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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 AMD Radeon HD 7970
- Performs up to 12% better in Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales than GeForce GTX 660 - 46 vs 41 FPS
- Up to 50% more VRAM memory than NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 - 3 vs 2 GB
Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660
- Consumes up to 44% less energy than AMD Radeon HD 7970 - 140 vs 250 Watts
Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Very High
GeForce GTX 660
Desktop • Sep 6th, 2012
FPS
41
89%
Value, £/FPS
£4.88/FPS
100%
Price, £
£199.98
100%
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Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Very High
Radeon HD 7970
Desktop • Dec 22nd, 2011
GeForce GTX 660
Desktop • Sep 6th, 2012
Theoretical Performance
Radeon HD 7970
Desktop • Dec 22nd, 2011
Pixel Fillrate
29.6 GPixel/s
100%
Texel Fillrate
118.4 GTexel/s
100%
GeForce GTX 660
Desktop • Sep 6th, 2012
Pixel Fillrate
20.64 GPixel/s
69%
Texel Fillrate
82.56 GTexel/s
69%
AMD Radeon HD 7970 | vs | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 |
|---|---|---|
| Dec 22nd, 2011 | Release Date | Sep 6th, 2012 |
| Southern Islands | Generation | GeForce 600 |
| $549 | MSRP | $229 |
| 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort | Outputs | 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort |
| 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin | Power Connectors | 1x 6-pin |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
3 GB | Memory | 2 GB |
| GDDR5 | Type | GDDR5 |
| 384-bit | Bus | 192-bit |
264 GB/s | Bandwidth | 144.2 GB/s |
| 925 MHz | Base Clock Speed | 980 MHz |
| Not Available | Boost Clock Speed | 1032 MHz |
| 1375 MHz | Memory Clock Speed | 1502 MHz |
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