NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Super
VS
AMD Radeon RX Vega 56
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Super
VS
AMD Radeon RX Vega 56

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Super and AMD Radeon RX Vega 56. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

90
Place in performance rating
80
58.74
Value for money (0-100)
48.37
Turing
Architecture
Vega
TU116
Code name
Vega 10
Desktop
Type
Desktop
29 October 2019 (2 years ago)
Release date
14 August 2017 (4 years ago)
$229
Launch price (MSRP)
$399
$798 (3.5x MSRP)
Price now
$1587 (4x MSRP)
27.51
Value for money
11.79
Turing TU116
GPU code name
Vega
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Super and AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

1408
Pipelines
3584
1530 MHz
Core clock speed
1138 MHz
1785 MHz
Boost Clock
1471 MHz
6,600 million
Transistor count
12,500 million
12 nm
Manufacturing process technology
14 nm
125 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
210 Watt
157.1
Texture fill rate
329.5
no data
Floating-point performance
10,566 gflops
1408
Pipelines / CUDA cores
3584
1785 MHz
Boost clock speed
1474 MHz
6,600 million
Number of transistors
12,500 million
125 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
210 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Super and AMD Radeon RX Vega 56.

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
229 mm
Length
267 mm
1x 8-pin
Supplementary power connectors
2x 8-pin

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 Super and AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 can be seen in this section.

GDDR6
Memory type
HBM2
6 GB
Maximum RAM amount
8 GB
192 Bit
Memory bus width
409.6 Bit
14000 MHz
Memory clock speed
800 MHz
336.0 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
409.6 GB/s
-
Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Super and AMD Radeon RX Vega 56, the size and number of monitors.

1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
Display Connectors
1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
+
G-SYNC support
no data
+
HDCP
no data
+
HDMI
+

Technologies

The difference between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Super and AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 is the additional functionality.

7.5
CUDA
no data
+
Ansel
no data
+
NVENC
no data

API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Super and AMD Radeon RX Vega 56. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 (12_1)
DirectX
12 (12_1)
4.6
OpenGL
4.6
1.2.131
Vulkan
no data
6.5
Shader Model
no data
1.2
OpenCL
no data

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Super and AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 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 Super or AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Super 138 88 73 57 44 24
AMD Radeon RX Vega 56
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Super 147 93.8 86 84.3 58.5 31.5
AMD Radeon RX Vega 56
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Super 298 171 137 94.3 69.3 39
AMD Radeon RX Vega 56
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Super 324.4 162.1 104.8 72.2 46 24.1
AMD Radeon RX Vega 56
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Super 265 143 126 122 73.4 34.4
AMD Radeon RX Vega 56
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 Super

Cheaper ($798 (3.5x MSRP) vs $1587 (4x MSRP))

Finer manufacturing process technology (12 nm vs 14 nm)

Less power consumption (125 Watt vs 210 Watt)

G-SYNC support

Advantages of AMD Radeon RX Vega 56

2.93% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (3584 vs 1408)

More maximum RAM amount (8 GB vs 6 GB)

More memory bandwidth (409.6 GB/s vs 336.0 GB/s)

So, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Super or AMD Radeon RX Vega 56?

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

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Super versus AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 performance benchmarks comparison

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