AMD Radeon Pro W6900X vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro W6900X and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 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, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, 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 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon Pro W6900X

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro W6900X

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 4 month(s) later
Around 19% higher core clock speed: 1825 MHz vs 1530 MHz
Around 20% higher boost clock speed: 2150 MHz vs 1785 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 12 nm
2.5x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 141178 vs 57152
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3739 vs 3717
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3739 vs 3717

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	3 Aug 2021 vs 14 March 2019
Core clock speed	1825 MHz vs 1530 MHz
Boost clock speed	2150 MHz vs 1785 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 12 nm
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	141178 vs 57152
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3739 vs 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3739 vs 3717

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660

2.5x lower typical power consumption: 120 Watt vs 300 W
4x more memory clock speed: 8004 MHz vs 2000 MHz 16 Gbps effective

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	120 Watt vs 300 W
Memory clock speed	8004 MHz vs 2000 MHz 16 Gbps effective

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro W6900X
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

141178

57152

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3739

3717

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3739

3717

Name	AMD Radeon Pro W6900X	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660
Geekbench - OpenCL	141178	57152
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3739	3717
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3739	3717
PassMark - G3D Mark		11689
PassMark - G2D Mark		782
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		190.366
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		1892.505
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		13.492
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		118.54
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		887.857
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		14998
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3359
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		14998
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3359
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		5413

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon Pro W6900X	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 2.0	Turing
Code name	Navi 21	TU116
Launch date	3 Aug 2021	14 March 2019
Place in performance rating	243	241
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$219
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2150 MHz	1785 MHz
Compute units	80
Core clock speed	1825 MHz	1530 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	12 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	1,376 GFLOPS (1:16)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	44.03 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	22.02 TFLOPS
Pipelines	5120
Pixel fill rate	275.2 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	688.0 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	300 W	120 Watt
Transistor count	26800 million	6,600 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI 2.14x Thunderbolt	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
DisplayPort count		1
DisplayPort support
HDMI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Quad-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	267 mm 10.5 inches	229 mm
Recommended system power (PSU)	700 W
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 8-pin
Width	120 mm 4.7 inches
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	32 GB
Memory bandwidth	512.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	256 bit
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz 16 Gbps effective	8004 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6