NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER vs AMD Radeon Pro Vega 64

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER and AMD Radeon Pro Vega 64 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: 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 2 year(s) 4 month(s) later
  • Around 22% higher core clock speed: 1530 MHz vs 1250 MHz
  • Around 32% higher boost clock speed: 1785 MHz vs 1350 MHz
  • 454.6x more texture fill rate: 157.1 GTexel/s vs 345.6 GTexel / s
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 12 nm vs 14 nm
  • 2x lower typical power consumption: 125 Watt vs 250 Watt
  • Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 810 vs 805
  • Around 31% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 187.131 vs 142.691
  • Around 47% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 2548.187 vs 1729.558
  • Around 25% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 15.882 vs 12.693
  • Around 6% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 117.673 vs 111.376
  • Around 34% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 17812 vs 13339
  • Around 34% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 17812 vs 13339
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 29 Oct 2019 vs 27 June 2017
Core clock speed 1530 MHz vs 1250 MHz
Boost clock speed 1785 MHz vs 1350 MHz
Texture fill rate 157.1 GTexel/s vs 345.6 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm vs 14 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 125 Watt vs 250 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 810 vs 805
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 187.131 vs 142.691
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 2548.187 vs 1729.558
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 15.882 vs 12.693
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 117.673 vs 111.376
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 17812 vs 13339
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3717 vs 3709
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 17812 vs 13339
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3717 vs 3709

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro Vega 64

  • 2.9x more pipelines: 4096 vs 1408
  • 2.7x more maximum memory size: 16 GB vs 6 GB
  • Around 2% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 12984 vs 12776
  • Around 14% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 71540 vs 62624
  • Around 55% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 1396.172 vs 901.388
Specifications (specs)
Pipelines 4096 vs 1408
Maximum memory size 16 GB vs 6 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 12984 vs 12776
Geekbench - OpenCL 71540 vs 62624
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1396.172 vs 901.388
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3353 vs 3351
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3353 vs 3351

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
GPU 2: AMD Radeon Pro Vega 64

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
12776
12984
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
810
805
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
62624
71540
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
187.131
142.691
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2548.187
1729.558
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
15.882
12.693
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
117.673
111.376
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
901.388
1396.172
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
17812
13339
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3717
3709
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3351
3353
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
17812
13339
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3717
3709
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3351
3353
Name NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER AMD Radeon Pro Vega 64
PassMark - G3D Mark 12776 12984
PassMark - G2D Mark 810 805
Geekbench - OpenCL 62624 71540
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 187.131 142.691
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 2548.187 1729.558
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 15.882 12.693
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 117.673 111.376
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 901.388 1396.172
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 17812 13339
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3717 3709
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3351 3353
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 17812 13339
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3717 3709
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3351 3353
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 5978

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER AMD Radeon Pro Vega 64

Essentials

Architecture Turing GCN 5.0
Code name TU116 Vega 10
Launch date 29 Oct 2019 27 June 2017
Launch price (MSRP) $229
Place in performance rating 207 226
Type Desktop Workstation

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1785 MHz 1350 MHz
Core clock speed 1530 MHz 1250 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm 14 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 4096
Pixel fill rate 85.68 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 157.1 GTexel/s 345.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 125 Watt 250 Watt
Transistor count 6600 million 12,500 million
Floating-point performance 11,059 gflops

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 9 inches (229 mm) 267 mm
Recommended system power (PSU) 350 Watt
Supplementary power connectors 1x 8-pin None
Width Dual-slot

API support

DirectX 12.1 12.0 (12_1)
OpenCL 1.2
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
Shader Model 6.4
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 16 GB
Memory bandwidth 336.0 GB/s 402.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 192 bit 2048 Bit
Memory type GDDR6 HBM2
Memory clock speed 1572 MHz