NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER vs AMD Radeon RX Vega 56

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER and AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 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 2 year(s) 2 month(s) later
  • Around 32% higher core clock speed: 1530 MHz vs 1156 MHz
  • Around 21% higher boost clock speed: 1785 MHz vs 1471 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 12 nm vs 14 nm
  • Around 68% lower typical power consumption: 125 Watt vs 210 Watt
  • Around 5% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 810 vs 775
  • Around 1% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 187.131 vs 184.405
  • Around 44% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 2548.187 vs 1765.06
  • Around 26% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 15.882 vs 12.606
  • Around 48% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 117.673 vs 79.32
  • Around 23% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 17812 vs 14462
  • Around 23% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 17812 vs 14462
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 29 Oct 2019 vs 14 August 2017
Core clock speed 1530 MHz vs 1156 MHz
Boost clock speed 1785 MHz vs 1471 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm vs 14 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 125 Watt vs 210 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 810 vs 775
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 187.131 vs 184.405
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 2548.187 vs 1765.06
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 15.882 vs 12.606
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 117.673 vs 79.32
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 17812 vs 14462
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 17812 vs 14462

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX Vega 56

  • 2.1x more texture fill rate: 330.00 GTexel/s vs 157.1 GTexel/s
  • 2.5x more pipelines: 3584 vs 1408
  • Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 6 GB
  • Around 4% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 13304 vs 12776
  • 2.6x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 163998 vs 62695
  • Around 13% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 1022.925 vs 901.388
  • Around 15% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 6870 vs 5978
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 330.00 GTexel/s vs 157.1 GTexel/s
Pipelines 3584 vs 1408
Maximum memory size 8 GB vs 6 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 13304 vs 12776
Geekbench - OpenCL 163998 vs 62695
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1022.925 vs 901.388
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3361 vs 3351
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3361 vs 3351
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 6870 vs 5978

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX Vega 56

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
12776
13304
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
810
775
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
62695
163998
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
187.131
184.405
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2548.187
1765.06
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
15.882
12.606
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
117.673
79.32
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
901.388
1022.925
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
17812
14462
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3717
3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3351
3361
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
17812
14462
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3717
3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3351
3361
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
5978
6870
Name NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER AMD Radeon RX Vega 56
PassMark - G3D Mark 12776 13304
PassMark - G2D Mark 810 775
Geekbench - OpenCL 62695 163998
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 187.131 184.405
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 2548.187 1765.06
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 15.882 12.606
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 117.673 79.32
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 901.388 1022.925
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 17812 14462
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3717 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3351 3361
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 17812 14462
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3717 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3351 3361
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 5978 6870

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER AMD Radeon RX Vega 56

Essentials

Architecture Turing GCN 5.0
Code name TU116 Vega 10
Launch date 29 Oct 2019 14 August 2017
Launch price (MSRP) $229 $399
Place in performance rating 207 211
Type Desktop Desktop
Design Radeon RX Vega Series

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1785 MHz 1471 MHz
Core clock speed 1530 MHz 1156 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) 21 TFLOPs
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 5.027 TFLOPS 10.5 TFLOPs
Pipelines 1408 3584
Pixel fill rate 85.68 GPixel/s 94.00 GP/s
Texture fill rate 157.1 GTexel/s 330.00 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 125 Watt 210 Watt
Transistor count 6600 million 12,500 million
Compute units 56
Floating-point performance 10.5 TFLOPs
Render output units 64
Stream Processors 3584
Texture Units 256

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA

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 650 Watt
Supplementary power connectors 1x 8-pin 2x 8-pin
Width Dual-slot

API support

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

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 8 GB
Memory bandwidth 336.0 GB/s 410 GB/s
Memory bus width 192 bit 2048 bit
Memory type GDDR6 HBM2
Memory clock speed 1600 MHz

Technologies

AMD Eyefinity
AMD Radeon™ Chill
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
FreeSync
PowerTune
TressFX
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Code Engine (VCE)
Virtual Super Resolution (VSR)
VR Ready
ZeroCore