AMD Radeon RX 480 VS NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660
amd
Brand8GB GDDR5
Memory2304
Cores256 GB/s
BandwidthRadeon RX 480
VS
nvidia
Brand6GB GDDR5
Memory1408
Cores192.1 GB/s
BandwidthGeForce GTX 1660
AMD Radeon RX 480
8GB GDDR5 150W N/A Jun 2016
Radeon RX 480
$229 • Jun 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 480 | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 |
|---|---|---|
| Memory Size | 8 GB | 6 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| TDP | 150 W | 120 W |
| Core Clock | N/A | N/A |
| Boost Clock | 1266 MHz | 1785 MHz |
| Memory Bandwidth | 256 GB/s | 192.1 GB/s |
| Process Size | 14nm | 12nm |
| Architecture | GCN 4.0 | Turing |
| Shading Units | 2304 | 1408 |
| RT Cores | N/A | N/A |
| TMUs | 144 | 88 |
| ROPs | 32 | 48 |
| Memory Bus | 256-bit | 192-bit |
| Memory Clock | 2000 MHz | 2001 MHz |
| Pixel Rate | 40.51 GPixel/s | 85.68 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 256 GTexel/s | 192.1 GTexel/s |
| FP32 Performance | 5.834 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 | 450 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
3980
AMD Radeon RX 480
5094 (+28%)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660
Geekbench 6
Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs
OpenCL Score
38595
AMD Radeon RX 480
60105 (+56%)
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 480
65.4 FPS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660
PassMark G2D
Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations
G2D Mark
8582
AMD Radeon RX 480
11656 (+36%)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660
Game Benchmarks Comparison (159 benchmarks)
Mount & Blade II Bannerlord
8.5 2022 • Action, Indie, RPG, Simulation, Strategy TaleWorlds Entertainment
1080p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1660 (+3%)
AVG 77 FPS
MIN 67 FPS
Radeon RX 480
AVG 75 FPS
MIN 60 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1660 (+10%)
AVG 56 FPS
MIN 46 FPS
Radeon RX 480
AVG 51 FPS
MIN 40 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1660 (+28%)
AVG 32 FPS
MIN 25 FPS
Radeon RX 480
AVG 25 FPS
MIN 20 FPS
Winner
Loser
Valheim
8.3 2021 • Action, Adventure, Indie, RPG, Early Access Iron Gate AB
1080p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1660 (+57%)
AVG 55 FPS
MIN 48 FPS
Radeon RX 480
AVG 35 FPS
MIN 31 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1660 (+71%)
AVG 41 FPS
MIN 36 FPS
Radeon RX 480
AVG 24 FPS
MIN 22 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1660 (+44%)
AVG 23 FPS
MIN 21 FPS
Radeon RX 480
AVG 16 FPS
MIN 14 FPS
Winner
Loser
King Arthur Knight's Tale
8.5 2021 • RPG, Strategy NeocoreGames
1080p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1660 (+29%)
AVG 85 FPS
MIN 76 FPS
Radeon RX 480
AVG 66 FPS
MIN 59 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1660 (+33%)
AVG 61 FPS
MIN 54 FPS
Radeon RX 480
AVG 46 FPS
MIN 42 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1660 (+42%)
AVG 34 FPS
MIN 29 FPS
Radeon RX 480
AVG 24 FPS
MIN 22 FPS
Winner
Loser
A Total War Saga TROY
8.3 2021 • Action, Simulation, Strategy CREATIVE ASSEMBLY, Feral Interactive (Mac)
1080p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1660 (+42%)
AVG 47 FPS
MIN 37 FPS
Radeon RX 480
AVG 33 FPS
MIN 26 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1660 (+50%)
AVG 33 FPS
MIN 26 FPS
Radeon RX 480
AVG 22 FPS
MIN 17 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1660 (+64%)
AVG 18 FPS
MIN 13 FPS
Radeon RX 480
AVG 11 FPS
MIN 8 FPS
Winner
Loser
It Takes Two
7.9 2021 • Action, Adventure Hazelight Studios
1080p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1660 (+29%)
AVG 80 FPS
MIN 66 FPS
Radeon RX 480
AVG 62 FPS
MIN 54 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1660 (+38%)
AVG 55 FPS
MIN 42 FPS
Radeon RX 480
AVG 40 FPS
MIN 33 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1660 (+50%)
AVG 30 FPS
MIN 23 FPS
Radeon RX 480
AVG 20 FPS
MIN 17 FPS
Winner
Loser
Baldur's Gate 3
7.3 2023 • Adventure, RPG, Strategy Larian Studios
1080p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1660 (+20%)
AVG 66 FPS
MIN 61 FPS
Radeon RX 480
AVG 55 FPS
MIN 51 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1660 (+21%)
AVG 46 FPS
MIN 41 FPS
Radeon RX 480
AVG 38 FPS
MIN 35 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1660 (+25%)
AVG 25 FPS
MIN 22 FPS
Radeon RX 480
AVG 20 FPS
MIN 18 FPS
Winner
Loser
No more benchmarks available for this comparison
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Wins!
Based on 159 benchmarks across 52 games
35
Avg FPS
Radeon RX 480
VS
+26.6%
44
Avg FPS
GeForce GTX 1660
AMD Radeon RX 480
AMD • 8GB GDDR5
14
Wins
35
Avg FPS
29
Min FPS
9%
Win Rate
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660
NVIDIA • 6GB GDDR5
140
Wins
44
Avg FPS
37
Min FPS
88%
Win Rate
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