NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660
VS
GeForce GTX 950 Low Power
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660
VS
GeForce GTX 950 Low Power

General info

The general info section in the graphics cards comparison list contains information about the date of release, type, overall rating and other useful data for identifying winner between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660  vs  GeForce GTX 950 Low Power.

299
Place in performance rating
not rated
36.19
Value for money (0-100)
no data
Kepler
Architecture
Maxwell 2.0
GK106
Code name
no data
Desktop
Type
no data
6 September 2012 (9 years ago)
Release date
1 March 2016 (5 years ago)
$229
Launch price (MSRP)
$159
$321 (1.4x MSRP)
Price now
$109 (0.7x MSRP)
4.45
Value for money
no data
GK106
GPU code name
GM206
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Which GPU is better between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660  vs  GeForce GTX 950 Low Power in the fabrication process, power consumption, and also base and turbo frequency of the GPU is the most important part containing in the graphics cards hierarchy.

960
Pipelines
no data
980 MHz
Core clock speed
1026 MHz
1033 MHz
Boost Clock
no data
2,540 million
Transistor count
no data
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
140 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
no data
78.4 billion/sec
Texture fill rate
57.12
1,981 gflops
Floating-point performance
1,828 gflops
960
CUDA cores
no data
960
Pipelines / CUDA cores
768
1033 MHz
Boost clock speed
1190 MHz
2,540 million
Number of transistors
2,940 million
140 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
75 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Let’s discuss how graphics cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 and GeForce GTX 950 Low Power come in different sizes (length), connector types and types of interfaces.

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
9.5" (24.1 cm)
Length
202 mm
One 6-pin
Supplementary power connectors
None
+
SLI options
no data
PCI Express 3.0
Bus support
no data
4.376" (11.1 cm)
Height
no data

Memory

Graphics cards memory plays important role both in gaming and in applications for graphics. The card will perform much quicker and better, if it has more memory capacity and right memory type. What is the difference between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 vs GeForce GTX 950 Low Power.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR5
2 GB
Maximum RAM amount
2 GB
192-bit GDDR5
Memory bus width
128 Bit
6.0 GB/s
Memory clock speed
6612 MHz
144.2 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
105.8 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

Let’s find out the difference in extra ports between two graphics cards. What's the difference between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 vs GeForce GTX 950 Low Power.

One Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One HDMI, One DisplayPort
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
+
G-SYNC support
no data
4 displays
Multi monitor support
no data
+
HDCP
no data
2048x1536
Maximum VGA resolution
no data
Internal
Audio input for HDMI
no data
+
HDMI
+

Technologies

Let’s have a look what is the difference. It is worthwhile to note that NVIDIA and AMD are using different technologies.

+
3D Vision
no data
+
GPU Boost
no data
+
CUDA
5.2
+
3D Gaming
no data
+
FXAA
no data
+
TXAA
no data
+
Adaptive VSync
no data
+
3D Blu-Ray
no data

API support

The confrontation between the two contenders NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 and GeForce GTX 950 Low Power is practically over. The hardware support (API) does not greatly affect the overall performance, it is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and other performance tests. 

12 (11_0)
DirectX
12 (12_1)
4.3
OpenGL
4.6
1.1.126
Vulkan
1.1.126
5.1
Shader Model
6.4
1.2
OpenCL
1.2

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 and GeForce GTX 950 Low Power graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 or GeForce GTX 950 Low Power good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660
GeForce GTX 950 Low Power
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660
GeForce GTX 950 Low Power
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660
GeForce GTX 950 Low Power
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660
GeForce GTX 950 Low Power
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660
GeForce GTX 950 Low Power
Legend
5 Stutters – This game is very likely to stutter and have poor frame rates. Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, average frame rates are expected to fall below 25fps
May Stutter – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, stutters and poor frame rates are expected.
30 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 25fps
40 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 35fps
60 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 58fps
May Run Fluently – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, fluent frame rates are expected.
? Uncertain – This graphics card experienced unexpected performance issues during testing for this game. A slower card may be able to achieve better and more consistent frame rates than this particular GPU running the same benchmark scene.
Uncertain – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game and no reliable interpolation can be made based on the performances of surrounding cards of the same class or family.
The value in the fields displays the average frame rate of all values in the database. Move your cursor over the value to see individual results.

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660

19.31% faster in synthetic tests

More memory bandwidth (144.2 GB/s vs 105.8 GB/s)

G-SYNC support

Advantages of GeForce GTX 950 Low Power

Cheaper ($109 (0.7x MSRP) vs $321 (1.4x MSRP))

So, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 or GeForce GTX 950 Low Power?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 .

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 versus GeForce GTX 950 Low Power performance benchmarks comparison

Overall benchmark performance

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User rating

3.8 Out of 270 Hitesti Score
2.3 Out of 3 Hitesti Score