NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER vs AMD Radeon VII

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER and AMD Radeon VII 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 8 month(s) later
  • Around 9% higher core clock speed: 1530 MHz vs 1400 MHz
  • Around 2% higher boost clock speed: 1785 MHz vs 1750 MHz
  • 363.5x more texture fill rate: 157.1 GTexel/s vs 432.24 GT/s
  • 2.4x lower typical power consumption: 125 Watt vs 300 Watt
  • Around 3% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 810 vs 786
  • Around 70% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 117.673 vs 69.256
  • Around 80% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 901.388 vs 499.927
  • Around 52% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 17812 vs 11724
  • Around 52% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 17812 vs 11724
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 29 Oct 2019 vs 7 February 2019
Core clock speed 1530 MHz vs 1400 MHz
Boost clock speed 1785 MHz vs 1750 MHz
Texture fill rate 157.1 GTexel/s vs 432.24 GT/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 125 Watt vs 300 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 810 vs 786
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 117.673 vs 69.256
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 901.388 vs 499.927
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 17812 vs 11724
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 17812 vs 11724

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon VII

  • 2.7x more pipelines: 3840 vs 1408
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 12 nm
  • 2.7x more maximum memory size: 16 GB vs 6 GB
  • Around 31% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 16690 vs 12776
  • Around 43% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 89406 vs 62624
  • Around 10% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 206.353 vs 187.131
  • Around 83% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 4659.199 vs 2548.187
  • Around 36% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 21.606 vs 15.882
  • Around 55% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 9292 vs 5978
Specifications (specs)
Pipelines 3840 vs 1408
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm vs 12 nm
Maximum memory size 16 GB vs 6 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 16690 vs 12776
Geekbench - OpenCL 89406 vs 62624
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 206.353 vs 187.131
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 4659.199 vs 2548.187
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 21.606 vs 15.882
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3360 vs 3351
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3360 vs 3351
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 9292 vs 5978

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
GPU 2: AMD Radeon VII

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
12776
16690
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
810
786
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
62624
89406
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
187.131
206.353
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2548.187
4659.199
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
15.882
21.606
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
117.673
69.256
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
901.388
499.927
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
17812
11724
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3717
3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3351
3360
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
17812
11724
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3717
3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3351
3360
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
5978
9292
Name NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER AMD Radeon VII
PassMark - G3D Mark 12776 16690
PassMark - G2D Mark 810 786
Geekbench - OpenCL 62624 89406
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 187.131 206.353
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 2548.187 4659.199
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 15.882 21.606
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 117.673 69.256
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 901.388 499.927
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 17812 11724
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3717 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3351 3360
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 17812 11724
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3717 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3351 3360
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 5978 9292

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER AMD Radeon VII

Essentials

Architecture Turing GCN 5.1
Code name TU116 Vega 20
Launch date 29 Oct 2019 7 February 2019
Launch price (MSRP) $229 $699
Place in performance rating 207 214
Type Desktop Desktop
Design AMD Radeon 2nd generation Vega
GCN generation 5th Gen
Price now $699.99
Value for money (0-100) 32.74

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1785 MHz 1750 MHz
Core clock speed 1530 MHz 1400 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm 7 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 157.1 GFLOPS (1:32) 3.46 TFLOPs
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 10.05 TFLOPS (2:1) 27.7 TFLOPs
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 5.027 TFLOPS 13.8 TFLOPs
Pipelines 1408 3840
Pixel fill rate 85.68 GPixel/s 115.26 GP/s
Texture fill rate 157.1 GTexel/s 432.24 GT/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 125 Watt 300 Watt
Transistor count 6600 million 13,230 million
Compute units 60
Stream Processors 3840

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
DisplayPort count 3
DisplayPort support
HDMI
VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 9 inches (229 mm) 305 mm
Recommended system power (PSU) 350 Watt 750 W
Supplementary power connectors 1x 8-pin 2x 8-pin
Width Dual-slot

API support

DirectX 12.1 12.0
OpenCL 1.2 2.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
Shader Model 6.4
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 16 GB
Memory bandwidth 336.0 GB/s 1024 GB/s
Memory bus width 192 bit 4096 Bit
Memory type GDDR6 HBM2
High bandwidth memory (HBM)
Memory clock speed 2000 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