NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 vs AMD Radeon Pro Vega 64

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 and AMD Radeon Pro Vega 64 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) 8 month(s) later
  • Around 22% higher core clock speed: 1530 MHz vs 1250 MHz
  • Around 32% higher boost clock speed: 1785 MHz vs 1350 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 12 nm vs 14 nm
  • 2.1x lower typical power consumption: 120 Watt vs 250 Watt
  • 5.1x more memory clock speed: 8004 MHz vs 1572 MHz
  • Around 33% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 190.366 vs 142.691
  • Around 9% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1892.505 vs 1729.558
  • Around 6% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 13.492 vs 12.693
  • Around 6% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 118.54 vs 111.376
  • Around 12% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 14998 vs 13339
  • Around 12% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 14998 vs 13339
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 14 March 2019 vs 27 June 2017
Core clock speed 1530 MHz vs 1250 MHz
Boost clock speed 1785 MHz vs 1350 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm vs 14 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 120 Watt vs 250 Watt
Memory clock speed 8004 MHz vs 1572 MHz
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 190.366 vs 142.691
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1892.505 vs 1729.558
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 13.492 vs 12.693
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 118.54 vs 111.376
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 14998 vs 13339
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3717 vs 3709
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3359 vs 3353
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 14998 vs 13339
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3717 vs 3709
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3359 vs 3353

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro Vega 64

  • Around 11% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 12984 vs 11693
  • Around 3% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 805 vs 782
  • Around 25% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 71540 vs 57413
  • Around 57% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 1396.172 vs 887.857
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 12984 vs 11693
PassMark - G2D Mark 805 vs 782
Geekbench - OpenCL 71540 vs 57413
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1396.172 vs 887.857

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660
GPU 2: AMD Radeon Pro Vega 64

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
11693
12984
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
782
805
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
57413
71540
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
190.366
142.691
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1892.505
1729.558
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
13.492
12.693
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
118.54
111.376
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
887.857
1396.172
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
14998
13339
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
13339
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3717
3709
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3359
3353
Name NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 AMD Radeon Pro Vega 64
PassMark - G3D Mark 11693 12984
PassMark - G2D Mark 782 805
Geekbench - OpenCL 57413 71540
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 190.366 142.691
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1892.505 1729.558
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 13.492 12.693
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 118.54 111.376
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 887.857 1396.172
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 14998 13339
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3717 3709
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3359 3353
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 14998 13339
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3717 3709
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3359 3353
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 5415

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 AMD Radeon Pro Vega 64

Essentials

Architecture Turing GCN 5.0
Code name TU116 Vega 10
Launch date 14 March 2019 27 June 2017
Launch price (MSRP) $219
Place in performance rating 241 226
Type Desktop Workstation

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1785 MHz 1350 MHz
Core clock speed 1530 MHz 1250 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm 14 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 120 Watt 250 Watt
Transistor count 6,600 million 12,500 million
Floating-point performance 11,059 gflops
Pipelines 4096
Texture fill rate 345.6 GTexel / s

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort No outputs
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 None

API support

DirectX 12.0 12.0 (12_1)
OpenGL 4.6 4.6

Memory

Memory clock speed 8004 MHz 1572 MHz
Maximum RAM amount 16 GB
Memory bandwidth 402.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 2048 Bit
Memory type HBM2