GeForce GTX 660 vs GeForce GTX 750 Ti

Intro

Compare that to the GeForce GTX 750 Ti, which uses a 28 nm design. nVidia has clocked the core frequency at 1020 MHz. The GDDR5 memory runs at a speed of 1350 MHz on this particular model. It features 640 SPUs along with 40 TAUs and 16 ROPs.

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Benchmarks

These are real-world performance benchmarks that were submitted by Hardware Compare users. The scores seen here are the average of all benchmarks submitted for each respective test and hardware.

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics Score

GeForce GTX 660		5063 points
GeForce GTX 750 Ti		4562 points
	Difference: 501 (11%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 750 Ti		60 Watts
GeForce GTX 660		140 Watts
	Difference: 80 Watts (133%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GTX 660 should in theory be much faster than the GeForce GTX 750 Ti overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 660		144192 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 750 Ti		86400 MB/sec
	Difference: 57792 (67%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 660 is a lot (approximately 92%) better at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 750 Ti. (explain)

GeForce GTX 660		78400 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 750 Ti		40800 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 37600 (92%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 660 is a better choice, by far. (explain)

GeForce GTX 660		23520 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 750 Ti		16320 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 7200 (44%)

Please note that the above 'benchmarks' are all just theoretical - the results were calculated based on the card's specifications, and real-world performance may (and probably will) vary at least a bit.

Price Comparison

Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the maximum amount of data (in units of MB per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface within a second. It is calculated by multiplying the bus width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR type RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that are processed in one second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total number of texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the graphics card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics chip could possibly record to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.