AMD Radeon 780M vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon 780M and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti 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) 10 month(s) later
  • Around 64% higher boost clock speed: 2900 MHz vs 1770 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 4 nm vs 12 nm
  • 8x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 120 Watt
  • Around 8% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 881 vs 813
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 4 Jan 2023 vs 22 February 2019
Boost clock speed 2900 MHz vs 1770 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 4 nm vs 12 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt vs 120 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 881 vs 813

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti

  • 2.2x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 61464 vs 27691
  • Around 82% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 12930 vs 7105
  • 2.3x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 6262 vs 2748
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 61464 vs 27691
PassMark - G3D Mark 12930 vs 7105
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 6262 vs 2748

Compare benchmarks

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

Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
27691
61464
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
881
813
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
7105
12930
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
2748
6262
Name AMD Radeon 780M NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
Geekbench - OpenCL 27691 61464
PassMark - G2D Mark 881 813
PassMark - G3D Mark 7105 12930
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 2748 6262
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 208.608
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 2573.643
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 16.447
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 145.886
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 926.614
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 16952
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3355
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 16952
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3355

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon 780M NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti

Essentials

Architecture RDNA 3.0 Turing
Code name Phoenix TU116
Launch date 4 Jan 2023 22 February 2019
Place in performance rating 196 200
Launch price (MSRP) $279
Price now $279.99
Type Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 67.32

Technical info

Boost clock speed 2900 MHz 1770 MHz
Compute units 12
Core clock speed 1500 MHz 1500 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 4 nm 12 nm
Pipelines 768
Pixel fill rate 92.80 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 139.2 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt 120 Watt
Transistor count 6,600 million

Video outputs and ports

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

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Form factor IGP
Interface PCIe 4.0 x8 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None 1x 8-pin
Length 229 mm

API support

DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2) 12.0
OpenCL 2.1
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
Shader Model 6.7
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount System Shared
Memory bandwidth System Dependent
Memory bus width System Shared
Memory clock speed System Shared 12000 MHz
Memory type System Shared