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GeForce GTX 280 vs GeForce GTX 660 Ti

Intro

The GeForce GTX 280 comes with a GPU core speed of 602 MHz, and the 1024 MB of GDDR3 memory runs at 1107 MHz through a 512-bit bus. It also features 240 Stream Processors, 80 Texture Address Units, and 32 Raster Operation Units.

Compare all of that to the GeForce GTX 660 Ti, which features GPU core speed of 915 MHz, and 2048 MB of GDDR5 memory running at 1500 MHz through a 192-bit bus. It also is comprised of 1344 SPUs, 112 TAUs, and 24 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 660 Ti 150 Watts
GeForce GTX 280 236 Watts
Difference: 86 Watts (57%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the GeForce GTX 660 Ti should in theory be a bit superior to the GeForce GTX 280 overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 660 Ti 144000 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 280 141696 MB/sec
Difference: 2304 (2%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 660 Ti should be quite a bit (about 113%) better at AF than the GeForce GTX 280. (explain)

GeForce GTX 660 Ti 102480 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 280 48160 Mtexels/sec
Difference: 54320 (113%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 660 Ti is a little bit (about 14%) better at AA than the GeForce GTX 280, and will be capable of handling higher screen resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

GeForce GTX 660 Ti 21960 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 280 19264 Mpixels/sec
Difference: 2696 (14%)

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.

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Specifications

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Model GeForce GTX 280 GeForce GTX 660 Ti
Manufacturer nVidia nVidia
Year June 17, 2008 August 2012
Code Name G200 GK104
Memory 1024 MB 2048 MB
Core Speed 602 MHz 915 MHz
Memory Speed 2214 MHz 6000 MHz
Power (Max TDP) 236 watts 150 watts
Bandwidth 141696 MB/sec 144000 MB/sec
Texel Rate 48160 Mtexels/sec 102480 Mtexels/sec
Pixel Rate 19264 Mpixels/sec 21960 Mpixels/sec
Unified Shaders 240 1344
Texture Mapping Units 80 112
Render Output Units 32 24
Bus Type GDDR3 GDDR5
Bus Width 512-bit 192-bit
Fab Process 65 nm 28 nm
Transistors 1400 million 3540 million
Bus PCIe x16 2.0 PCIe 3.0 x16
DirectX Version DirectX 10 DirectX 11.0
OpenGL Version OpenGL 3.1 OpenGL 4.3

Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the maximum amount of information (measured in MB per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface in one second. It's calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR type RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics chip can possibly write to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the number of Render Output Units 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 rate is also dependant on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the max fill rate.

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GeForce GTX 280

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Comments

One Response to “GeForce GTX 280 vs GeForce GTX 660 Ti”
Mike'm says:

Looks like a decent upgrade.

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