amd
Brand8GB HBM2
Memory3584
Cores409.6 GB/s
BandwidthAMD Radeon RX Vega 56
VS
nvidia
Brand6GB GDDR5
Memory1408
Cores192.1 GB/s
BandwidthNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660
AMD Radeon RX Vega 56
8GB HBM2 210W $399 Aug 2017
Radeon RX Vega 56
$399 • Aug 2017
VS
GeForce GTX 1660
$219 • Mar 2019
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660
6GB GDDR5 120W $219 Mar 2019
Specs Comparison
| Specification | AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 |
|---|---|---|
| Memory Size | 8 GB | 6 GB |
| Memory Type | HBM2 | GDDR5 |
| TDP | 210 W | 120 W |
| Core Clock | N/A | N/A |
| Boost Clock | 1471 MHz | 1785 MHz |
| Memory Bandwidth | 409.6 GB/s | 192.1 GB/s |
| Process Size | 14nm | 12nm |
| Architecture | GCN 5.0 | Turing |
| Shading Units | 3584 | 1408 |
| RT Cores | N/A | N/A |
| TMUs | 224 | 88 |
| ROPs | 64 | 48 |
| Memory Bus | 2048-bit | 192-bit |
| Memory Clock | 800 MHz | 2001 MHz |
| Pixel Rate | 94.14 GPixel/s | 85.68 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 409.6 GTexel/s | 192.1 GTexel/s |
| FP32 Performance | 10.54 GFLOPS | 5.027 GFLOPS |
| L2 Cache | 4.00 MB | 1.50 MB |
| Die Size | 495 mm² | 284 mm² |
| Transistors | 12500 Million | 6600 Million |
| Required PSU | 550 W | 300 W |
| Power Connectors | 2x 8-pin | 1x 8-pin |
| Bus Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| DirectX | 12.1 | 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
6723 (+32%)
AMD Radeon RX Vega 56
5094
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660
Geekbench 6
Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs
OpenCL Score
47815
AMD Radeon RX Vega 56
60105 (+26%)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660
GFXBench 5.0
Cross-platform 3D graphics benchmark suite that measures GPU performance across different APIs
Aztec Ruins High (FPS)
81.2 FPS (+24%)
AMD Radeon RX Vega 56
65.4 FPS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660
PassMark G2D
Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations
G2D Mark
13099 (+12%)
AMD Radeon RX Vega 56
11656
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660
Game Benchmarks Comparison (195 benchmarks)
Scars Above
7.9 2023 • Action, Adventure Mad Head Games
1080p
| ultra
| Patch: v1.1
Radeon RX Vega 56 (+10%)
AVG 92 FPS
MIN 81 FPS
GeForce GTX 1660
AVG 84 FPS
MIN 75 FPS
1440p
| ultra
| Patch: v1.1
Radeon RX Vega 56 (+15%)
AVG 63 FPS
MIN 54 FPS
GeForce GTX 1660
AVG 55 FPS
MIN 50 FPS
2160p
| ultra
| Patch: v1.1
Radeon RX Vega 56 (+22%)
AVG 33 FPS
MIN 27 FPS
GeForce GTX 1660
AVG 27 FPS
MIN 25 FPS
Winner
Loser
The Forgotten City
8.5 2021 • Adventure, Indie, RPG Modern Storyteller
1080p
| ultra
Radeon RX Vega 56 (+9%)
AVG 89 FPS
MIN 74 FPS
GeForce GTX 1660
AVG 82 FPS
MIN 71 FPS
1440p
| ultra
Radeon RX Vega 56 (+7%)
AVG 62 FPS
MIN 54 FPS
GeForce GTX 1660
AVG 58 FPS
MIN 50 FPS
2160p
| ultra
Radeon RX Vega 56 (+14%)
AVG 33 FPS
MIN 28 FPS
GeForce GTX 1660
AVG 29 FPS
MIN 25 FPS
Winner
Loser
The Ascent
8 2021 • Action, Adventure, Indie, RPG Neon Giant
1080p
| ultra
Radeon RX Vega 56 (+18%)
AVG 93 FPS
MIN 83 FPS
GeForce GTX 1660
AVG 79 FPS
MIN 70 FPS
1440p
| ultra
Radeon RX Vega 56 (+23%)
AVG 58 FPS
MIN 51 FPS
GeForce GTX 1660
AVG 47 FPS
MIN 41 FPS
2160p
| ultra
Radeon RX Vega 56 (+35%)
AVG 27 FPS
MIN 24 FPS
GeForce GTX 1660
AVG 20 FPS
MIN 18 FPS
Winner
Loser
Total War ROME REMASTERED
7.5 2021 • Strategy Creative Assembly, Feral Interactive
1080p
| ultra
Radeon RX Vega 56 (+17%)
AVG 54 FPS
MIN 44 FPS
GeForce GTX 1660
AVG 46 FPS
MIN 38 FPS
1440p
| ultra
Radeon RX Vega 56 (+19%)
AVG 44 FPS
MIN 39 FPS
GeForce GTX 1660
AVG 37 FPS
MIN 33 FPS
2160p
| ultra
Radeon RX Vega 56 (+24%)
AVG 31 FPS
MIN 28 FPS
GeForce GTX 1660
AVG 25 FPS
MIN 22 FPS
Winner
Loser
Demon Skin
8.2 2021 • Action, Adventure, Indie, RPG Ludus future
1080p
| ultra
Radeon RX Vega 56 (+25%)
AVG 91 FPS
MIN 85 FPS
GeForce GTX 1660
AVG 73 FPS
MIN 68 FPS
1440p
| ultra
Radeon RX Vega 56 (+22%)
AVG 55 FPS
MIN 51 FPS
GeForce GTX 1660
AVG 45 FPS
MIN 42 FPS
2160p
| ultra
Radeon RX Vega 56 (+24%)
AVG 26 FPS
MIN 25 FPS
GeForce GTX 1660
AVG 21 FPS
MIN 20 FPS
Winner
Loser
Mount & Blade II Bannerlord
8.5 2022 • Action, Indie, RPG, Simulation, Strategy TaleWorlds Entertainment
1080p
| ultra
Radeon RX Vega 56 (+40%)
AVG 108 FPS
MIN 92 FPS
GeForce GTX 1660
AVG 77 FPS
MIN 67 FPS
1440p
| ultra
Radeon RX Vega 56 (+38%)
AVG 77 FPS
MIN 62 FPS
GeForce GTX 1660
AVG 56 FPS
MIN 46 FPS
2160p
| ultra
Radeon RX Vega 56 (+25%)
AVG 40 FPS
MIN 33 FPS
GeForce GTX 1660
AVG 32 FPS
MIN 25 FPS
Winner
Loser
No more benchmarks available for this comparison
AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 Wins!
Based on 195 benchmarks across 63 games
56
Avg FPS
Radeon RX Vega 56
VS
+26.2%
44
Avg FPS
GeForce GTX 1660
AMD Radeon RX Vega 56
AMD • 8GB HBM2
183
Wins
56
Avg FPS
47
Min FPS
94%
Win Rate
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660
NVIDIA • 6GB GDDR5
8
Wins
44
Avg FPS
38
Min FPS
4%
Win Rate
Most Compared GPUs
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