NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M
vs
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M
GTX 960M GTX 660M Difference
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M
Price $ 1,066.0 $ 987.0 79 (7%)
Year 2015 2012 3 (0%)
Maximum Recorded Temperature 75C 81C 6 (8%)
Max Fan Noise 40dB 48.3dB 8.3 (21%)
Recommended Power Supply 75W 50W 25 (33%)
Benchmark CPU Intel Core i7-4790K @ 4.00GHz ($306.99) *closest mobile equivalent* Intel Core i7-2700K @ 3.50GHz ($199.99) *closest mobile equivalent*
CPU Impact on FPS +0.0 FPS +0.0 FPS 0 (0%)
CPU Impact on FPS % 0.0% 0.0% 0 (0%)
Benchmark Quality Settings Ultra Quality Settings Ultra Quality Settings
Average 1080p Performance 26.6 FPS 23.7 FPS 2.9 (11%)
Average 1440p Performance 19.3 FPS 13.6 FPS 5.7 (30%)
(Ultrawide) Average 1440p Performance 16.4 FPS 11.7 FPS 4.7 (29%)
Average 4K Performance 11.4 FPS 8.3 FPS 3.1 (27%)
Memory 4 GB 1 GB 3 (75%)
1080p Cost Per Frame $ 40.1 $ 41.7 1.6 (4%)
1440p Cost Per Frame $ 55.2 $ 72.6 17.4 (32%)
(Ultrawide) 1440p Cost Per Frame $ 65.0 $ 84.4 19.4 (30%)
4K Cost Per Frame $ 93.5 $ 118.9 25.4 (27%)
Variant NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M
Overall Combination Score 33/100 24/100 9 (27%)
Our Verdict: The GTX 960M is faster by 42% for 1440p gaming. The price/performance ratio is much better for GTX 960M .
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M
Year Game Frames Per Second
2023 Resident Evil 4
18
21.0
15
16.7
2023 A Plague Tale: Requiem
12
14.4
10
11.4
2023 Hogwarts Legacy
11
12.4
8
9.9
2023 The Last of Us Part I
8
9.5
6
7.6
2023 Forspoken
9
11.1
7
8.8
2023 The Callisto Protocol
7
8.6
6
6.8
2023 Dead Space
12
14.3
10
11.4
2023 Baldur's Gate 3
15
17.0
12
13.5
2023 Armored Core VI
15
17.0
12
13.5
2023 Immortals of Aveum
6
7.6
5
6.1
2023 Ratchet and Clank Rift Apart
13
15.3
10
12.2
2023 Remnant II
7
8.6
6
6.8
2023 Star Wars Jedi: Survivor
10
11.5
8
9.1
2023 Atomic Heart
10
11.5
8
9.1
2023 Starfield
5
5.7
4
4.6
2022 Elden Ring
13
15.3
10
11.6
2022 God of War
13
14.6
9
10.9
2022 Overwatch 2
24
27.0
18
20.4
2022 F1 22
15
17.2
12
13.7
2022 Dying Light 2
14
16.2
11
13.0
2022 Total War: Warhammer III
14
16.2
11
13.0
2022 Spider-Man Remastered
24
26.7
19
21.3
2022 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II
17
19.1
13
15.2
2021 Forza Horizon 5
13
14.7
9
11.1
2021 Halo Infinite
10
11.2
7
8.5
2021 Battlefield 2042
18
20.7
14
15.6
2021 Hitman 3
19
22.0
15
17.5
2021 Far Cry 6
18
20.4
14
16.3
2021 Guardians of the Galaxy
20
22.3
16
17.8
2020 Watch Dogs: Legion
20
22.5
16
17.9
2020 Assassin's Creed Valhalla
10
11.9
8
9.0
2020 Microsoft Flight Simulator
7
7.8
5
5.8
2020 Valorant
46
52.1
35
39.1
2020 Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War
18
20.4
13
15.3
2020 Death Stranding
21
23.6
15
17.7
2020 Marvel's Avengers
13
15.3
10
11.6
2020 Godfall
20
23.0
15
17.3
2020 Cyberpunk 2077
10
11.9
8
9.0
2019 Apex Legends
22
25.2
17
18.9
2019 Anthem
14
16.2
10
12.2
2019 Far Cry New Dawn
21
23.8
16
17.9
2019 Resident Evil 2
28
32.0
21
24.0
2019 Metro Exodus
12
14.2
9
10.7
2019 World War Z
23
26.3
17
19.7
2019 Gears of War 5
18
20.7
14
15.6
2019 F1 2019
23
26.0
17
19.5
2019 GreedFall
21
23.4
15
17.6
2019 Borderlands 3
14
16.5
11
12.4
2019 Call of Duty Modern Warfare
28
31.6
21
23.8
2019 Red Dead Redemption 2
10
12.2
8
9.2
2019 Need For Speed: Heat
17
19.1
12
14.4
2018 Forza Horizon 4
23
26.6
14
16.4
2018 Fallout 76
27
30.8
17
18.9
2018 Hitman 2
21
23.8
13
14.5
2018 Just Cause 4
18
20.6
13
15.5
2018 Monster Hunter: World
19
22.1
15
16.7
2018 Strange Brigade
30
33.4
22
25.1
2017 PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds
19
21.7
8
9.5
2017 Fortnite Battle Royale
24
27.0
14
16.3
2017 Need For Speed: Payback
25
28.5
19
21.4
2017 For Honor
34
37.9
25
28.6
2017 Project CARS 2
24
26.9
18
20.2
2017 Forza Motorsport 7
29
32.6
22
24.5
2016 Ashes of the Singularity
15
16.9
9
11.0
2016 Hitman
20
22.9
11
12.3
2016 Rise of the Tomb Raider
28
32.1
12
14.1
2016 The Division
21
24.2
11
12.5
2016 Overwatch
37
41.6
22
25.1
2016 Dishonored 2
17
19.6
13
14.8
2015 DiRT Rally
39
43.5
24
27.4
2015 Grand Theft Auto V
22
25.1
15
17.6
2015 The Witcher 3
20
23.0
11
13.0
2015 Total War: Attila
18
20.9
10
12.2
2015 Rocket League
99
110.7
74
83.3
2015 Need For Speed
27
30.7
20
23.1
2015 Project CARS
26
29.4
19
22.1
2015 Rainbow Six Siege
48
53.8
36
40.5
2014 Dragon Age: Inquisition
30
34.2
17
19.8
2014 GRID Autosport
44
49.4
29
33.3
2014 Shadow of Mordor
27
30.2
13
14.6
2014 The Talos Principle
34
38.6
25
28.3
2013 Crysis 3
24
27.4
17
19.3
2013 Battlefield 4
32
35.6
21
23.8
2012 Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
68
75.9
51
57.1
2009 League of Legends
128
142.4
96
107.1

