amd
Brand8GB GDDR5
Memory2304
Cores256 GB/s
BandwidthAMD Radeon RX 480
VS
nvidia
Brand6GB GDDR6
Memory1536
Cores288 GB/s
BandwidthNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
AMD Radeon RX 480
8GB GDDR5 150W $229 Jun 2016
Radeon RX 480
$229 • Jun 2016
VS
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
$279 • Feb 2019
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
6GB GDDR6 120W $279 Feb 2019
Specs Comparison
| Specification | AMD Radeon RX 480 | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti |
|---|---|---|
| Memory Size | 8 GB | 6 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR6 |
| TDP | 150 W | 120 W |
| Core Clock | N/A | N/A |
| Boost Clock | 1266 MHz | 1770 MHz |
| Memory Bandwidth | 256 GB/s | 288 GB/s |
| Process Size | 14nm | 12nm |
| Architecture | GCN 4.0 | Turing |
| Shading Units | 2304 | 1536 |
| RT Cores | N/A | N/A |
| TMUs | 144 | 96 |
| ROPs | 32 | 48 |
| Memory Bus | 256-bit | 192-bit |
| Memory Clock | 2000 MHz | 1500 MHz |
| Pixel Rate | 40.51 GPixel/s | 84.96 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 256 GTexel/s | 288 GTexel/s |
| FP32 Performance | 5.834 GFLOPS | 5.437 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
5918 (+49%)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
Geekbench 6
Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs
OpenCL Score
38595
AMD Radeon RX 480
72340 (+87%)
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)
FPS
AMD Radeon RX 480
71.9 FPS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
PassMark G2D
Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations
G2D Mark
8582
AMD Radeon RX 480
12909 (+50%)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
Game Benchmarks Comparison (147 benchmarks)
It Takes Two
7.9 2021 • Action, Adventure Hazelight Studios
1080p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti (+48%)
AVG 92 FPS
MIN 76 FPS
Radeon RX 480
AVG 62 FPS
MIN 54 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti (+60%)
AVG 64 FPS
MIN 49 FPS
Radeon RX 480
AVG 40 FPS
MIN 33 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti (+70%)
AVG 34 FPS
MIN 27 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 Ti (+38%)
AVG 76 FPS
MIN 66 FPS
Radeon RX 480
AVG 55 FPS
MIN 51 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti (+37%)
AVG 52 FPS
MIN 47 FPS
Radeon RX 480
AVG 38 FPS
MIN 35 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti (+45%)
AVG 29 FPS
MIN 26 FPS
Radeon RX 480
AVG 20 FPS
MIN 18 FPS
Winner
Loser
The Medium
7 2021 • Adventure Bloober Team
1080p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti (+74%)
AVG 40 FPS
MIN 38 FPS
Radeon RX 480
AVG 23 FPS
MIN 21 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti (+76%)
AVG 30 FPS
MIN 28 FPS
Radeon RX 480
AVG 17 FPS
MIN 16 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti (+55%)
AVG 17 FPS
MIN 14 FPS
Radeon RX 480
AVG 11 FPS
MIN 9 FPS
Winner
Loser
HITMAN 3 - Deluxe Pack
8 2022 • Action, Adventure IO Interactive A/S
1080p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti (+32%)
AVG 79 FPS
MIN 60 FPS
Radeon RX 480
AVG 60 FPS
MIN 46 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti (+31%)
AVG 55 FPS
MIN 42 FPS
Radeon RX 480
AVG 42 FPS
MIN 32 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti (+29%)
AVG 31 FPS
MIN 23 FPS
Radeon RX 480
AVG 24 FPS
MIN 18 FPS
Winner
Loser
Crysis Remastered
2021 • Crytek
1080p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti (+83%)
AVG 33 FPS
MIN 29 FPS
Radeon RX 480
AVG 18 FPS
MIN 17 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti (+83%)
AVG 22 FPS
MIN 19 FPS
Radeon RX 480
AVG 12 FPS
MIN 11 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti (+83%)
AVG 11 FPS
MIN 9 FPS
Radeon RX 480
AVG 6 FPS
MIN 5 FPS
Winner
Loser
Immortals Fenyx Rising
7.4 2022 • Action, Adventure, RPG Ubisoft
1080p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti (+11%)
AVG 51 FPS
MIN 45 FPS
Radeon RX 480
AVG 46 FPS
MIN 40 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti (+20%)
AVG 42 FPS
MIN 38 FPS
Radeon RX 480
AVG 35 FPS
MIN 32 FPS
2160p
| ultra
Radeon RX 480 (+0%)
AVG 22 FPS
MIN 19 FPS
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti (+0%)
AVG 22 FPS
MIN 18 FPS
Winner
Loser
No more benchmarks available for this comparison
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Wins!
Based on 147 benchmarks across 48 games
35
Avg FPS
Radeon RX 480
VS
+44.1%
50
Avg FPS
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
AMD Radeon RX 480
AMD • 8GB GDDR5
5
Wins
35
Avg FPS
29
Min FPS
3%
Win Rate
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
NVIDIA • 6GB GDDR6
141
Wins
50
Avg FPS
42
Min FPS
96%
Win Rate
Most Compared GPUs
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