NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti (Laptop) vs AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti (Laptop) and AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition 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, 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).

 

Differences

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

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 9 month(s) later
  • Around 5% higher core clock speed: 1455 MHz vs 1382 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 12 nm vs 14 nm
  • 6.3x more memory clock speed: 12000 MHz vs 1890 MHz
  • 4.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 15109 vs 3718
  • 4.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 15109 vs 3718
  • Around 30% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 16828 vs 12980
  • Around 30% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 16828 vs 12980
  • 2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 8054 vs 3356
  • 2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 8054 vs 3356
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 23 April 2019 vs 27 June 2017
Core clock speed 1455 MHz vs 1382 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm vs 14 nm
Memory clock speed 12000 MHz vs 1890 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 15109 vs 3718
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 15109 vs 3718
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 16828 vs 12980
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 16828 vs 12980
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 8054 vs 3356
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 8054 vs 3356

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition

  • Around 1% higher boost clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 1590 MHz
  • 2.7x more pipelines: 4096 vs 1536
  • 2.7x more maximum memory size: 16 GB vs 6144 MB
  • Around 54% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 750 vs 487
  • Around 31% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 13327 vs 10205
  • Around 27% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 7074 vs 5570
Specifications (specs)
Boost clock speed 1600 MHz vs 1590 MHz
Pipelines 4096 vs 1536
Maximum memory size 16 GB vs 6144 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 750 vs 487
PassMark - G3D Mark 13327 vs 10205
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 7074 vs 5570

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti (Laptop)
GPU 2: AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition

PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
487
750
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
10205
13327
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
5570
7074
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
15109
3718
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
15109
3718
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
16828
12980
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
16828
12980
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
8054
3356
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
8054
3356
Name NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti (Laptop) AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition
PassMark - G2D Mark 487 750
PassMark - G3D Mark 10205 13327
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 5570 7074
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 15109 3718
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 15109 3718
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 16828 12980
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 16828 12980
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 8054 3356
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 8054 3356
Geekbench - OpenCL 75705
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 190.25
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 3611.018
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 17.789
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 181.113
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1373.944

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti (Laptop) AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition

Essentials

Architecture Turing GCN 5.0
Code name N18E-G0 Vega 10
Launch date 23 April 2019 27 June 2017
Place in performance rating 117 199
Type Laptop Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $999
Price now $999.99
Value for money (0-100) 14.37

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1590 MHz 1600 MHz
Core clock speed 1455 MHz 1382 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm 14 nm
Pipelines 1536 4096
Transistor count 6600 million 12,500 million
Floating-point performance 13,107 gflops
Texture fill rate 409.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 300 Watt

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Laptop size medium sized
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 267 mm
Supplementary power connectors 2x 8-pin

API support

DirectX 12.1 12.0 (12_1)
OpenGL 4.6

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 6144 MB 16 GB
Memory bus width 192 bit 2048 Bit
Memory clock speed 12000 MHz 1890 MHz
Memory type GDDR6 HBM2
Memory bandwidth 483.8 GB / s