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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M
Year Game Frames Per Second
2023 Resident Evil 4
12
15.3
9
12.2
2023 A Plague Tale: Requiem
8
10.5
6
8.4
2023 Hogwarts Legacy
7
9.5
6
7.6
2023 The Last of Us Part I
5
7.3
4
5.8
2023 Forspoken
5
7.3
4
5.8
2023 The Callisto Protocol
4
6.1
3
4.9
2023 Dead Space
7
9.6
6
7.6
2023 Baldur's Gate 3
11
13.8
8
10.9
2023 Armored Core VI
11
13.8
8
10.9
2023 Immortals of Aveum
4
5.3
3
4.3
2023 Ratchet and Clank Rift Apart
8
10.5
6
8.4
2023 Remnant II
4
5.7
3
4.6
2023 Star Wars Jedi: Survivor
6
8.6
5
6.8
2023 Atomic Heart
6
8.2
5
6.5
2023 Starfield
4
5.2
3
4.1
2022 Elden Ring
9
12.1
7
9.1
2022 God of War
10
12.5
7
9.4
2022 Overwatch 2
18
23.2
14
17.5
2022 F1 22
8
10.5
6
8.4
2022 Dying Light 2
8
10.5
6
8.4
2022 Total War: Warhammer III
9
11.5
7
9.1
2022 Spider-Man Remastered
15
19.1
12
15.2
2022 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II
9
12.4
7
9.9
2021 Forza Horizon 5
10
12.7
7
9.5
2021 Halo Infinite
8
10.2
6
7.6
2021 Battlefield 2042
11
13.8
8
10.4
2021 Hitman 3
12
15.7
10
12.5
2021 Far Cry 6
12
15.3
9
12.2
2021 Guardians of the Galaxy
12
15.9
10
12.6
2020 Watch Dogs: Legion
11
14.7
9
11.7
2020 Assassin's Creed Valhalla
8
10.3
6
7.8
2020 Microsoft Flight Simulator
5
6.8
4
5.1
2020 Valorant
34
42.6
25
32.0
2020 Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War
12
16.0
9
12.0
2020 Death Stranding
14
18.3
11
13.8
2020 Marvel's Avengers
8
10.9
6
8.2
2020 Godfall
12
15.3
9
11.6
2020 Cyberpunk 2077
8
11.1
6
8.3
2019 Apex Legends
15
18.8
11
14.1
2019 Anthem
10
12.9
7
9.7
2019 Far Cry New Dawn
14
18.5
11
13.9
2019 Resident Evil 2
17
21.5
12
16.2
2019 Metro Exodus
8
11.1
6
8.3
2019 World War Z
15
19.2
11
14.4
2019 Gears of War 5
12
15.1
9
11.3
2019 F1 2019
14
18.4
11
13.9
2019 GreedFall
13
16.9
10
12.7
2019 Borderlands 3
9
11.6
6
8.7
2019 Call of Duty Modern Warfare
18
22.8
13
17.2
2019 Red Dead Redemption 2
7
9.9
6
7.5
2019 Need For Speed: Heat
12
15.1
9
11.3
2018 Forza Horizon 4
17
22.4
11
13.9
2018 Hitman 2
12
15.4
7
9.5
2018 Just Cause 4
12
15.2
9
11.4
2018 Monster Hunter: World
12
15.5
9
11.7
2018 Strange Brigade
18
23.2
14
17.5
2017 PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds
12
16.1
9
11.3
2017 Fortnite Battle Royale
14
17.6
8
10.6
2017 Need For Speed: Payback
16
20.6
12
15.5
2017 For Honor
17
22.1
13
16.7
2017 Project CARS 2
15
19.0
11
14.3
2017 Forza Motorsport 7
23
29.4
17
22.1
2016 Overwatch
23
28.9
14
17.6
2016 Dishonored 2
13
16.8
10
12.6
2015 Rocket League
38
47.5
28
35.7
2015 Need For Speed
18
23.7
14
17.9
2015 Project CARS
18
22.5
13
16.9
2015 Rainbow Six Siege
27
34.8
20
26.2
2012 Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
50
63.3
38
47.6
2009 League of Legends
63
79.1
47
59.5

