GeForce GTX 660 vs Radeon HD 7690M

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce GTX 660 and Radeon HD 7690M, there are a couple of things to consider. Cards with more VRAM in general perform better and allow you to play on higher graphics settings. Size also makes a difference. A model with a large heatsink can occupy up to three expansion slots on a motherboard. Be sure you have enough room in your PC case. When comparing GPUs with different architectures, more processing cores and even higher TFLOPS will not always translate to better performance. To help you decide which GPU you need, we have measured frame rates in a number of popular games. For more on how the GeForce GTX 660 stacks up against Radeon HD 7690M, check out specs charts below.

Radeon HD 7690M is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Radeon HD 7690M is only used in laptop graphics. It has lower GPU clock speed compared to the desktop variant, which results in lower power consumption, but also 10-30% lower gaming performance. Check available laptop models with Radeon HD 7690M here:

Main Specs

  GeForce GTX 660 Radeon HD 7690M
Power consumption (TDP) 140 Watt 20 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 MXM-A (3.0)
Supplementary power connectors One 6-pin None
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5/DDR3
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 1 GB
Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort No outputs
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  • GeForce GTX 660 has 600% more power consumption, than Radeon HD 7690M.
  • GeForce GTX 660 is connected by PCIe 3.0 x16, and Radeon HD 7690M uses MXM-A (3.0) interface.
  • GeForce GTX 660 has 1 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 7690M.
  • GeForce GTX 660 is used in Desktops, and Radeon HD 7690M - in Laptops.
  • GeForce GTX 660 is build with Kepler architecture, and Radeon HD 7690M - with Terascale 2.
  • Core clock speed of GeForce GTX 660 is 380 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 7690M.
  • GeForce GTX 660 is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 7690M - by 40 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon HD 7690M is 3594 MHz higher, than GeForce GTX 660.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 20−22 2−3
ultra / 1080p 12−14 0−1
QHD / 1440p 6−7 0−1
4K / 2160p 5−6
low / 720p 40−45 12−14
medium / 1080p 24−27 4−5
The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 660 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 383% more, than Radeon HD 7690M.

Full Specs

  GeForce GTX 660 Radeon HD 7690M
Architecture Kepler Terascale 2
Code name GK106 Thames XT / XTX
Type Desktop Laptop
Release date 6 September 2012 7 June 2011
Pipelines 960 480
Core clock speed 980 MHz 600 MHz
Boost Clock 1033 MHz 725 MHz
Transistor count 2,540 million 716 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 78.4 billion/sec 17.40
Floating-point performance 1,981 gflops 696.0 gflops
Length 9.5" (24.1 cm)
Memory bus width 192-bit GDDR5 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 6.0 GB/s 3600/1800 MHz
Memory bandwidth 144.2 GB/s 28.8 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (11_0) 11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.1 5.0
OpenGL 4.3 4.4
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan 1.1.126 N/A
CUDA +
CUDA cores 960
Bus support PCI Express 3.0
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 +
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 66 Mh/s
Laptop size medium sized
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