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 (168 benchmarks)
It Takes Two
7.9 2021 • Action, Adventure Hazelight Studios
1080p
| ultra
Radeon RX Vega 56 (+19%)
AVG 95 FPS
MIN 80 FPS
GeForce GTX 1660
AVG 80 FPS
MIN 66 FPS
1440p
| ultra
Radeon RX Vega 56 (+18%)
AVG 65 FPS
MIN 55 FPS
GeForce GTX 1660
AVG 55 FPS
MIN 42 FPS
2160p
| ultra
Radeon RX Vega 56 (+10%)
AVG 33 FPS
MIN 27 FPS
GeForce GTX 1660
AVG 30 FPS
MIN 23 FPS
Winner
Loser
Baldur's Gate 3
7.3 2023 • Adventure, RPG, Strategy Larian Studios
1080p
| ultra
Radeon RX Vega 56 (+26%)
AVG 83 FPS
MIN 77 FPS
GeForce GTX 1660
AVG 66 FPS
MIN 61 FPS
1440p
| ultra
Radeon RX Vega 56 (+26%)
AVG 58 FPS
MIN 54 FPS
GeForce GTX 1660
AVG 46 FPS
MIN 41 FPS
2160p
| ultra
Radeon RX Vega 56 (+28%)
AVG 32 FPS
MIN 29 FPS
GeForce GTX 1660
AVG 25 FPS
MIN 22 FPS
Winner
Loser
Arcadegeddon
7 2023 • Action, Adventure IllFonic
1080p
| ultra
Radeon RX Vega 56 (+18%)
AVG 71 FPS
MIN 60 FPS
GeForce GTX 1660
AVG 60 FPS
MIN 53 FPS
1440p
| ultra
Radeon RX Vega 56 (+11%)
AVG 40 FPS
MIN 35 FPS
GeForce GTX 1660
AVG 36 FPS
MIN 31 FPS
2160p
| ultra
Radeon RX Vega 56 (+20%)
AVG 18 FPS
MIN 16 FPS
GeForce GTX 1660
AVG 15 FPS
MIN 13 FPS
Winner
Loser
Land of War - The Beginning
7.5 2021 • Action, Adventure MS GAMES
1080p
| ultra
Radeon RX Vega 56 (+17%)
AVG 62 FPS
MIN 55 FPS
GeForce GTX 1660
AVG 53 FPS
MIN 46 FPS
1440p
| ultra
Radeon RX Vega 56 (+32%)
AVG 45 FPS
MIN 40 FPS
GeForce GTX 1660
AVG 34 FPS
MIN 27 FPS
2160p
| ultra
Radeon RX Vega 56 (+44%)
AVG 26 FPS
MIN 23 FPS
GeForce GTX 1660
AVG 18 FPS
MIN 14 FPS
Winner
Loser
Sniper Ghost Warrior Contracts 2
7.7 2021 • Action CI Games
1080p
| ultra
Radeon RX Vega 56 (+37%)
AVG 112 FPS
MIN 99 FPS
GeForce GTX 1660
AVG 82 FPS
MIN 65 FPS
1440p
| ultra
Radeon RX Vega 56 (+40%)
AVG 74 FPS
MIN 67 FPS
GeForce GTX 1660
AVG 53 FPS
MIN 45 FPS
2160p
| ultra
Radeon RX Vega 56 (+38%)
AVG 36 FPS
MIN 33 FPS
GeForce GTX 1660
AVG 26 FPS
MIN 23 FPS
Winner
Loser
Necromunda: Hired Gun
7.3 2021 • Action, Adventure Streum On Studio
1080p
| ultra
Radeon RX Vega 56 (+19%)
AVG 68 FPS
MIN 62 FPS
GeForce GTX 1660
AVG 57 FPS
MIN 53 FPS
1440p
| ultra
Radeon RX Vega 56 (+19%)
AVG 44 FPS
MIN 40 FPS
GeForce GTX 1660
AVG 37 FPS
MIN 33 FPS
2160p
| ultra
Radeon RX Vega 56 (+24%)
AVG 21 FPS
MIN 19 FPS
GeForce GTX 1660
AVG 17 FPS
MIN 14 FPS
Winner
Loser
No more benchmarks available for this comparison
AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 Wins!
Based on 168 benchmarks across 54 games
56
Avg FPS
Radeon RX Vega 56
VS
+27.5%
44
Avg FPS
GeForce GTX 1660
AMD Radeon RX Vega 56
AMD • 8GB HBM2
158
Wins
56
Avg FPS
47
Min FPS
94%
Win Rate
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660
NVIDIA • 6GB GDDR5
8
Wins
44
Avg FPS
37
Min FPS
5%
Win Rate
Most Compared GPUs
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