AMD Radeon Pro Vega 56
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M
AMD Radeon Pro Vega 56
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards AMD Radeon Pro Vega 56 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

96
Place in performance rating
552
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Value for money (0-100)
21.96
Vega
Architecture
Kepler
Vega 10
Code name
GK107
Workstation
Type
Laptop
14 December 2017 (3 years ago)
Release date
22 March 2012 (9 years ago)
$399
Launch price (MSRP)
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$4999 (12.5x MSRP)
Price now
$276
3.69
Value for money
0.55
Vega
GPU code name
N13E-GE
Workstation
Market segment
Laptop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between AMD Radeon Pro Vega 56 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

3584
Pipelines
384
1247 MHz
Core clock speed
835 MHz
1250 MHz
Boost Clock
950 MHz
12,500 million
Transistor count
1,270 million
14 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
210 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
50 Watt
280.0
Texture fill rate
30.4 billion/sec
9,677 gflops
Floating-point performance
729.6 gflops
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CUDA cores
384
3584
Pipelines / CUDA cores
384
1250 MHz
Boost clock speed
950 MHz
12,500 million
Number of transistors
1,270 million
210 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
50 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the AMD Radeon Pro Vega 56 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M.

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
MXM-B (3.0)
267 mm
Length
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None
Supplementary power connectors
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Laptop size
large
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SLI options
+
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Bus support
PCI Express 2.0, PCI Express 3.0

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 AMD Radeon Pro Vega 56 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M can be seen in this section.

HBM2
Memory type
GDDR5
8 GB
Maximum RAM amount
2 GB
2048 Bit
Memory bus width
128bit
786 MHz
Memory clock speed
2000 MHz
402.4 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
64.0 GB/s
-
Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards AMD Radeon Pro Vega 56 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M, the size and number of monitors.

1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
Display Connectors
No outputs
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HDCP
+
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Maximum VGA resolution
Up to 2048x1536
+
HDMI
+

Technologies

The difference between AMD Radeon Pro Vega 56 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M is the additional functionality.

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3D Vision
+
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CUDA
+
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Optimus
+
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FXAA
+
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TXAA
+
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Adaptive VSync
+
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Verde Drivers
+
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DirectX 11
DirectX 11
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3D Vision / 3DTV Play
+

API support

The difference in supported APIs is AMD Radeon Pro Vega 56 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 (12_1)
DirectX
12 API
4.6
OpenGL
4.5
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Vulkan
1.1.126
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Shader Model
5.1
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OpenCL
1.1

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for AMD Radeon Pro Vega 56 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M 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 AMD Radeon Pro Vega 56 or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) AMD Radeon Pro Vega 56
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M
Death Stranding (2020) AMD Radeon Pro Vega 56
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M
F1 2020 (2020) AMD Radeon Pro Vega 56
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M
Gears Tactics (2020) AMD Radeon Pro Vega 56
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M
Doom Eternal (2020) AMD Radeon Pro Vega 56
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M
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 AMD Radeon Pro Vega 56

49.63% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (3584 vs 384)

Finer manufacturing process technology (14 nm vs 28 nm)

More maximum RAM amount (8 GB vs 2 GB)

More memory bandwidth (402.4 GB/s vs 64.0 GB/s)

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M

Cheaper ($276 vs $4999 (12.5x MSRP))

Less power consumption (50 Watt vs 210 Watt)

So, AMD Radeon Pro Vega 56 or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend AMD Radeon Pro Vega 56 .

AMD Radeon Pro Vega 56 versus NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M performance benchmarks comparison

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