GeForce GTX 660 vs Radeon HD 6950

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing GeForce GTX 660 and Radeon HD 6950. Here you can take a closer look at graphics cards specs, such as core clock speed, memory type and size, display connectors, etc. The price, overall benchmark and gaming performances are usually defining factors when it comes to choosing between GeForce GTX 660 and Radeon HD 6950. Make sure that the graphics card has compatible dimensions and will properly fit in your new or current computer case. Also these graphics cards may have different system power recommendations, so take that into consideration and upgrade your PSU if necessary.

Main Specs

  GeForce GTX 660 Radeon HD 6950
Power consumption (TDP) 140 Watt 500 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors One 6-pin 2x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
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  • Radeon HD 6950 has 257% more power consumption, than GeForce GTX 660.
  • GeForce GTX 660 is connected by PCIe 3.0 x16, and Radeon HD 6950 uses PCIe 2.0 x16 interface.
  • GeForce GTX 660 and Radeon HD 6950 have maximum RAM of 2 GB.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • GeForce GTX 660 is build with Kepler architecture, and Radeon HD 6950 - with TeraScale 3.
  • GeForce GTX 660 is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 6950 - by 40 nm process technology.
  • Radeon HD 6950 is 258 mm longer, than GeForce GTX 660.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon HD 6950 is 1244 MHz higher, than GeForce GTX 660.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 20−22 14−16
ultra / 1080p 12−14 8−9
QHD / 1440p 6−7 3−4
4K / 2160p 5−6
low / 720p 40−45 27−30
medium / 1080p 24−27 16−18
The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 660 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 50% more, than Radeon HD 6950.

Full Specs

  GeForce GTX 660 Radeon HD 6950
Architecture Kepler TeraScale 3
Code name GK106 Cayman
Type Desktop Desktop
Release date 6 September 2012 14 December 2010
Pipelines 960 1408
Core clock speed 980 MHz
Boost Clock 1033 MHz 800 MHz
Transistor count 2,540 million 2,640 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 78.4 billion/sec 70.40
Floating-point performance 1,981 gflops 2,252.8 gflops
Length 9.5" (24.1 cm) 267 mm
Memory bus width 192-bit GDDR5 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 6.0 GB/s 1250 MHz
Memory bandwidth 144.2 GB/s
DirectX 12 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.1 5.0
OpenGL 4.3 4.4
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan 1.1.126
CUDA +
CUDA cores 960
Bus support PCI Express 3.0 PCIe 2.0 x16
Height 4.376" (11.1 cm)
SLI options +
Multi monitor support 4 displays
HDMI + +
HDCP +
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Audio input for HDMI Internal
3D Blu-Ray +
3D Gaming +
3D Vision +
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Eyefinity +
Design reference
CrossFire +
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