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GeForce GTX 660 vs Radeon HD 7970

GeForce GTX 660 vs Radeon HD 7970: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

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FPS Winner

AMD Radeon HD 7970

3 GB GDDR5 | 384-bit

AMD Radeon HD 7970 Logo
Sapphire Radeon HD 7970 OC with Boost 3GB DDR5 DL-DVI-I/SL-DVI-D/HDMI/DP PCI-Express Graphics Card 11197-03-40G

Buy for 112.77 on Amazon

In Stock

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FPS Winner

AMD Radeon HD 7970

3 GB GDDR5 | 384-bit

AMD Radeon HD 7970 Logo
Sapphire Radeon HD 7970 OC with Boost 3GB DDR5 DL-DVI-I/SL-DVI-D/HDMI/DP PCI-Express Graphics Card 11197-03-40G

Buy for 112.77 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 74870 minutes ago

Key Differences

In short — Radeon HD 7970 outperforms GeForce GTX 660 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Radeon HD 7970 is 259 days older than GeForce GTX 660.

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660

  • Consumes up to 44% less energy than AMD Radeon HD 7970 - 140 vs 250 Watts

Advantages of AMD Radeon HD 7970

  • Performs up to 13% better in Horizon Zero Dawn than GeForce GTX 660 - 59 vs 52 FPS
  • Up to 50% more VRAM memory than NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 - 3 vs 2 GB
This is a free version of Horizon Zero Dawn.
Horizon Zero Dawn

Horizon Zero Dawn

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultimate

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Logo
GeForce GTX 660

Desktop • Sep 6th, 2012


FPS

52

88.13559322033898%

Value, €/FPS

Price, €

AMD Radeon HD 7970 Logo
Radeon HD 7970

Desktop • Dec 22nd, 2011


FPS

59

100%

Value, €/FPS

Price, €

€112.77

100%

FPS Winner

Sapphire Radeon HD 7970 OC with Boost 3GB DDR5 DL-DVI-I/SL-DVI-D/HDMI/DP PCI-Express Graphics Card 11197-03-40G

Buy for 112.77 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 74870 minutes ago

TOP 5 Games

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultimate

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Logo
GeForce GTX 660

Desktop • Sep 6th, 2012

AMD Radeon HD 7970 Logo
Radeon HD 7970

Desktop • Dec 22nd, 2011

Theoretical Performance

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Logo
GeForce GTX 660

Desktop • Sep 6th, 2012


Pixel Fillrate

20.64 GPixel/s

69.72972972972973%

Texel Fillrate

82.56 GTexel/s

69.72972972972973%

AMD Radeon HD 7970 Logo
Radeon HD 7970

Desktop • Dec 22nd, 2011


Pixel Fillrate

29.6 GPixel/s

100%

Texel Fillrate

118.4 GTexel/s

100%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Logo

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660

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AMD Radeon HD 7970 Logo

AMD Radeon HD 7970

Sep 6th, 2012
Release DateDec 22nd, 2011
GeForce 600GenerationSouthern Islands
$229
MSRP$549
2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPortOutputs1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
1x 6-pinPower Connectors1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Desktop
Segment
Desktop
2 GBMemory
3 GB
GDDR5TypeGDDR5
192-bitBus384-bit
144.2 GB/sBandwidth
264 GB/s
980 MHz
Base Clock Speed925 MHz
1032 MHzBoost Clock SpeedNot Available
1502 MHz
Memory Clock Speed1375 MHz

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