NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q vs AMD Radeon HD 7970 X2
Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q 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 - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, 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), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.
Differences
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q
- Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 7 month(s) later
- Around 23% higher core clock speed: 1140 MHz vs 925 MHz
- 60.5x more texture fill rate: 128.2 GTexel/s vs 2x 118.4 GTexel / s billion / sec
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 12 nm vs 28 nm
- 8.3x lower typical power consumption: 60 Watt vs 500 Watt
| Launch date | 23 April 2019 vs 31 August 2012 |
| Core clock speed | 1140 MHz vs 925 MHz |
| Texture fill rate | 128.2 GTexel/s vs 2x 118.4 GTexel / s billion / sec |
| Manufacturing process technology | 12 nm vs 28 nm |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 60 Watt vs 500 Watt |
Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7970 X2
- 2.7x more pipelines: 2x 2048 vs 1536
- 3.7x more memory clock speed: 5500 MHz vs 1500 MHz (12000 MHz effective)
- Around 21% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 17.707 vs 14.6
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Pipelines | 2x 2048 vs 1536 |
| Memory clock speed | 5500 MHz vs 1500 MHz (12000 MHz effective) |
| Benchmarks | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 17.707 vs 14.6 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 7970 X2
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) |
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| Name | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q | AMD Radeon HD 7970 X2 |
|---|---|---|
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 8607 | |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 363 | |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 52263 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 195.93 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 1919.95 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 14.6 | 17.707 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 94.964 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 492.867 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 12301 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3718 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3358 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 12301 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3718 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3358 | |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 4929 |
Compare specifications (specs)
| NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q | AMD Radeon HD 7970 X2 | |
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Essentials |
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| Architecture | Turing | GCN 1.0 |
| Code name | TU116 | New Zealand |
| Launch date | 23 April 2019 | 31 August 2012 |
| Place in performance rating | 336 | 338 |
| Type | Laptop | Desktop |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $899 | |
Technical info |
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| Boost clock speed | 1335 MHz | |
| Core clock speed | 1140 MHz | 925 MHz |
| Manufacturing process technology | 12 nm | 28 nm |
| Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance | 128.2 GFLOPS | |
| Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance | 8.202 TFLOPS | |
| Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance | 4.101 TFLOPS | |
| Pipelines | 1536 | 2x 2048 |
| Pixel fill rate | 64.08 GPixel/s | |
| Texture fill rate | 128.2 GTexel/s | 2x 118.4 GTexel / s billion / sec |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 60 Watt | 500 Watt |
| Transistor count | 6600 million | 4,313 million |
| Floating-point performance | 2x 3,789 gflops | |
Video outputs and ports |
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| Display Connectors | No outputs | 1x DVI, 4x mini-DisplayPort |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Laptop size | medium sized | |
| Length | 292 mm | |
| Supplementary power connectors | 3x 8-pin | |
API support |
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| DirectX | 12.1 | 12.0 (11_1) |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.5 |
| Shader Model | 6.4 | |
| Vulkan | ||
Memory |
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| Maximum RAM amount | 6 GB | 2x 3 GB |
| Memory bandwidth | 288.0 GB/s | 2x 264.0 GB / s |
| Memory bus width | 192 bit | 2x 384 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1500 MHz (12000 MHz effective) | 5500 MHz |
| Memory type | GDDR6 | GDDR5 |
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