GeForce GTX 1050 Vs 660 [in 5 Benchmarks] - Technical City

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking	445	492
Place by popularity	22	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	10.00	3.06
Power efficiency	12.35	5.30
Architecture	Pascal (2016−2021)	Kepler (2012−2018)
GPU code name	GP107	GK106
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	25 October 2016 (9 years ago)	6 September 2012 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$109	$229

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.

GTX 1050 has 227% better value for money than GTX 660.

Performance to price scatter graph

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	640	960
Core clock speed	1290 MHz	980 MHz
Boost clock speed	1392 MHz	1033 MHz
Number of transistors	3,300 million	2,540 million
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	75 Watt	140 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature	97 °C	no data
Texture fill rate	58.20	82.56
Floating-point processing power	1.862 TFLOPS	1.981 TFLOPS
ROPs	32	24
TMUs	40	80
L1 Cache	240 KB	80 KB
L2 Cache	1024 KB	384 KB

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Bus support	PCIe 3.0	PCI Express 3.0
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	145 mm	241 mm
Height	4.38" (11.1 cm)	4.376" (11.1 cm)
Width	2-slot	2-slot
Recommended system power (PSU)	300 Watt	no data
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 6-pin
SLI options	-	+
SLI	-	no data

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	2 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	192-bit GDDR5
Memory clock speed	1752 MHz	6.0 GB/s
Memory bandwidth	112 GB/s	144.2 GB/s
Shared memory	-	-

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display Connectors	DP 1.4, HDMI 2.0b, Dual Link-DVI	One Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One HDMI, One DisplayPort
Multi monitor support	+	4 displays
HDMI	+	+
HDCP	2.2	+
Maximum VGA resolution	no data	2048x1536
G-SYNC support	+	-
Audio input for HDMI	no data	Internal

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

3D Blu-Ray	-	+
3D Gaming	-	+
3D Vision	-	+
GameStream	+	-
GPU Boost	3.0	no data
VR Ready	+	no data
Ansel	+	no data

API and SDK support

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	12 (12_1)	12 (11_0)
Shader Model	6.4	5.1
OpenGL	4.5	4.3
OpenCL	1.2	1.2
Vulkan	1.2.131	1.1.126
CUDA	+	+