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 general info section in the graphics cards comparison list contains information about the date of release, type, overall rating and other useful data for identifying winner between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Super  vs  AMD Radeon RX Vega 56.

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

Which GPU is better between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Super  vs  AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 in the fabrication process, power consumption, and also base and turbo frequency of the GPU is the most important part containing in the graphics cards hierarchy.

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

Let’s discuss how graphics cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Super and AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 come in different sizes (length), connector types and types of interfaces.

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 cards memory plays important role both in gaming and in applications for graphics. The card will perform much quicker and better, if it has more memory capacity and right memory type. What is the difference between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Super vs AMD Radeon RX Vega 56.

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

Let’s find out the difference in extra ports between two graphics cards. What's the difference between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Super vs AMD Radeon RX Vega 56.

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

Technologies

Let’s have a look what is the difference. It is worthwhile to note that NVIDIA and AMD are using different technologies.

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

API support

The confrontation between the two contenders NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Super and AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 is practically over. The hardware support (API) does not greatly affect the overall performance, it is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and other 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 Stutters – This game is very likely to stutter and have poor frame rates. Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, average frame rates are expected to fall below 25fps
May Stutter – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, stutters and poor frame rates are expected.
30 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 25fps
40 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 35fps
60 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 58fps
May Run Fluently – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, fluent frame rates are expected.
? Uncertain – This graphics card experienced unexpected performance issues during testing for this game. A slower card may be able to achieve better and more consistent frame rates than this particular GPU running the same benchmark scene.
Uncertain – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game and no reliable interpolation can be made based on the performances of surrounding cards of the same class or family.
The value in the fields displays the average frame rate of all values in the database. Move your cursor over the value to see 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

Overall benchmark performance

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User rating

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