AMD Radeon Pro W5500X vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro W5500X 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: GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D 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 - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro W5500X

  • Around 9% higher core clock speed: 1243 MHz vs 1140 MHz
  • Around 39% higher boost clock speed: 1855 MHz vs 1335 MHz
  • 2.2x more texture fill rate: 277.9 GTexel/s vs 128.2 GTexel/s
  • 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
  • 9.3x more memory clock speed: 14000 MHz vs 1500 MHz (12000 MHz effective)
  • 2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 729 vs 362
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1243 MHz vs 1140 MHz
Boost clock speed 1855 MHz vs 1335 MHz
Texture fill rate 277.9 GTexel/s vs 128.2 GTexel/s
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm vs 12 nm
Maximum memory size 8 GB vs 6 GB
Memory clock speed 14000 MHz vs 1500 MHz (12000 MHz effective)
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3721 vs 3718
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3721 vs 3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3360 vs 3358
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3360 vs 3358
PassMark - G2D Mark 729 vs 362

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

  • 3.4x lower typical power consumption: 60 Watt vs 205 Watt
  • Around 17% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 8630 vs 7351
Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 60 Watt vs 205 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 8630 vs 7351

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro W5500X
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3721
3718
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3721
3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3360
3358
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3360
3358
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
729
362
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
7351
8630
Name AMD Radeon Pro W5500X NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3721 3718
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3721 3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3360 3358
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3360 3358
PassMark - G2D Mark 729 362
PassMark - G3D Mark 7351 8630
Geekbench - OpenCL 52263
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 195.93
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1919.95
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 14.6
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 94.964
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 492.867
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 12301
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 12301
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 4903

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon Pro W5500X NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q

Essentials

Architecture RDNA 1.0 Turing
Code name Navi 10 TU116
Launch date Q3'2020 23 April 2019
Place in performance rating 328 329
Type Workstation Laptop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1855 MHz 1335 MHz
Compute units 20
Core clock speed 1243 MHz 1140 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm 12 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 555.8 GFLOPS (1:16) 128.2 GFLOPS
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 11.2 TFLOPS (2:1) 8.202 TFLOPS
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 5.6 TFLOPS 4.101 TFLOPS
Pipelines 1536 1536
Pixel fill rate 123.5 GPixel/s 64.08 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 277.9 GTexel/s 128.2 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 205 Watt 60 Watt
Transistor count 10300 million 6600 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 4x Thunderbolt 3, 2x HDMI No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 12 inches (305 mm)
Recommended system power (PSU) 550 Watt
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Width Dual-slot
Laptop size medium sized

API support

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

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 6 GB
Memory bandwidth 224 GB/s 288.0 GB/s
Memory bus width 256 bit 192 bit
Memory clock speed 14000 MHz 1500 MHz (12000 MHz effective)
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR6