NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti (Laptop) vs AMD Radeon R9 290X2
Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti (Laptop) and AMD Radeon R9 290X2 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).
Differences
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti (Laptop)
- Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 9 month(s) later
- Around 46% higher core clock speed: 1455 MHz vs 1000 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 5400 MHz
Launch date | 23 April 2019 vs 24 June 2014 |
Core clock speed | 1455 MHz vs 1000 MHz |
Manufacturing process technology | 12 nm vs 28 nm |
Memory clock speed | 12000 MHz vs 5400 MHz |
Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 290X2
- 3.7x more pipelines: 2x 2816 vs 1536
- Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 2x 4 GB vs 6144 MB
Pipelines | 2x 2816 vs 1536 |
Maximum memory size | 2x 4 GB vs 6144 MB |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti (Laptop)
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 290X2
Name | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti (Laptop) | AMD Radeon R9 290X2 |
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PassMark - G2D Mark | 488 | |
PassMark - G3D Mark | 10209 | |
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 5573 | |
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) | 19.441 |
Compare specifications (specs)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti (Laptop) | AMD Radeon R9 290X2 | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture | Turing | GCN 2.0 |
Code name | N18E-G0 | Hawaii |
Launch date | 23 April 2019 | 24 June 2014 |
Place in performance rating | 117 | 282 |
Type | Laptop | Desktop |
Launch price (MSRP) | $1,399 | |
Technical info |
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Boost clock speed | 1590 MHz | |
Core clock speed | 1455 MHz | 1000 MHz |
Manufacturing process technology | 12 nm | 28 nm |
Pipelines | 1536 | 2x 2816 |
Transistor count | 6600 million | 6,200 million |
Floating-point performance | 2x 5,632 gflops | |
Texture fill rate | 2x 176.0 GTexel / s billion / sec | |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 580 Watt | |
Video outputs and ports |
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Display Connectors | No outputs | 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Laptop size | medium sized | |
Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | |
Supplementary power connectors | 4x 8-pin | |
API support |
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DirectX | 12.1 | 12.0 (12_0) |
OpenGL | 4.6 | |
Memory |
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Maximum RAM amount | 6144 MB | 2x 4 GB |
Memory bus width | 192 bit | 2x 512 Bit |
Memory clock speed | 12000 MHz | 5400 MHz |
Memory type | GDDR6 | GDDR5 |
Memory bandwidth | 2x 345.6 GB / s |