NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti vs AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti 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 - 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) 7 month(s) later
  • Around 9% higher core clock speed: 1500 MHz vs 1382 MHz
  • Around 11% higher boost clock speed: 1770 MHz vs 1600 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 12 nm vs 14 nm
  • 2.5x lower typical power consumption: 120 Watt vs 300 Watt
  • 6.3x more memory clock speed: 12000 MHz vs 1890 MHz
  • Around 8% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 813 vs 750
  • Around 10% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 208.608 vs 190.25
  • Around 31% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 16952 vs 12980
  • Around 31% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 16952 vs 12980
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 22 February 2019 vs 27 June 2017
Core clock speed 1500 MHz vs 1382 MHz
Boost clock speed 1770 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm vs 14 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 120 Watt vs 300 Watt
Memory clock speed 12000 MHz vs 1890 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 813 vs 750
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 208.608 vs 190.25
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 16952 vs 12980
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 16952 vs 12980

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition

  • Around 3% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 13327 vs 12931
  • Around 23% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 75705 vs 61445
  • Around 40% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 3611.018 vs 2573.643
  • Around 8% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 17.789 vs 16.447
  • Around 24% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 181.113 vs 145.886
  • Around 48% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 1373.944 vs 926.614
  • Around 13% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 7074 vs 6260
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 13327 vs 12931
Geekbench - OpenCL 75705 vs 61445
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 3611.018 vs 2573.643
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 17.789 vs 16.447
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 181.113 vs 145.886
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1373.944 vs 926.614
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3356 vs 3355
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3356 vs 3355
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 7074 vs 6260

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
12931
13327
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
813
750
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
61445
75705
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
208.608
190.25
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2573.643
3611.018
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
16.447
17.789
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
145.886
181.113
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
926.614
1373.944
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
16952
12980
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3718
3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3355
3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
16952
12980
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3718
3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3355
3356
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
6260
7074
Name NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition
PassMark - G3D Mark 12931 13327
PassMark - G2D Mark 813 750
Geekbench - OpenCL 61445 75705
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 208.608 190.25
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 2573.643 3611.018
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 16.447 17.789
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 145.886 181.113
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 926.614 1373.944
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 16952 12980
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3718 3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3355 3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 16952 12980
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3718 3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3355 3356
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 6260 7074

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition

Essentials

Architecture Turing GCN 5.0
Code name TU116 Vega 10
Launch date 22 February 2019 27 June 2017
Launch price (MSRP) $279 $999
Place in performance rating 200 199
Price now $279.99 $999.99
Type Desktop Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 67.32 14.37

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1770 MHz 1600 MHz
Core clock speed 1500 MHz 1382 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm 14 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 120 Watt 300 Watt
Transistor count 6,600 million 12,500 million
Floating-point performance 13,107 gflops
Pipelines 4096
Texture fill rate 409.6 GTexel / s

Video outputs and ports

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

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

API support

DirectX 12.0 12.0 (12_1)
OpenGL 4.6 4.6

Memory

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