Key Differences
In short — Radeon HD 7870 XT outperforms GeForce GTX 660M on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Radeon HD 7870 XT is 242 days newer than GeForce GTX 660M.
Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M
- Consumes up to 73% less energy than AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT - 50 vs 185 Watts
Advantages of AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT
- Performs up to 600% better in Metro Exodus than GeForce GTX 660M - 7 vs 1 FPS
- Up to 100% more VRAM memory than NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M - 2 vs 1 GB
Metro Exodus
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Extreme
TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Extreme
Mobile • Mar 22nd, 2012
Desktop • Nov 19th, 2012
Theoretical Performance
Desktop • Nov 19th, 2012
Pixel Fillrate
31.2 GPixel/s
100%
Texel Fillrate
93.6 GTexel/s
100%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M | vs | AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT |
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Mar 22nd, 2012 | Release Date | Nov 19th, 2012 |
GeForce 600M | Generation | Southern Islands |
Not Available | MSRP | $270 |
None | Outputs | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort |
None | Power Connectors | 2x 6-pin |
Mobile | Segment | Desktop |
1 GB | Memory | 2 GB |
GDDR5 | Type | GDDR5 |
128-bit | Bus | 256-bit |
64 GB/s | Bandwidth | 192 GB/s |
835 MHz | Base Clock Speed | 925 MHz |
950 MHz | Boost Clock Speed | 975 MHz |
1000 MHz | Memory Clock Speed | 1500 MHz |