing, rendering
Energy Efficiency
Power usage in various scenarios
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
28
16
14
n/a
27
13
11
n/a
The Witcher 3
21
20
13
n/a
10
12
n/a
n/a
Counter-Strike 2
47
27
18
n/a
24
18
12
n/a
Far Cry 6
31
26
19
11
22
18
10
n/a
Hogwarts Legacy
16
12
11
n/a
12
n/a
n/a
n/a
COD Modern Warfare 3
28
24
16
12
20
16
13
n/a
Ghost of Tsushima
16
9
n/a
n/a
12
9
n/a
n/a
Cyberpunk 2077
14
11
n/a
n/a
9
10
n/a
n/a
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
30
25
18
n/a
15
14
11
n/a
Avg FPS
1080p High2617
1080p Ultra1913
1440p Ultra149
4K Ultra--
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce GTX 960
2183
AMD Radeon 660M
1350
Time Spy23031532
Solar Bayn/a6227
Port Royaln/a613
Fire Strike77204906
Night Raid3109320196
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce GTX 960
20370
AMD Radeon 660M
14065
Background Blur51.7 frames/s36 frames/s
Face Detection26.1 frames/s16.4 frames/s
Horizon Detection0.84 Gpix/sec0.48 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection1.36 Gpix/sec0.65 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur1.26 Gpix/sec0.53 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.14 Gpix/sec0.18 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching64.9 Gpix/sec46.5 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics1825 fps2056.5 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce GTX 960
6108
AMD Radeon 660M
4461
G2D Mark674701
DirectX 1142 fps92 fps
DirectX 1228 fps45 fps
GPU Compute2797 Ops/s1972 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce GTX 960
31.1 fps
AMD Radeon 660M
18.1 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)185.1 fps109.1 fps
Car Chase177 fps106.4 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)151.2 fps87.7 fps
T-Rex677.4 fps368.5 fps
ALU 2745.3 fps451.3 fps
Driver Overhead 2274.9 fps170.1 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation982.4320.9

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia AMD
Build Discrete Integrated
Announced January, 22, 2015 January, 1, 2022
Form Factor PC use Laptop use
Use case Gaming Universal
Segment Mid-range Entry-level
Architecture Maxwell 2.0 RDNA 2.0
Codename GM206 Rembrandt
Price 199 n/a

GPU

GPU Frequency 1127 MHz 400 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1178 MHz 1800-1900 MHz
Shader Units 1024 384
TMUs 64 24
ROPs 32 16
Execution Units 8 6
Ray Tracing Cores No 6
Tensor Cores No n/a
L1 cache 48 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 1000 KB/core 1024 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 38 Gpix/sec 29-30 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 75 GTex/s 43-46 GTex/s
FLOPS 2.4 TFLOPS 1.4-1.5 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x8
TGP 120 W 15 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 28 nm 6 nm
Transistor Size 228 mm² 208 mm²
Transistor count 2 billion 13.1 billion
Transistor density 8.77 MTr/mm² 62.98 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR5 System Shared
Memory Frequency 1753 MHz n/a
Bus 128 bit n/a
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 7000 MB/s n/a
Memory Size 2 GB n/a
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce GTX 960
112.2 GB/s
AMD Radeon 660M
n/a

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.3 1.2
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA 5.2 n/a
DisplayPort 1.2 n/a
Ray Tracing No Yes
DLSS No No

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider AMD Radeon 660M the clear winner in this comparison.

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