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

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti 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 - 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

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 11 month(s) later
  • Around 67% higher core clock speed: 1500 MHz vs 900 MHz
  • Around 91% higher boost clock speed: 1770 MHz vs 925 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 12 nm vs 28 nm
  • Around 25% lower typical power consumption: 120 Watt vs 150 Watt
  • 2.5x more memory clock speed: 12000 MHz vs 4800 MHz
  • 2.7x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 16952 vs 6316
  • 2.7x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 16952 vs 6316
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 22 February 2019 vs 13 March 2015
Core clock speed 1500 MHz vs 900 MHz
Boost clock speed 1770 MHz vs 925 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 120 Watt vs 150 Watt
Memory clock speed 12000 MHz vs 4800 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 16952 vs 6316
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 16952 vs 6316

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 270 1024SP

  • Around 15% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 70535 vs 61432
  • 2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 8390 vs 3718
  • 8.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 27566 vs 3355
  • 2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 8390 vs 3718
  • 8.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 27566 vs 3355
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 70535 vs 61432
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 8390 vs 3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 27566 vs 3355
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 8390 vs 3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 27566 vs 3355

Compare benchmarks

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

Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
61432
70535
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
16952
6316
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3718
8390
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3355
27566
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
16952
6316
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3718
8390
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3355
27566
Name NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti AMD Radeon R9 270 1024SP
PassMark - G3D Mark 12931
PassMark - G2D Mark 813
Geekbench - OpenCL 61432 70535
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 208.608
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 2573.643
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 16.447
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 145.886
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 926.614
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 16952 6316
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3718 8390
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3355 27566
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 16952 6316
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3718 8390
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3355 27566
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 6260

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti AMD Radeon R9 270 1024SP

Essentials

Architecture Turing GCN 1.0
Code name TU116 Pitcairn
Launch date 22 February 2019 13 March 2015
Launch price (MSRP) $279
Place in performance rating 200 165
Price now $279.99
Type Desktop Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 67.32

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1770 MHz 925 MHz
Core clock speed 1500 MHz 900 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 120 Watt 150 Watt
Transistor count 6,600 million 2,800 million
Floating-point performance 1,894 gflops
Pipelines 1024
Texture fill rate 59.2 GTexel / s

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
DisplayPort count 1
DisplayPort support
HDMI

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 229 mm
Supplementary power connectors 1x 8-pin 1x 6-pin

API support

DirectX 12.0 12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL 4.6 4.5

Memory

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