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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M
Year Game Frames Per Second
2019 Apex Legends
12
16.0
9
12.0
2019 Anthem
8
10.6
6
8.0
2019 Far Cry New Dawn
11
15.1
8
11.3
2019 Resident Evil 2
13
17.2
9
13.0
2019 Metro Exodus
7
9.6
5
7.3
2019 World War Z
12
16.2
9
12.1
2019 Gears of War 5
10
13.2
7
9.9
2019 F1 2019
12
16.1
9
12.1
2019 GreedFall
9
12.7
7
9.6
2019 Borderlands 3
7
9.4
5
7.1
2019 Call of Duty Modern Warfare
14
19.5
11
14.6
2019 Red Dead Redemption 2
6
8.7
5
6.6
2019 Need For Speed: Heat
10
13.2
7
9.9
2018 Forza Horizon 4
15
19.9
9
12.1
2018 Hitman 2
9
13.1
6
8.1
2018 Just Cause 4
9
12.4
7
9.3
2018 Monster Hunter: World
9
12.3
6
9.2
2018 Strange Brigade
14
19.2
11
14.5
2017 PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds
10
13.5
7
9.5
2017 Fortnite Battle Royale
10
14.4
6
8.8
2017 Need For Speed: Payback
14
18.6
10
14.0
2017 For Honor
13
17.8
10
13.4
2017 Project CARS 2
14
18.6
10
14.0
2017 Forza Motorsport 7
22
29.0
16
21.8
2016 Overwatch
17
23.3
10
14.1
2016 Dishonored 2
12
16.1
9
12.1
2015 Rocket League
28
37.2
21
28.0
2015 Need For Speed
16
21.1
12
15.9
2015 Project CARS
15
20.5
11
15.4
2015 Rainbow Six Siege
20
27.2
15
20.5
2012 Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
48
64.3
36
48.4
2009 League of Legends
44
59.2
33
44.6

