NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 vs AMD Radeon VII

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 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

• Videocard is newer: launch date 1 month(s) later
• Around 9% higher core clock speed: 1530 MHz vs 1400 MHz
• Around 2% higher boost clock speed: 1785 MHz vs 1750 MHz
• 2.5x lower typical power consumption: 120 Watt vs 300 Watt
• 4x more memory clock speed: 8004 MHz vs 2000 MHz
• Around 71% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 118.54 vs 69.256
• Around 78% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 887.857 vs 499.927
• Around 28% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 14998 vs 11724
• Around 28% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 14998 vs 11724

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 43% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 16690 vs 11691
• Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 786 vs 782
• Around 57% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 89406 vs 57115
• Around 8% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 206.353 vs 190.366
• 2.5x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 4659.199 vs 1892.505
• Around 60% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 21.606 vs 13.492
• Around 72% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 9291 vs 5415

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G3D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	11691 16690
PassMark - G2D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	782 786
Geekbench - OpenCL	GPU 1 GPU 2	57115 89406
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	190.366 206.353
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1892.505 4659.199
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	13.492 21.606
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	118.54 69.256
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	887.857 499.927
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	14998 11724
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3717 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3359 3360
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	14998 11724
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3717 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3359 3360
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	GPU 1 GPU 2	5415 9291

Compare specifications (specs)