NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti (Laptop) vs AMD Radeon R9 270 1024SP

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti (Laptop) and AMD Radeon R9 270 1024SP 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), Geekbench - OpenCL.

 

Differences

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

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 1 month(s) later
  • Around 62% higher core clock speed: 1455 MHz vs 900 MHz
  • Around 72% higher boost clock speed: 1590 MHz vs 925 MHz
  • Around 50% higher pipelines: 1536 vs 1024
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 12 nm vs 28 nm
  • 3x more maximum memory size: 6144 MB vs 2 GB
  • 2.5x more memory clock speed: 12000 MHz vs 4800 MHz
  • Around 80% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 15109 vs 8390
  • Around 80% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 15109 vs 8390
  • 2.7x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 16828 vs 6316
  • 2.7x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 16828 vs 6316
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 23 April 2019 vs 13 March 2015
Core clock speed 1455 MHz vs 900 MHz
Boost clock speed 1590 MHz vs 925 MHz
Pipelines 1536 vs 1024
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm vs 28 nm
Maximum memory size 6144 MB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed 12000 MHz vs 4800 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 15109 vs 8390
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 15109 vs 8390
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 16828 vs 6316
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 16828 vs 6316

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 270 1024SP

  • 3.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 27566 vs 8054
  • 3.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 27566 vs 8054
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 27566 vs 8054
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 27566 vs 8054

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti (Laptop)
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 270 1024SP

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
15109
8390
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
15109
8390
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
16828
6316
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
16828
6316
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
8054
27566
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
8054
27566
Name NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti (Laptop) AMD Radeon R9 270 1024SP
PassMark - G2D Mark 487
PassMark - G3D Mark 10201
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 5572
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 15109 8390
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 15109 8390
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 16828 6316
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 16828 6316
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 8054 27566
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 8054 27566
Geekbench - OpenCL 70535

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti (Laptop) AMD Radeon R9 270 1024SP

Essentials

Architecture Turing GCN 1.0
Code name N18E-G0 Pitcairn
Launch date 23 April 2019 13 March 2015
Place in performance rating 117 165
Type Laptop Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1590 MHz 925 MHz
Core clock speed 1455 MHz 900 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 1536 1024
Transistor count 6600 million 2,800 million
Floating-point performance 1,894 gflops
Texture fill rate 59.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 150 Watt

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Laptop size medium sized
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin

API support

DirectX 12.1 12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL 4.5

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 6144 MB 2 GB
Memory bus width 192 bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 12000 MHz 4800 MHz
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR5
Memory bandwidth 153.6 GB / s