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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M
Year Game Frames Per Second
2023 Resident Evil 4
8
11.5
6
9.1
2023 A Plague Tale: Requiem
4
6.7
3
5.3
2023 Hogwarts Legacy
4
6.7
3
5.3
2023 The Last of Us Part I
2
3.9
2
3.0
2023 Forspoken
2
3.4
1
2.7
2023 The Callisto Protocol
2
3.1
1
2.4
2023 Dead Space
2
3.8
2
3.0
2023 Baldur's Gate 3
5
7.6
4
6.1
2023 Armored Core VI
5
7.6
4
6.1
2023 Immortals of Aveum
1
2.5
1
2.0
2023 Ratchet and Clank Rift Apart
3
5.7
3
4.6
2023 Remnant II
2
2.9
1
2.3
2023 Star Wars Jedi: Survivor
2
4.2
2
3.3
2023 Atomic Heart
3
5.2
2
4.1
2023 Starfield
2
3.4
1
2.7
2022 Elden Ring
4
6.9
3
5.2
2022 God of War
6
9.7
5
7.3
2022 Overwatch 2
12
17.6
9
13.2
2022 F1 22
5
7.6
4
6.1
2022 Dying Light 2
5
7.6
4
6.1
2022 Total War: Warhammer III
6
8.6
4
6.9
2022 Spider-Man Remastered
9
13.4
7
10.6
2022 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II
5
7.6
4
6.1
2021 Forza Horizon 5
6
9.8
5
7.4
2021 Halo Infinite
4
6.9
3
5.3
2021 Battlefield 2042
6
8.9
4
6.7
2021 Hitman 3
6
9.5
5
7.6
2021 Far Cry 6
5
8.2
4
6.5
2021 Guardians of the Galaxy
6
8.6
4
6.8
2020 Watch Dogs: Legion
6
9.5
5
7.6
2020 Assassin's Creed Valhalla
4
6.9
3
5.3
2020 Microsoft Flight Simulator
3
5.4
2
4.1
2020 Valorant
25
37.0
19
27.9
2020 Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War
5
8.5
4
6.4
2020 Death Stranding
7
11.1
5
8.3
2020 Marvel's Avengers
3
5.7
3
4.3
2020 Godfall
5
7.3
3
5.5
2020 Cyberpunk 2077
5
7.3
3
5.5
2019 Apex Legends
7
11.2
5
8.4
2019 Anthem
4
7.0
3
5.3
2019 Far Cry New Dawn
6
9.8
5
7.4
2019 Resident Evil 2
7
10.6
5
8.0
2019 Metro Exodus
4
6.9
3
5.3
2019 World War Z
7
11.1
5
8.3
2019 Gears of War 5
6
9.5
4
7.1
2019 F1 2019
8
11.7
6
8.8
2019 GreedFall
4
6.9
3
5.3
2019 Borderlands 3
4
6.0
3
4.6
2019 Call of Duty Modern Warfare
9
13.6
7
10.2
2019 Red Dead Redemption 2
4
6.3
3
4.8
2019 Need For Speed: Heat
6
9.5
4
7.1
2018 Forza Horizon 4
10
14.7
6
8.8
2018 Hitman 2
6
9.1
3
5.7
2018 Just Cause 4
5
7.9
4
6.0
2018 Monster Hunter: World
5
7.4
3
5.6
2018 Strange Brigade
8
12.7
6
9.5
2017 PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds
6
9.1
4
6.3
2017 Fortnite Battle Royale
6
9.3
3
5.7
2017 Need For Speed: Payback
9
14.2
7
10.7
2017 For Honor
7
11.1
5
8.3
2017 Project CARS 2
11
15.8
8
11.9
2017 Forza Motorsport 7
17
24.7
13
18.6
2016 Overwatch
10
14.7
6
8.8
2016 Dishonored 2
9
13.3
7
10.0
2015 Rocket League
15
22.1
11
16.7
2015 Need For Speed
11
15.8
8
11.9
2015 Project CARS
11
15.8
8
11.9
2015 Rainbow Six Siege
11
16.2
8
12.1
2012 Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
39
57.0
29
42.8
2009 League of Legends
22
31.6
16
23.8
GTX 960M vs GTX 660M with i7-4790K vs i7-2700K at 1080p and ultra vs ultra settings
GTX 960M vs GTX 660M with i7-4790K vs i7-2700K at 1440p and ultra vs ultra settings
GTX 960M vs GTX 660M with i7-4790K vs i7-2700K at 4K and ultra vs ultra settings

