NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti vs AMD Radeon VII

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti and AMD Radeon VII 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

  • Around 7% higher core clock speed: 1500 MHz vs 1400 MHz
  • Around 1% higher boost clock speed: 1770 MHz vs 1750 MHz
  • 2.5x lower typical power consumption: 120 Watt vs 300 Watt
  • 6x more memory clock speed: 12000 MHz vs 2000 MHz
  • Around 3% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 813 vs 786
  • Around 1% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 208.608 vs 206.353
  • 2.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 145.886 vs 69.256
  • Around 85% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 926.614 vs 499.927
  • Around 45% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 16952 vs 11724
  • Around 45% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 16952 vs 11724
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1500 MHz vs 1400 MHz
Boost clock speed 1770 MHz vs 1750 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 120 Watt vs 300 Watt
Memory clock speed 12000 MHz vs 2000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 813 vs 786
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 208.608 vs 206.353
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 145.886 vs 69.256
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 926.614 vs 499.927
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 16952 vs 11724
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3718 vs 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 16952 vs 11724
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3718 vs 3717

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon VII

  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 12 nm
  • Around 29% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 16690 vs 12930
  • Around 46% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 89406 vs 61407
  • Around 81% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 4659.199 vs 2573.643
  • Around 31% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 21.606 vs 16.447
  • Around 48% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 9292 vs 6260
Specifications (specs)
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm vs 12 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 16690 vs 12930
Geekbench - OpenCL 89406 vs 61407
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 4659.199 vs 2573.643
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 21.606 vs 16.447
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3360 vs 3355
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3360 vs 3355
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 9292 vs 6260

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
GPU 2: AMD Radeon VII

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
12930
16690
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
813
786
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
61407
89406
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
208.608
206.353
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2573.643
4659.199
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
16.447
21.606
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
145.886
69.256
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
926.614
499.927
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
16952
11724
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3718
3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3355
3360
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
16952
11724
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3718
3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3355
3360
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
6260
9292
Name NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti AMD Radeon VII
PassMark - G3D Mark 12930 16690
PassMark - G2D Mark 813 786
Geekbench - OpenCL 61407 89406
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 208.608 206.353
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 2573.643 4659.199
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 16.447 21.606
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 145.886 69.256
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 926.614 499.927
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 16952 11724
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3718 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3355 3360
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 16952 11724
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3718 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3355 3360
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 6260 9292

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti AMD Radeon VII

Essentials

Architecture Turing GCN 5.1
Code name TU116 Vega 20
Launch date 22 February 2019 7 February 2019
Launch price (MSRP) $279 $699
Place in performance rating 200 214
Price now $279.99 $699.99
Type Desktop Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 67.32 32.74
Design AMD Radeon 2nd generation Vega
GCN generation 5th Gen

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1770 MHz 1750 MHz
Core clock speed 1500 MHz 1400 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm 7 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 120 Watt 300 Watt
Transistor count 6,600 million 13,230 million
Compute units 60
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 3.46 TFLOPs
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 27.7 TFLOPs
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 13.8 TFLOPs
Pipelines 3840
Pixel fill rate 115.26 GP/s
Stream Processors 3840
Texture fill rate 432.24 GT/s

Video outputs and ports

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

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 229 mm 305 mm
Supplementary power connectors 1x 8-pin 2x 8-pin
Recommended system power (PSU) 750 W

API support

DirectX 12.0 12.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 2.0
Vulkan

Memory

Memory clock speed 12000 MHz 2000 MHz
High bandwidth memory (HBM)
Maximum RAM amount 16 GB
Memory bandwidth 1024 GB/s
Memory bus width 4096 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