AMD Radeon Pro Vega 48 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro Vega 48 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, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 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 - 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), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro Vega 48

  • Around 19% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 3063.269 vs 2573.643
  • Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3947 vs 3718
  • 3.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 10411 vs 3355
  • Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3947 vs 3718
  • 3.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 10411 vs 3355
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 3063.269 vs 2573.643
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3947 vs 3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 10411 vs 3355
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3947 vs 3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 10411 vs 3355

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti

  • Around 25% higher core clock speed: 1500 MHz vs 1200 MHz
  • Around 36% higher boost clock speed: 1770 MHz vs 1300 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 12 nm vs 14 nm
  • 104.2x lower typical power consumption: 120 Watt vs 12500 million
  • 15.3x more memory clock speed: 12000 MHz vs 786 MHz (1572 MHz effective)
  • Around 14% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 12930 vs 11300
  • Around 4% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 813 vs 784
  • Around 15% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 61407 vs 53445
  • Around 54% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 208.608 vs 135.416
  • Around 30% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 16.447 vs 12.678
  • Around 5% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 926.614 vs 883.876
  • Around 42% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 16952 vs 11925
  • Around 42% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 16952 vs 11925
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1500 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Boost clock speed 1770 MHz vs 1300 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm vs 14 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 120 Watt vs 12500 million
Memory clock speed 12000 MHz vs 786 MHz (1572 MHz effective)
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 12930 vs 11300
PassMark - G2D Mark 813 vs 784
Geekbench - OpenCL 61407 vs 53445
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 208.608 vs 135.416
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 16.447 vs 12.678
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 926.614 vs 883.876
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 16952 vs 11925
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 16952 vs 11925

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro Vega 48
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
11300
12930
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
784
813
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
53445
61407
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
135.416
208.608
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3063.269
2573.643
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
12.678
16.447
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
883.876
926.614
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
11925
16952
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3947
3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
10411
3355
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
11925
16952
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3947
3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
10411
3355
Name AMD Radeon Pro Vega 48 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
PassMark - G3D Mark 11300 12930
PassMark - G2D Mark 784 813
Geekbench - OpenCL 53445 61407
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 135.416 208.608
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 3063.269 2573.643
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 12.678 16.447
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 883.876 926.614
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 11925 16952
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3947 3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 10411 3355
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 11925 16952
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3947 3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 10411 3355
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 145.886
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 6260

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon Pro Vega 48 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti

Essentials

Architecture Vega 10 PRO Turing
Code name Greenland TU116
GCN generation GCN 5.0
Launch date 19 March 2019 22 February 2019
Place in performance rating 228 200
Type Desktop Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $279
Price now $279.99
Value for money (0-100) 67.32

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1300 MHz 1770 MHz
Core clock speed 1200 MHz 1500 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 12 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 499.2 GFLOPS
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 15.97 TFLOPS
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 7.987 TFLOPS
Pipelines 3072
Pixel fill rate 83.20 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 249.6 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 12500 million 120 Watt
Transistor count 6,600 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
DisplayPort count 1
DisplayPort support
HDMI

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 229 mm
Supplementary power connectors 1x 8-pin

API support

DirectX 12.1 12.0
OpenCL 2.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
Shader Model 6.3
Vulkan

Memory

High bandwidth memory (HBM)
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB
Memory bandwidth 402.4 GB/s
Memory bus width 2048 bit
Memory clock speed 786 MHz (1572 MHz effective) 12000 MHz
Memory type HBM2

Technologies

Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Code Engine (VCE)