amd
Brand3GB GDDR5
Memory2048
Cores288 GB/s
BandwidthAMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
nvidia
Brand6GB GDDR6
Memory1536
Cores288 GB/s
BandwidthNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
$499 • Jun 2012
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
$279 • Feb 2019
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
Specs Comparison
| Specification | AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti |
|---|---|---|
| Memory Size | 3 GB | 6 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR6 |
| TDP | 300 W | 120 W |
| Core Clock | N/A | N/A |
| Boost Clock | 1050 MHz | 1770 MHz |
| Memory Bandwidth | 288 GB/s | 288 GB/s |
| Process Size | 28nm | 12nm |
| Architecture | GCN 1.0 | Turing |
| Shading Units | 2048 | 1536 |
| RT Cores | N/A | N/A |
| TMUs | 128 | 96 |
| ROPs | 32 | 48 |
| Memory Bus | 384-bit | 192-bit |
| Memory Clock | 1500 MHz | 1500 MHz |
| Pixel Rate | 33.6 GPixel/s | 84.96 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 288 GTexel/s | 288 GTexel/s |
| FP32 Performance | 4.301 GFLOPS | 5.437 GFLOPS |
| L2 Cache | 0.75 MB | 1.50 MB |
| Die Size | 352 mm² | 284 mm² |
| Transistors | 4313 Million | 6600 Million |
| Required PSU | 700 W | 300 W |
| Power Connectors | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin | 1x 8-pin |
| Bus Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| DirectX | 11.1 | 12.1 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.3 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| Foundry | TSMC | TSMC |
Comparison in Synthetic Benchmarks
3DMark Time Spy
Synthetic DirectX 12 benchmark that measures GPU performance in gaming workloads
Graphics Score
AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
Geekbench 6
Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs
OpenCL Score
AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
GFXBench 5.0
Cross-platform 3D graphics benchmark suite that measures GPU performance across different APIs
Aztec Ruins High (FPS)
AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
PassMark G2D
Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations
G2D Mark
AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
Game Benchmarks Comparison
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Wins!
Based on 4 synthetic benchmarks
AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
AMD • 3GB GDDR5
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
NVIDIA • 6GB GDDR6
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