NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER vs AMD Radeon RX Vega 64

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER and AMD Radeon RX 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, 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 23% higher core clock speed: 1530 MHz vs 1247 MHz
  • Around 15% higher boost clock speed: 1785 MHz vs 1546 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 12 nm vs 14 nm
  • 2.4x lower typical power consumption: 125 Watt vs 295 Watt
  • Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 810 vs 800
  • Around 20% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 2548.187 vs 2129.009
  • Around 7% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 15.882 vs 14.889
  • Around 21% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 17812 vs 14744
  • Around 21% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 17812 vs 14744
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 29 Oct 2019 vs 7 August 2017
Core clock speed 1530 MHz vs 1247 MHz
Boost clock speed 1785 MHz vs 1546 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm vs 14 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 125 Watt vs 295 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 810 vs 800
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 2548.187 vs 2129.009
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 15.882 vs 14.889
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 17812 vs 14744
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 17812 vs 14744

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX Vega 64

  • 2.5x more texture fill rate: 395.80 GTexel/s vs 157.1 GTexel/s
  • 5.8x more pipelines: 8192 vs 1408
  • Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 6 GB
  • Around 13% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 14395 vs 12776
  • 3.3x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 204168 vs 62695
  • Around 4% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 195.478 vs 187.131
  • Around 10% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 129.271 vs 117.673
  • Around 47% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 1328.033 vs 901.388
  • Around 26% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 7527 vs 5978
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 395.80 GTexel/s vs 157.1 GTexel/s
Pipelines 8192 vs 1408
Maximum memory size 8 GB vs 6 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 14395 vs 12776
Geekbench - OpenCL 204168 vs 62695
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 195.478 vs 187.131
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 129.271 vs 117.673
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1328.033 vs 901.388
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3358 vs 3351
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3358 vs 3351
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 7527 vs 5978

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
12776
14395
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
810
800
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
62695
204168
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
187.131
195.478
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2548.187
2129.009
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
15.882
14.889
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
117.673
129.271
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
901.388
1328.033
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
17812
14744
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3717
3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3351
3358
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
17812
14744
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3717
3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3351
3358
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
5978
7527
Name NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER AMD Radeon RX Vega 64
PassMark - G3D Mark 12776 14395
PassMark - G2D Mark 810 800
Geekbench - OpenCL 62695 204168
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 187.131 195.478
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 2548.187 2129.009
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 15.882 14.889
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 117.673 129.271
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 901.388 1328.033
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 17812 14744
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3717 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3351 3358
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 17812 14744
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3717 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3351 3358
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 5978 7527

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER AMD Radeon RX Vega 64

Essentials

Architecture Turing GCN 5.0
Code name TU116 Vega 10
Launch date 29 Oct 2019 7 August 2017
Launch price (MSRP) $229 $499
Place in performance rating 207 170
Type Desktop Desktop
Design Radeon RX Vega Series
Price now $449.99
Value for money (0-100) 41.07

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1785 MHz 1546 MHz
Core clock speed 1530 MHz 1247 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm 14 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 157.1 GFLOPS (1:32) 840 GFLOPs
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 10.05 TFLOPS (2:1) 26.7 TFLOPs
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 5.027 TFLOPS 13.4 TFLOPs
Pipelines 1408 8192
Pixel fill rate 85.68 GPixel/s 98.90 GP/s
Texture fill rate 157.1 GTexel/s 395.80 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 125 Watt 295 Watt
Transistor count 6600 million 12,500 million
Compute units 64
Floating-point performance 12.7 TFLOPs
Render output units 64
Stream Processors 4096
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) 279 mm
Recommended system power (PSU) 350 Watt 750 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 483.8 GB/s
Memory bus width 192 bit 2048 bit
Memory type GDDR6 HBM2
Memory clock speed 1890 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