AMD Radeon Pro W5500 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro W5500 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q 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: 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), PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro W5500

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 9 month(s) later
  • Around 4% higher core clock speed: 1187 MHz vs 1140 MHz
  • Around 5% higher boost clock speed: 1400 MHz vs 1335 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 12 nm
  • Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 6 GB
  • Around 17% higher memory clock speed: 1750 MHz (14000 MHz effective) vs 1500 MHz (12000 MHz effective)
  • Around 23% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 2361.73 vs 1919.95
  • Around 43% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 135.462 vs 94.964
  • Around 57% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 774.974 vs 492.867
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 10 Feb 2020 vs 23 April 2019
Core clock speed 1187 MHz vs 1140 MHz
Boost clock speed 1400 MHz vs 1335 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm vs 12 nm
Maximum memory size 8 GB vs 6 GB
Memory clock speed 1750 MHz (14000 MHz effective) vs 1500 MHz (12000 MHz effective)
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 2361.73 vs 1919.95
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 135.462 vs 94.964
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 774.974 vs 492.867

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q

  • Around 4% higher texture fill rate: 128.2 GTexel/s vs 123.2 GTexel/s
  • Around 9% higher pipelines: 1536 vs 1408
  • 2.1x lower typical power consumption: 60 Watt vs 125 Watt
  • Around 50% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 195.93 vs 130.7
  • Around 7% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 14.6 vs 13.641
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 12301 vs 12184
  • Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3718 vs 3463
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 12301 vs 12184
  • Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3718 vs 3463
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 128.2 GTexel/s vs 123.2 GTexel/s
Pipelines 1536 vs 1408
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 60 Watt vs 125 Watt
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 195.93 vs 130.7
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 14.6 vs 13.641
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 12301 vs 12184
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3718 vs 3463
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3358 vs 3355
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 12301 vs 12184
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3718 vs 3463
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3358 vs 3355

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro W5500
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
130.7
195.93
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2361.73
1919.95
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
13.641
14.6
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
135.462
94.964
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
774.974
492.867
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
12184
12301
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3463
3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3355
3358
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
12184
12301
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3463
3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3355
3358
Name AMD Radeon Pro W5500 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 130.7 195.93
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 2361.73 1919.95
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 13.641 14.6
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 135.462 94.964
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 774.974 492.867
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 12184 12301
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3463 3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3355 3358
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 12184 12301
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3463 3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3355 3358
PassMark - G3D Mark 8608
PassMark - G2D Mark 363
Geekbench - OpenCL 52065
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 4918

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon Pro W5500 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q

Essentials

Architecture RDNA 1.0 Turing
Code name Navi 14 TU116
Launch date 10 Feb 2020 23 April 2019
Launch price (MSRP) $399
Place in performance rating 340 338
Type Desktop Laptop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1400 MHz 1335 MHz
Core clock speed 1187 MHz 1140 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm 12 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 246.4 GFLOPS (1:16) 128.2 GFLOPS
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 7.885 TFLOPS (2:1) 8.202 TFLOPS
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 3.942 TFLOPS 4.101 TFLOPS
Pipelines 1408 1536
Pixel fill rate 44.80 GPixel/s 64.08 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 123.2 GTexel/s 128.2 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 125 Watt 60 Watt
Transistor count 6400 million 6600 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 4x DisplayPort No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 4.0 x8 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 267 mm (10.5 inches)
Recommended system power (PSU) 350 Watt
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin
Width Single-slot
Laptop size medium sized

API support

DirectX 12.1 12.1
OpenCL 2.0 1.2
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
Shader Model 6.5 6.4
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 6 GB
Memory bandwidth 224 GB/s 288.0 GB/s
Memory bus width 128 bit 192 bit
Memory clock speed 1750 MHz (14000 MHz effective) 1500 MHz (12000 MHz effective)
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR6