AMD Radeon RX 470 VS NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660
amd
Brand4GB GDDR5
Memory2048
Cores211.2 GB/s
BandwidthRadeon RX 470
VS
nvidia
Brand6GB GDDR5
Memory1408
Cores192.1 GB/s
BandwidthGeForce GTX 1660
AMD Radeon RX 470
4GB GDDR5 120W N/A Aug 2016
Radeon RX 470
$179 • Aug 2016
VS
GeForce GTX 1660
$219 • Mar 2019
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660
6GB GDDR5 120W N/A Mar 2019
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Specs Comparison
| Specification | AMD Radeon RX 470 | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 |
|---|---|---|
| Memory Size | 4 GB | 6 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| TDP | 120 W | 120 W |
| Core Clock | N/A | N/A |
| Boost Clock | 1206 MHz | 1785 MHz |
| Memory Bandwidth | 211.2 GB/s | 192.1 GB/s |
| Process Size | 14nm | 12nm |
| Architecture | GCN 4.0 | Turing |
| Shading Units | 2048 | 1408 |
| RT Cores | N/A | N/A |
| TMUs | 128 | 88 |
| ROPs | 32 | 48 |
| Memory Bus | 256-bit | 192-bit |
| Memory Clock | 1650 MHz | 2001 MHz |
| Pixel Rate | 38.59 GPixel/s | 85.68 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 211.2 GTexel/s | 192.1 GTexel/s |
| FP32 Performance | 4.94 GFLOPS | 5.027 GFLOPS |
| L2 Cache | 2.00 MB | 1.50 MB |
| Die Size | 232 mm² | 284 mm² |
| Transistors | 5700 Million | 6600 Million |
| Required PSU | 300 W | 300 W |
| Power Connectors | 1x 6-pin | 1x 8-pin |
| Bus Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| DirectX | 12 | 12.1 |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| Foundry | GlobalFoundries | TSMC |
Comparison in Synthetic Benchmarks
3DMark Time Spy
Synthetic DirectX 12 benchmark that measures GPU performance in gaming workloads
Graphics Score
3498
AMD Radeon RX 470
5094 (+46%)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660
Geekbench 6
Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs
OpenCL Score
31382
AMD Radeon RX 470
60105 (+92%)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660
GFXBench 5.0
Cross-platform 3D graphics benchmark suite that measures GPU performance across different APIs
Aztec Ruins High (FPS)
FPS
AMD Radeon RX 470
65.4 FPS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660
PassMark G2D
Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations
G2D Mark
7968
AMD Radeon RX 470
11656 (+46%)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660
Game Benchmarks Comparison (162 benchmarks)
Scars Above
7.9 2023 • Action, Adventure Mad Head Games
1080p
| ultra
| Patch: v1.1
GeForce GTX 1660 (+71%)
AVG 84 FPS
MIN 75 FPS
Radeon RX 470
AVG 49 FPS
MIN 43 FPS
1440p
| ultra
| Patch: v1.1
GeForce GTX 1660 (+72%)
AVG 55 FPS
MIN 50 FPS
Radeon RX 470
AVG 32 FPS
MIN 27 FPS
2160p
| ultra
| Patch: v1.1
GeForce GTX 1660 (+69%)
AVG 27 FPS
MIN 25 FPS
Radeon RX 470
AVG 16 FPS
MIN 13 FPS
Winner
Loser
Mount & Blade II Bannerlord
8.5 2022 • Action, Indie, RPG, Simulation, Strategy TaleWorlds Entertainment
1080p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1660 (+13%)
AVG 77 FPS
MIN 67 FPS
Radeon RX 470
AVG 68 FPS
MIN 54 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1660 (+19%)
AVG 56 FPS
MIN 46 FPS
Radeon RX 470
AVG 47 FPS
MIN 36 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1660 (+39%)
AVG 32 FPS
MIN 25 FPS
Radeon RX 470
AVG 23 FPS
MIN 18 FPS
Winner
Loser
Valheim
8.3 2021 • Action, Adventure, Indie, RPG, Early Access Iron Gate AB
1080p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1660 (+72%)
AVG 55 FPS
MIN 48 FPS
Radeon RX 470
AVG 32 FPS
MIN 28 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1660 (+86%)
AVG 41 FPS
MIN 36 FPS
Radeon RX 470
AVG 22 FPS
MIN 20 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1660 (+64%)
AVG 23 FPS
MIN 21 FPS
Radeon RX 470
AVG 14 FPS
MIN 13 FPS
Winner
Loser
King Arthur Knight's Tale
8.5 2021 • RPG, Strategy NeocoreGames
1080p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1660 (+42%)
AVG 85 FPS
MIN 76 FPS
Radeon RX 470
AVG 60 FPS
MIN 54 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1660 (+45%)
AVG 61 FPS
MIN 54 FPS
Radeon RX 470
AVG 42 FPS
MIN 39 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1660 (+55%)
AVG 34 FPS
MIN 29 FPS
Radeon RX 470
AVG 22 FPS
MIN 20 FPS
Winner
Loser
A Total War Saga TROY
8.3 2021 • Action, Simulation, Strategy CREATIVE ASSEMBLY, Feral Interactive (Mac)
1080p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1660 (+57%)
AVG 47 FPS
MIN 37 FPS
Radeon RX 470
AVG 30 FPS
MIN 23 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1660 (+65%)
AVG 33 FPS
MIN 26 FPS
Radeon RX 470
AVG 20 FPS
MIN 15 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1660 (+80%)
AVG 18 FPS
MIN 13 FPS
Radeon RX 470
AVG 10 FPS
MIN 8 FPS
Winner
Loser
It Takes Two
7.9 2021 • Action, Adventure Hazelight Studios
1080p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1660 (+40%)
AVG 80 FPS
MIN 66 FPS
Radeon RX 470
AVG 57 FPS
MIN 49 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1660 (+53%)
AVG 55 FPS
MIN 42 FPS
Radeon RX 470
AVG 36 FPS
MIN 30 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1660 (+67%)
AVG 30 FPS
MIN 23 FPS
Radeon RX 470
AVG 18 FPS
MIN 16 FPS
Winner
Loser
No more benchmarks available for this comparison
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Wins!
Based on 162 benchmarks across 53 games
32
Avg FPS
Radeon RX 470
VS
+39.7%
44
Avg FPS
GeForce GTX 1660
AMD Radeon RX 470
AMD • 4GB GDDR5
6
Wins
32
Avg FPS
27
Min FPS
4%
Win Rate
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660
NVIDIA • 6GB GDDR5
153
Wins
44
Avg FPS
37
Min FPS
94%
Win Rate
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