NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 vs AMD Radeon Pro Vega 56

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 and AMD Radeon Pro 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. 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

• Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 7 month(s) later
• Around 34% higher core clock speed: 1530 MHz vs 1138 MHz
• Around 43% higher boost clock speed: 1785 MHz vs 1250 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
• 5.1x more memory clock speed: 8004 MHz vs 1572 MHz
• Around 24% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 189.842 vs 153.117
• Around 10% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1902.867 vs 1722.138
• Around 13% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 13.408 vs 11.901
• Around 17% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 14998 vs 12822
• Around 17% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 14998 vs 12822

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro Vega 56

• Around 6% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 12354 vs 11678
• Around 6% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 828 vs 780
• Around 6% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 61544 vs 57884
• Around 9% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 126.528 vs 116.183
• Around 34% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 1172.788 vs 875.838

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G3D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	11678 12354
PassMark - G2D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	780 828
Geekbench - OpenCL	GPU 1 GPU 2	57884 61544
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	189.842 153.117
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1902.867 1722.138
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	13.408 11.901
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	116.183 126.528
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	875.838 1172.788
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	14998 12822
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3717 3709
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3359 3353
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	14998 12822
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3717 3709
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3359 3353

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