NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660
VS
Intel HD Graphics 6000
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660
VS
Intel HD Graphics 6000

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  Intel HD Graphics 6000.

299
Place in performance rating
700
36.19
Value for money (0-100)
no data
Kepler
Architecture
Gen. 8 Broadwell
GK106
Code name
Broadwell GT3
Desktop
Type
Laptop
6 September 2012 (9 years ago)
Release date
5 January 2015 (6 years ago)
$229
Launch price (MSRP)
no data
$321 (1.4x MSRP)
Price now
$286
4.45
Value for money
0.74
GK106
GPU code name
Broadwell GT3
Desktop
Market segment
Laptop

Technical specs

Which GPU is better between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660  vs  Intel HD Graphics 6000 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
384
980 MHz
Core clock speed
300 MHz
1033 MHz
Boost Clock
1000 MHz
2,540 million
Transistor count
189 million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
14 nm
140 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
15 Watt
78.4 billion/sec
Texture fill rate
48.00
1,981 gflops
Floating-point performance
no data
960
CUDA cores
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960
Pipelines / CUDA cores
48
1033 MHz
Boost clock speed
1000 MHz
2,540 million
Number of transistors
189 million
140 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
15 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Let’s discuss how graphics cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 and Intel HD Graphics 6000 come in different sizes (length), connector types and types of interfaces.

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x1
9.5" (24.1 cm)
Length
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One 6-pin
Supplementary power connectors
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SLI options
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PCI Express 3.0
Bus support
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4.376" (11.1 cm)
Height
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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 Intel HD Graphics 6000.

GDDR5
Memory type
System Shared
2 GB
Maximum RAM amount
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192-bit GDDR5
Memory bus width
64/128 Bit
6.0 GB/s
Memory clock speed
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144.2 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
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Shared memory
+

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 Intel HD Graphics 6000.

One Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One HDMI, One DisplayPort
Display Connectors
No outputs
+
G-SYNC support
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4 displays
Multi monitor support
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+
HDCP
no data
2048x1536
Maximum VGA resolution
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Internal
Audio input for HDMI
no data
+
HDMI
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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
no data
+
3D Gaming
no data
+
FXAA
no data
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TXAA
no data
+
Adaptive VSync
no data
+
3D Blu-Ray
no data
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Quick Sync
+

API support

The confrontation between the two contenders NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 and Intel HD Graphics 6000 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 (11_1)
4.3
OpenGL
4.4
1.1.126
Vulkan
1.1.80
5.1
Shader Model
5.1
1.2
OpenCL
2.0

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 and Intel HD Graphics 6000 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 Intel HD Graphics 6000 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660
Intel HD Graphics 6000
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660
Intel HD Graphics 6000
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660
Intel HD Graphics 6000
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660
Intel HD Graphics 6000
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660
Intel HD Graphics 6000
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

14.38% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (960 vs 384)

G-SYNC support

Advantages of Intel HD Graphics 6000

Cheaper ($286 vs $321 (1.4x MSRP))

Finer manufacturing process technology (14 nm vs 28 nm)

Less power consumption (15 Watt vs 140 Watt)

So, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 or Intel HD Graphics 6000?

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

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 versus Intel HD Graphics 6000 performance benchmarks comparison

Overall benchmark performance

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User rating

3.8 Out of 270 Hitesti Score
3.6 Out of 38 Hitesti Score