NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti (Laptop) vs AMD Radeon R9 M485X

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti (Laptop) and AMD Radeon R9 M485X 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 - 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).

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti (Laptop)

AMD Radeon R9 M485X

Differences

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

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 11 month(s) later
2x more core clock speed: 1455 MHz vs 723 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 12 nm vs 28 nm
2.4x more memory clock speed: 12000 MHz vs 5000 MHz
Around 17% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 487 vs 417
2.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 10201 vs 3661

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	23 April 2019 vs 15 May 2016
Core clock speed	1455 MHz vs 723 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm vs 28 nm
Memory clock speed	12000 MHz vs 5000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	487 vs 417
PassMark - G3D Mark	10201 vs 3661

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 M485X

Around 33% higher pipelines: 2048 vs 1536
Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 6144 MB

Pipelines	2048 vs 1536
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 6144 MB

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti (Laptop)
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 M485X

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

487

417

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

10201

3661

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti (Laptop)	AMD Radeon R9 M485X
PassMark - G2D Mark	487	417
PassMark - G3D Mark	10201	3661
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

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti (Laptop)	AMD Radeon R9 M485X
Essentials
Architecture	Turing	GCN 3.0
Code name	N18E-G0	Amethyst
Launch date	23 April 2019	15 May 2016
Place in performance rating	116	276
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1590 MHz
Core clock speed	1455 MHz	723 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	1536	2048
Transistor count	6600 million	5,000 million
Floating-point performance		2,961 gflops
Texture fill rate		92.54 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		250 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Laptop size	medium sized	large
Interface		MXM-B (3.0)
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	12.1	12.0 (12_0)
OpenGL		4.5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	6144 MB	8 GB
Memory bus width	192 bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	12000 MHz	5000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR5
Memory bandwidth		160.0 GB / s
Shared memory		0
Technologies
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