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M / i7-4790K

In terms of cost, pricing clearly is a genuine issue here and the price of GTX 960M is simply ridiculous. With current 4096 MB RAM, the GTX 960M can have very few memory-related bottlenecks in more modern games.
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M / i7-2700K

In terms of cost, pricing clearly is a genuine issue here and the price of GTX 660M is simply ridiculous. With current 1024 MB RAM, the GTX 660M can have serious memory-related bottlenecks in more modern games. This combination between GTX 660M and Intel Core i7-2700K @ 3.50GHz has less than 8% bottleneck in many games and is perfect match to avoid FPS loss. This combination between GTX 660M and Intel Core i7-2700K @ 3.50GHz is a perfect match to avoid FPS loss.
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GTX 960M vs GTX 660M Specifications Comparison

Board Design

GTX 960M GTX 660M
OutputsNo outputsNo outputs
Slot WidthMXM ModuleMXM Module
TDP75 W50 W

Clock Speeds

GTX 960M GTX 660M
Boost Clock1176 MHz950 MHz
GPU Clock1097 MHz835 MHz
Memory Clock1253 MHz 5012 MHz effective1000 MHz 4000 MHz effective

Graphics Card

GTX 960M GTX 660M
Bus InterfaceMXM-B (3.0)MXM-B (3.0)
GenerationGeForce 900MGeForce 600M
ProductionActiveEnd-of-life
Release DateMar 13th, 2015Mar 22nd, 2012

Graphics Features

GTX 960M GTX 660M
CUDA5.03.0
DirectX12.0 (11_0)12.0 (11_0)
OpenCL1.21.2
OpenGL4.64.6
Shader Model5.15.1
Vulkan1.1.1031.1.103

Graphics Processor

GTX 960M GTX 660M
ArchitectureMaxwellKepler
Die Size148 mm²118 mm²
FoundryTSMCTSMC
GPU NameGM107GK107
GPU VariantN16P-GX-A1N13E-GE-A2
Process Size28 nm28 nm
Transistors1,870 million1,270 million

Memory

GTX 960M GTX 660M
Bandwidth80.19 GB/s64.00 GB/s
Memory Bus128 bit128 bit
Memory Size4 GB1024 MB
Memory TypeGDDR5GDDR5

Render Config

GTX 960M GTX 660M
L1 Cache64 KB (per SMM)16 KB (per SMX)
L2 Cache2 MB256 KB
ROPs1616
Shading Units640384
TMUs4032

Theoretical Performance

GTX 960M GTX 660M
FP32 (float) performance1.505 TFLOPS729.6 GFLOPS
FP64 (double) performance47.04 GFLOPS (1:32)30.40 GFLOPS (1:24)
Pixel Rate18.82 GPixel/s7.600 GPixel/s
Texture Rate47.04 GTexel/s30.40 GTexel/s
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Ultra VS High Quality Settings in PC Games

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What are CPU or GPU Bottlenecks?

What are CPU or GPU Bottlenecks?

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What is the acceptable FPS speed for me?

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