Key Differences
In short — Radeon R9 280 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 R9 280 is 712 days newer than GeForce GTX 660M.
Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M
- Consumes up to 75% less energy than AMD Radeon R9 280 - 50 vs 200 Watts
Advantages of AMD Radeon R9 280
- Performs up to 56% better in Dishonored 2 than GeForce GTX 660M - 42 vs 27 FPS
- Up to 200% more VRAM memory than NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M - 3 vs 1 GB
Dishonored 2
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Very High
TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Very High
GeForce GTX 660M
Mobile • Mar 22nd, 2012
Radeon R9 280
Desktop • Mar 4th, 2014
Theoretical Performance
Radeon R9 280
Desktop • Mar 4th, 2014
Pixel Fillrate
29.86 GPixel/s
100%
Texel Fillrate
104.5 GTexel/s
100%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M | vs | AMD Radeon R9 280 |
|---|---|---|
| Mar 22nd, 2012 | Release Date | Mar 4th, 2014 |
| GeForce 600M | Generation | Volcanic Islands |
| Not Available | MSRP | $279 |
| None | Outputs | 1x DVI, 2x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort |
| None | Power Connectors | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin |
Mobile | Segment | Desktop |
| 1 GB | Memory | 3 GB |
| GDDR5 | Type | GDDR5 |
| 128-bit | Bus | 384-bit |
| 64 GB/s | Bandwidth | 240 GB/s |
835 MHz | Base Clock Speed | 827 MHz |
950 MHz | Boost Clock Speed | 933 MHz |
| 1000 MHz | Memory Clock Speed | 1250 MHz |
