NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti (Laptop) vs AMD Radeon HD 7970 X2

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti (Laptop) and AMD Radeon HD 7970 X2 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 - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s).

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti (Laptop)

AMD Radeon HD 7970 X2

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti (Laptop)

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 7 month(s) later
Around 57% higher core clock speed: 1455 MHz vs 925 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 12 nm vs 28 nm
2.2x more memory clock speed: 12000 MHz vs 5500 MHz

Launch date	23 April 2019 vs 31 August 2012
Core clock speed	1455 MHz vs 925 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm vs 28 nm
Memory clock speed	12000 MHz vs 5500 MHz

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7970 X2

2.7x more pipelines: 2x 2048 vs 1536

Pipelines	2x 2048 vs 1536

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti (Laptop)
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 7970 X2

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti (Laptop)	AMD Radeon HD 7970 X2
PassMark - G2D Mark	487
PassMark - G3D Mark	10201
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	5572
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	15109
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	15109
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	16828
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	16828
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	8054
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	8054
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		17.707

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti (Laptop)	AMD Radeon HD 7970 X2
Essentials
Architecture	Turing	GCN 1.0
Code name	N18E-G0	New Zealand
Launch date	23 April 2019	31 August 2012
Place in performance rating	117	321
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$899
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1590 MHz
Core clock speed	1455 MHz	925 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	1536	2x 2048
Transistor count	6600 million	4,313 million
Floating-point performance		2x 3,789 gflops
Texture fill rate		2x 118.4 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		500 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 4x mini-DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Laptop size	medium sized
Interface		PCIe 3.0 x16
Length		292 mm
Supplementary power connectors		3x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12.1	12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL		4.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	6144 MB	2x 3 GB
Memory bus width	192 bit	2x 384 Bit
Memory clock speed	12000 MHz	5500 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR5
Memory bandwidth		2x 264.0 GB / s