GeForce GTX 660 vs GeForce GTX 750 Ti

Intro

Compare those specifications to the GeForce GTX 750 Ti, which has a GPU core clock speed of 1020 MHz, and 2048 MB of GDDR5 RAM running at 1350 MHz through a 128-bit bus. It also is made up of 640 Stream Processors, 40 Texture Address Units, 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

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce GTX 660 should be 67% faster than the GeForce GTX 750 Ti overall, due to its greater data rate. (explain)

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

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 660 is much (about 92%) more effective at AF 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

The GeForce GTX 660 should be quite a bit (about 44%) more effective at FSAA than the GeForce GTX 750 Ti, and also able to handle higher resolutions without losing too much performance. (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 max amount of information (measured in megabytes per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface in a second. It is worked out by multiplying the bus width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR memory, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics chip can possibly write to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the amount of colour ROPs by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel output rate also depends on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.