GeForce GTX 660 vs Radeon HD 6930

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce GTX 660 and Radeon HD 6930, 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 6930, check out specs charts below.

Main Specs

  GeForce GTX 660 Radeon HD 6930
Power consumption (TDP) 140 Watt 186 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 1 GB
Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
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  • Radeon HD 6930 has 32% more power consumption, than GeForce GTX 660.
  • GeForce GTX 660 is connected by PCIe 3.0 x16, and Radeon HD 6930 uses PCIe 2.0 x16 interface.
  • GeForce GTX 660 has 1 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 6930.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • GeForce GTX 660 is build with Kepler architecture, and Radeon HD 6930 - with TeraScale 3.
  • Core clock speed of GeForce GTX 660 is 230 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6930.
  • GeForce GTX 660 is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 6930 - by 40 nm process technology.
  • Radeon HD 6930 is 211 mm longer, than GeForce GTX 660.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon HD 6930 is 4794 MHz higher, than GeForce GTX 660.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 20−22 9−10
ultra / 1080p 12−14 5−6
QHD / 1440p 6−7 0−1
4K / 2160p 5−6
low / 720p 40−45 21−24
medium / 1080p 24−27 10−12
The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 660 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 108% more, than Radeon HD 6930.

Full Specs

  GeForce GTX 660 Radeon HD 6930
Architecture Kepler TeraScale 3
Code name GK106 Cayman
Type Desktop Desktop
Release date 6 September 2012 1 December 2011
Pipelines 960 1280
Core clock speed 980 MHz 750 MHz
Boost Clock 1033 MHz
Transistor count 2,540 million 2,640 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 78.4 billion/sec 60.00
Floating-point performance 1,981 gflops 1,920.0 gflops
Length 9.5" (24.1 cm) 220 mm
Memory bus width 192-bit GDDR5 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 6.0 GB/s 4800 MHz
Memory bandwidth 144.2 GB/s 153.6 GB/s
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 +
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