AMD Radeon R5 M255X vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R5 M255X and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, API support, Memory, Technologies, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements. 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 - 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon R5 M255X

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 10 month(s) later
Around 90% higher boost clock speed: 1785 MHz vs 940 MHz

Launch date	14 March 2019 vs 1 May 2014
Boost clock speed	1785 MHz vs 940 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R5 M255X
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660

Name	AMD Radeon R5 M255X	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660
PassMark - G3D Mark		11670
PassMark - G2D Mark		778
Geekbench - OpenCL		57961
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		189.842
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		1902.867
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		13.408
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		116.183
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		875.838
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		14998
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3359
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		14998
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3359
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		5414

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R5 M255X	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660
Essentials
Architecture	GCN	Turing
Code name	Topaz Pro	TU116
Design	AMD Radeon R5 200 Series
Launch date	1 May 2014	14 March 2019
Place in performance rating	not rated	252
Launch price (MSRP)		$219
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	940 MHz	1785 MHz
Compute units	5
Core clock speed		1530 MHz
Manufacturing process technology		12 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		120 Watt
Transistor count		6,600 million
API support
DirectX	11	12.0
OpenGL	4.4	4.6
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	16 GB/s
Memory bus width	64 bit
Memory type	DDR3
Memory clock speed		8004 MHz
Technologies
DualGraphics
PowerTune
Switchable graphics
ZeroCore
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors		1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
DisplayPort count		1
DisplayPort support
HDMI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface		PCIe 3.0 x16
Length		229 mm
Supplementary power connectors		1x 8-pin