NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 vs AMD Radeon RX Vega

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 and AMD Radeon RX Vega 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) 11 month(s) later
  • Around 53% higher core clock speed: 1530 MHz vs 1000 MHz
  • Around 49% higher boost clock speed: 1785 MHz vs 1200 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 12 nm vs 14 nm
  • Around 88% lower typical power consumption: 120 Watt vs 225 Watt
  • 4x more memory clock speed: 8004 MHz vs 2000 MHz
  • 7.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 14998 vs 2094
  • Around 55% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3717 vs 2391
  • 7.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 14998 vs 2094
  • Around 55% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3717 vs 2391
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 14 March 2019 vs 1 April 2017
Core clock speed 1530 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Boost clock speed 1785 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm vs 14 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 120 Watt vs 225 Watt
Memory clock speed 8004 MHz vs 2000 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 14998 vs 2094
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3717 vs 2391
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 14998 vs 2094
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3717 vs 2391

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX Vega

  • Around 5% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 12297 vs 11678
  • Around 13% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 882 vs 780
  • Around 17% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 67957 vs 57884
  • Around 8% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 205.048 vs 189.842
  • 2.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 3986.188 vs 1902.867
  • Around 34% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 17.975 vs 13.408
  • Around 85% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 215.468 vs 116.183
  • Around 47% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 1291.445 vs 875.838
  • 2.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 8455 vs 3359
  • 2.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 8455 vs 3359
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 12297 vs 11678
PassMark - G2D Mark 882 vs 780
Geekbench - OpenCL 67957 vs 57884
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 205.048 vs 189.842
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 3986.188 vs 1902.867
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 17.975 vs 13.408
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 215.468 vs 116.183
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1291.445 vs 875.838
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 8455 vs 3359
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 8455 vs 3359

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
11678
12297
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
780
882
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
57884
67957
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
189.842
205.048
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1902.867
3986.188
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
13.408
17.975
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
116.183
215.468
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
875.838
1291.445
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
14998
2094
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3717
2391
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3359
8455
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
14998
2094
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3717
2391
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3359
8455
Name NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 AMD Radeon RX Vega
PassMark - G3D Mark 11678 12297
PassMark - G2D Mark 780 882
Geekbench - OpenCL 57884 67957
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 189.842 205.048
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1902.867 3986.188
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 13.408 17.975
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 116.183 215.468
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 875.838 1291.445
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 14998 2094
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3717 2391
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3359 8455
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 14998 2094
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3717 2391
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3359 8455
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 5414

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 AMD Radeon RX Vega

Essentials

Architecture Turing GCN 1.3
Code name TU116 Greenland
Launch date 14 March 2019 1 April 2017
Launch price (MSRP) $219 $599.99
Place in performance rating 251 252
Type Desktop Desktop
Price now $409.99
Value for money (0-100) 38.94

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1785 MHz 1200 MHz
Core clock speed 1530 MHz 1000 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm 14 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 120 Watt 225 Watt
Transistor count 6,600 million
Floating-point performance 9,830 gflops
Pipelines 4096
Texture fill rate 307.2 GTexel / s

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x 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 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin

API support

DirectX 12.0
OpenGL 4.6

Memory

Memory clock speed 8004 MHz 2000 MHz
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB
Memory bandwidth 512 GB / s
Memory bus width 2048 Bit
Memory type HBM2