AMD Radeon 780M vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon 780M and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: Geekbench - OpenCL, PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon 780M

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 2 month(s) later
  • Around 62% higher boost clock speed: 2900 MHz vs 1785 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 4 nm vs 12 nm
  • 8.3x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 125 Watt
  • Around 9% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 875 vs 804
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 4 Jan 2023 vs 29 Oct 2019
Boost clock speed 2900 MHz vs 1785 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 4 nm vs 12 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt vs 125 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 875 vs 804

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER

  • Around 2% higher core clock speed: 1530 MHz vs 1500 MHz
  • Around 13% higher texture fill rate: 157.1 GTexel/s vs 139.2 GTexel/s
  • Around 83% higher pipelines: 1408 vs 768
  • 2.2x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 62614 vs 27873
  • Around 81% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 12724 vs 7023
  • 2.1x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 5994 vs 2803
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1530 MHz vs 1500 MHz
Texture fill rate 157.1 GTexel/s vs 139.2 GTexel/s
Pipelines 1408 vs 768
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 62614 vs 27873
PassMark - G3D Mark 12724 vs 7023
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 5994 vs 2803

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon 780M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER

Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
27873
62614
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
875
804
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
7023
12724
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
2803
5994
Name AMD Radeon 780M NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
Geekbench - OpenCL 27873 62614
PassMark - G2D Mark 875 804
PassMark - G3D Mark 7023 12724
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 2803 5994
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 187.131
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 2548.187
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 15.882
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 117.673
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 901.388
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 17812
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3351
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 17812
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3351

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon 780M NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER

Essentials

Architecture RDNA 3.0 Turing
Code name Phoenix TU116
Launch date 4 Jan 2023 29 Oct 2019
Place in performance rating 210 213
Launch price (MSRP) $229
Type Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 2900 MHz 1785 MHz
Compute units 12
Core clock speed 1500 MHz 1530 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 4 nm 12 nm
Pipelines 768 1408
Pixel fill rate 92.80 GPixel/s 85.68 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 139.2 GTexel/s 157.1 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt 125 Watt
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 157.1 GFLOPS (1:32)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 10.05 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 5.027 TFLOPS
Transistor count 6600 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors Portable Device Dependent 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Form factor IGP
Interface PCIe 4.0 x8 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None 1x 8-pin
Length 9 inches (229 mm)
Recommended system power (PSU) 350 Watt
Width Dual-slot

API support

DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2) 12.1
OpenCL 2.1 1.2
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
Shader Model 6.7 6.4
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount System Shared 6 GB
Memory bandwidth System Dependent 336.0 GB/s
Memory bus width System Shared 192 bit
Memory clock speed System Shared
Memory type System Shared GDDR6