NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER vs AMD Radeon Pro Duo

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER and AMD Radeon Pro Duo 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 - 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 6 month(s) later
  • Around 79% higher boost clock speed: 1785 MHz vs 1000 MHz
  • 69.6x more texture fill rate: 157.1 GTexel/s vs 2x 256.0 GTexel / s billion / sec
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 12 nm vs 28 nm
  • 2.8x lower typical power consumption: 125 Watt vs 350 Watt
  • Around 57% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 12776 vs 8137
  • Around 9% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 810 vs 745
  • Around 16% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 62624 vs 53806
  • Around 32% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 187.131 vs 141.474
  • Around 21% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 15.882 vs 13.132
  • Around 4% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 117.673 vs 112.973
  • Around 13% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 901.388 vs 799.933
  • Around 76% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 17812 vs 10141
  • Around 76% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 17812 vs 10141
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 29 Oct 2019 vs 26 April 2016
Boost clock speed 1785 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Texture fill rate 157.1 GTexel/s vs 2x 256.0 GTexel / s billion / sec
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 125 Watt vs 350 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 12776 vs 8137
PassMark - G2D Mark 810 vs 745
Geekbench - OpenCL 62624 vs 53806
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 187.131 vs 141.474
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 15.882 vs 13.132
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 117.673 vs 112.973
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 901.388 vs 799.933
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 17812 vs 10141
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3717 vs 3713
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 17812 vs 10141
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3717 vs 3713

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro Duo

  • 5.8x more pipelines: 2x 4096 vs 1408
  • Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 6 GB
  • Around 42% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 3621.344 vs 2548.187
  • 11.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 38251 vs 3351
  • 11.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 38251 vs 3351
Specifications (specs)
Pipelines 2x 4096 vs 1408
Maximum memory size 8 GB vs 6 GB
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 3621.344 vs 2548.187
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 38251 vs 3351
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 38251 vs 3351

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
GPU 2: AMD Radeon Pro Duo

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
12776
8137
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
810
745
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
62624
53806
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
187.131
141.474
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2548.187
3621.344
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
15.882
13.132
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
117.673
112.973
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
901.388
799.933
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
17812
10141
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3717
3713
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3351
38251
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
17812
10141
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3717
3713
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3351
38251
Name NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER AMD Radeon Pro Duo
PassMark - G3D Mark 12776 8137
PassMark - G2D Mark 810 745
Geekbench - OpenCL 62624 53806
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 187.131 141.474
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 2548.187 3621.344
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 15.882 13.132
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 117.673 112.973
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 901.388 799.933
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 17812 10141
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3717 3713
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3351 38251
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 17812 10141
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3717 3713
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3351 38251
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 5978 0

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER AMD Radeon Pro Duo

Essentials

Architecture Turing GCN 3.0
Code name TU116 Capsaicin
Launch date 29 Oct 2019 26 April 2016
Launch price (MSRP) $229 $1,499
Place in performance rating 207 188
Type Desktop Workstation
Design reference
Price now $849
Value for money (0-100) 17.05

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1785 MHz 1000 MHz
Core clock speed 1530 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm 28 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 157.1 GFLOPS (1:32)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 10.05 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 5.027 TFLOPS
Pipelines 1408 2x 4096
Pixel fill rate 85.68 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 157.1 GTexel/s 2x 256.0 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 125 Watt 350 Watt
Transistor count 6600 million 8,900 million
Compute units 128
Floating-point performance 2x 8,192 gflops

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Eyefinity
HDMI
Number of Eyefinity displays 6

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 9 inches (229 mm) 277 mm
Recommended system power (PSU) 350 Watt
Supplementary power connectors 1x 8-pin 3x 8-pin
Width Dual-slot
Bus support PCIe 3.0

API support

DirectX 12.1 DirectX® 12
OpenCL 1.2 2.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.5
Shader Model 6.4
Vulkan
Mantle

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 8 GB
Memory bandwidth 336.0 GB/s 512 GB / s
Memory bus width 192 bit 2x 4096 Bit
Memory type GDDR6 High Bandwidth Memory (HBM)
Memory clock speed 500 MHz

Technologies

AppAcceleration
CrossFire
Enduro
FreeSync
FRTC
HD3D
LiquidVR
PowerTune
TressFX
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Code Engine (VCE)
ZeroCore