NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q
VS
AMD Radeon RX 470 Mobile
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q
VS
AMD Radeon RX 470 Mobile

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q and AMD Radeon RX 470 Mobile. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

151
Place in performance rating
204
no data
Value for money (0-100)
100.00
Turing
Architecture
Polaris
TU116
Code name
Ellesmere
Laptop
Type
Laptop
23 April 2019 (2 years ago)
Release date
4 August 2016 (5 years ago)
$229
Launch price (MSRP)
$549.99
$1037 (4.5x MSRP)
Price now
$148 (0.3x MSRP)
10.96
Value for money
46.85
N18E-G0
GPU code name
Polaris 10 Pro
Laptop
Market segment
Laptop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q and AMD Radeon RX 470 Mobile based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

1536
Pipelines
2048
1140 MHz
Core clock speed
926 MHz
1335 MHz
Boost Clock
1074 MHz
6,600 million
Transistor count
5,700 million
12 nm
Manufacturing process technology
14 nm
no data
Power consumption (TDP)
85 Watt
128.2
Texture fill rate
137.5
no data
Floating-point performance
4,399 gflops
1536
Pipelines / CUDA cores
2048
1335 MHz
Boost clock speed
1206 MHz
6,600 million
Number of transistors
5,700 million
no data
Thermal design power (TDP)
85 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q and AMD Radeon RX 470 Mobile.

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
MXM-B (3.0)
None
Supplementary power connectors
no data
medium sized
Laptop size
large

Memory

Graphics card memory is used to store calculations. Modern software and 3D games require more and faster memory. The higher these parameters, the more productive the chip. The difference in these characteristics NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q and AMD Radeon RX 470 Mobile can be seen in this section.

GDDR6
Memory type
GDDR5
6 GB
Maximum RAM amount
8 GB
192 Bit
Memory bus width
256 Bit
12000 MHz
Memory clock speed
7000 MHz
288.0 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
224.0 GB/s
-
Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q and AMD Radeon RX 470 Mobile, the size and number of monitors.

No outputs
Display Connectors
No outputs

Technologies

The difference between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q and AMD Radeon RX 470 Mobile is the additional functionality.

no data
FreeSync
+
no data
DisplayPort 1.3 HBR / 1.4 HDR Ready
+

API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q and AMD Radeon RX 470 Mobile. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 (12_1)
DirectX
12 (12_0)
4.6
OpenGL
4.6
no data
Vulkan
1.2.131
no data
Shader Model
6.4
no data
OpenCL
2.0

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q and AMD Radeon RX 470 Mobile graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q or AMD Radeon RX 470 Mobile good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q
AMD Radeon RX 470 Mobile
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q
AMD Radeon RX 470 Mobile
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q
AMD Radeon RX 470 Mobile
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q
AMD Radeon RX 470 Mobile
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q
AMD Radeon RX 470 Mobile
Legend
5 Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
May Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
30 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 25 frames per second (fps)
40 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 35 frames per second (fps)
60 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 58 frames per second (fps)
May Run Fluently – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards show a smooth frame rate, comfortable for the game.
? Uncertain – Graphics cards testing has shown that a slower card can provide a high and stable frame rate for the same operation.
Uncertain – The work of the video card in the game is still being studied. Interpolation among analogs is not possible.
The value depicts the average frame rate. Hovering over the value, you can get individual results.

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q

Finer manufacturing process technology (12 nm vs 14 nm)

More memory bandwidth (288.0 GB/s vs 224.0 GB/s)

Advantages of AMD Radeon RX 470 Mobile

Cheaper ($148 (0.3x MSRP) vs $1037 (4.5x MSRP))

More pipelines (2048 vs 1536)

More maximum RAM amount (8 GB vs 6 GB)

So, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q or AMD Radeon RX 470 Mobile?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q .

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q versus AMD Radeon RX 470 Mobile performance benchmarks comparison

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