NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti vs AMD Radeon RX Vega 56

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti and AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 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 - 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 1 year(s) 6 month(s) later
  • Around 30% higher core clock speed: 1500 MHz vs 1156 MHz
  • Around 20% higher boost clock speed: 1770 MHz vs 1471 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 12 nm vs 14 nm
  • Around 75% lower typical power consumption: 120 Watt vs 210 Watt
  • 7.5x more memory clock speed: 12000 MHz vs 1600 MHz
  • Around 5% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 807 vs 768
  • Around 13% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 208.608 vs 184.405
  • Around 46% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 2573.643 vs 1765.06
  • Around 30% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 16.447 vs 12.606
  • Around 84% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 145.886 vs 79.32
  • Around 17% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 16952 vs 14462
  • Around 17% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 16952 vs 14462
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 22 February 2019 vs 14 August 2017
Core clock speed 1500 MHz vs 1156 MHz
Boost clock speed 1770 MHz vs 1471 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm vs 14 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 120 Watt vs 210 Watt
Memory clock speed 12000 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 807 vs 768
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 208.608 vs 184.405
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 2573.643 vs 1765.06
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 16.447 vs 12.606
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 145.886 vs 79.32
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 16952 vs 14462
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3718 vs 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 16952 vs 14462
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3718 vs 3717

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX Vega 56

  • Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 13093 vs 12900
  • 2.7x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 163998 vs 61100
  • Around 10% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 1022.925 vs 926.614
  • Around 41% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 1501 vs 1061
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 13093 vs 12900
Geekbench - OpenCL 163998 vs 61100
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1022.925 vs 926.614
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3361 vs 3355
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3361 vs 3355
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1501 vs 1061

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX Vega 56

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
12900
13093
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
807
768
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
61100
163998
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
208.608
184.405
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2573.643
1765.06
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
16.447
12.606
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
145.886
79.32
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
926.614
1022.925
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
16952
14462
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3718
3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3355
3361
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
16952
14462
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3718
3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3355
3361
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
1061
1501
Name NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti AMD Radeon RX Vega 56
PassMark - G3D Mark 12900 13093
PassMark - G2D Mark 807 768
Geekbench - OpenCL 61100 163998
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 208.608 184.405
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 2573.643 1765.06
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 16.447 12.606
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 145.886 79.32
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 926.614 1022.925
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 16952 14462
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3718 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3355 3361
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 16952 14462
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3718 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3355 3361
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1061 1501

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti AMD Radeon RX Vega 56

Essentials

Architecture Turing GCN 5.0
Code name TU116 Vega 10
Launch date 22 February 2019 14 August 2017
Launch price (MSRP) $279 $399
Place in performance rating 221 224
Price now $279.99
Type Desktop Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 67.32
Design Radeon RX Vega Series

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1770 MHz 1471 MHz
Core clock speed 1500 MHz 1156 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm 14 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 120 Watt 210 Watt
Transistor count 6,600 million 12,500 million
Compute units 56
Floating-point performance 10.5 TFLOPs
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 21 TFLOPs
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 10.5 TFLOPs
Pipelines 3584
Pixel fill rate 94.00 GP/s
Render output units 64
Stream Processors 3584
Texture fill rate 330.00 GTexel/s
Texture Units 256

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
DisplayPort count 1
DisplayPort support
HDMI
Dual-link DVI support
VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 229 mm 267 mm
Supplementary power connectors 1x 8-pin 2x 8-pin
Recommended system power (PSU) 650 Watt

API support

DirectX 12.0 12
OpenGL 4.6 4.5
OpenCL 2.0
Vulkan

Memory

Memory clock speed 12000 MHz 1600 MHz
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB
Memory bandwidth 410 GB/s
Memory bus width 2048 bit
Memory type HBM2

Technologies

AMD Eyefinity
AMD Radeon™ Chill
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
FreeSync
PowerTune
TressFX
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Code Engine (VCE)
Virtual Super Resolution (VSR)
VR Ready
ZeroCore