Radeon RX 470 Mobile vs GeForce GTX 1660 Super

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Aggregate performance score

GTX 1660 Super
2019
6 GB GDDR6, 125 Watt
33.04
+75.1%

GeForce GTX 1660 Super outperforms Radeon RX 470 Mobile by an impressive 75% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in performance ranking148276
Place by popularity8not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation28.5840.35
ArchitectureTuring (2018−2021)Polaris (2016−2019)
GPU code nameTuring TU116Polaris 10 Pro
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date29 October 2019 (4 years ago)4 August 2016 (7 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$229 $549.99
Current price$277 (1.2x MSRP)$148 (0.3x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

RX 470 Mobile has 41% better value for money than GTX 1660 Super.

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores14082048
Core clock speed1530 MHz926 MHz
Boost clock speed1785 MHz1206 MHz
Number of transistors6,600 million5,700 million
Manufacturing process technology12 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)125 Watt120 Watt
Texture fill rate157.1137.5
Floating-point performanceno data4,399 gflops

Form factor & compatibility

Information on GeForce GTX 1660 Super and Radeon RX 470 Mobile compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop sizeno datalarge
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16MXM-B (3.0)
Length229 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 8-pinno data

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR6GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount6 GB8 GB
Memory bus width192 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed14000 MHz7000 MHz
Memory bandwidth336.0 GB/s224.0 GB/s
Shared memory--

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPortNo outputs
HDMI+no data
HDCP+no data
G-SYNC support+no data

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

FreeSyncno data+
NVENC+no data
Ansel+no data

API compatibility

List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (12_1)12 (12_0)
Shader Model6.56.4
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.22.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.2.131
CUDA7.5no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

GTX 1660 Super 33.04
+75.1%
RX 470 Mobile 18.87

GeForce GTX 1660 Super outperforms Radeon RX 470 Mobile by 75% based on our aggregate benchmark results.


3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

GTX 1660 Super 15829
+47.7%
RX 470 Mobile 10715

GeForce GTX 1660 Super outperforms Radeon RX 470 Mobile by 48% in 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics.

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD91
+82%
50−55
−82%
1440p53
+76.7%
30−35
−76.7%
4K32
+77.8%
18−20
−77.8%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 76
+153%
30−33
−153%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 88
+132%
35−40
−132%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 66
+106%
30−35
−106%
Battlefield 5 100−110
+72.6%
60−65
−72.6%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 80
+95.1%
40−45
−95.1%
Cyberpunk 2077 63
+110%
30−33
−110%
Far Cry 5 70−75
+46.9%
45−50
−46.9%
Far Cry New Dawn 121
+133%
50−55
−133%
Forza Horizon 4 144
+132%
60−65
−132%
Hitman 3 117
+160%
45−50
−160%
Horizon Zero Dawn 186
+200%
60−65
−200%
Metro Exodus 144
+153%
55−60
−153%
Red Dead Redemption 2 80
+53.8%
50−55
−53.8%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 163
+202%
50−55
−202%
Watch Dogs: Legion 83
+137%
35−40
−137%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 73
+92.1%
35−40
−92.1%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 48
+50%
30−35
−50%
Battlefield 5 100−110
+72.6%
60−65
−72.6%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 96
+134%
40−45
−134%
Cyberpunk 2077 52
+73.3%
30−33
−73.3%
Far Cry 5 147
+200%
45−50
−200%
Far Cry New Dawn 93
+78.8%
50−55
−78.8%
Forza Horizon 4 135
+118%
60−65
−118%
Hitman 3 63
+40%
45−50
−40%
Horizon Zero Dawn 144
+132%
60−65
−132%
Metro Exodus 101
+77.2%
55−60
−77.2%
Red Dead Redemption 2 64
+23.1%
50−55
−23.1%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 106
+96.3%
50−55
−96.3%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 113
+183%
40−45
−183%
Watch Dogs: Legion 71
+103%
35−40
−103%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 51
+34.2%
35−40
−34.2%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 44
+37.5%
30−35
−37.5%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 55
+34.1%
40−45
−34.1%
Cyberpunk 2077 49
+63.3%
30−33
−63.3%
Far Cry 5 70−75
+46.9%
45−50
−46.9%
Forza Horizon 4 107
+72.6%
60−65
−72.6%
Horizon Zero Dawn 99
+59.7%
60−65
−59.7%
Metro Exodus 93
+63.2%
55−60
−63.2%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 61
+52.5%
40−45
−52.5%
Watch Dogs: Legion 31
−12.9%
35−40
+12.9%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 57
+9.6%
50−55
−9.6%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 60−65
+75%
35−40
−75%
Far Cry New Dawn 82
+122%
35−40
−122%
Hitman 3 41
+51.9%
27−30
−51.9%
Red Dead Redemption 2 27
+92.9%
14−16
−92.9%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 40
+100%
20−22
−100%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 34
+100%
16−18
−100%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 53
+121%
24−27
−121%
Cyberpunk 2077 26
+136%
10−12
−136%
Far Cry 5 65
+110%
30−35
−110%
Forza Horizon 4 84
+127%
35−40
−127%
Horizon Zero Dawn 71
+86.8%
35−40
−86.8%
Metro Exodus 67
+91.4%
35−40
−91.4%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 80
+111%
35−40
−111%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 40−45
+110%
21−24
−110%
Watch Dogs: Legion 24
+84.6%
12−14
−84.6%

4K
High Preset

Far Cry 5 109
+187%
35−40
−187%
Far Cry New Dawn 44
+120%
20−22
−120%
Hitman 3 25
+78.6%
14−16
−78.6%
Horizon Zero Dawn 40−45
+90.5%
21−24
−90.5%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 27
+125%
12−14
−125%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 40
+111%
18−20
−111%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 24
+118%
10−12
−118%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 18
+80%
10−11
−80%
Battlefield 5 36
+71.4%
21−24
−71.4%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 35
+150%
14−16
−150%
Cyberpunk 2077 11
+175%
4−5
−175%
Forza Horizon 4 54
+108%
24−27
−108%
Horizon Zero Dawn 40
+90.5%
21−24
−90.5%
Metro Exodus 35
+94.4%
18−20
−94.4%
Watch Dogs: Legion 12
+50%
8−9
−50%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 28
+64.7%
16−18
−64.7%

This is how GTX 1660 Super and RX 470 Mobile compete in popular games:

  • GTX 1660 Super is 82% faster in 1080p
  • GTX 1660 Super is 77% faster in 1440p
  • GTX 1660 Super is 78% faster in 4K

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

  • in Shadow of the Tomb Raider, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the GTX 1660 Super is 202% faster.
  • in Watch Dogs: Legion, with 1080p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the RX 470 Mobile is 13% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • GTX 1660 Super is ahead in 71 test (99%)
  • RX 470 Mobile is ahead in 1 test (1%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 33.04 18.87
Recency 29 October 2019 4 August 2016
Cost $229 $549.99
Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 8 GB
Chip lithography 12 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 125 Watt 120 Watt

The GeForce GTX 1660 Super is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon RX 470 Mobile in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 1660 Super is a desktop card while Radeon RX 470 Mobile is a notebook one.


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