Radeon RX 470 Mobile vs GeForce GTX 1660 Super

Place in performance ranking	148	276
Place by popularity	8	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	28.60	40.20
Architecture	Turing (2018−2021)	Polaris (2016−2019)
GPU code name	Turing TU116	Polaris 10 Pro
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Release date	29 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 cores	1408	2048
Core clock speed	1530 MHz	926 MHz
Boost clock speed	1785 MHz	1206 MHz
Number of transistors	6,600 million	5,700 million
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	125 Watt	120 Watt
Texture fill rate	157.1	137.5
Floating-point performance	no data	4,399 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 size	no data	large
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	MXM-B (3.0)
Length	229 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	no 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 type	GDDR6	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	8 GB
Memory bus width	192 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	14000 MHz	7000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	336.0 GB/s	224.0 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 Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	No 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.

FreeSync	no data	+
NVENC	+	no data
Ansel	+	no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (12_1)	12 (12_0)
Shader Model	6.5	6.4
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	2.0
Vulkan	1.2.131	1.2.131
CUDA	7.5	no 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 33.07
+75.1%

RX 470 Mobile 18.89

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 HD	90 +80%	50−55 −80%
1440p	54 +80%	30−35 −80%
4K	30 +87.5%	16−18 −87.5%

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 +138%	35−40 −138%
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 +111%	35−40 −111%
Cyberpunk 2077	63 +110%	30−33 −110%
Far Cry 5	70−75 +68.2%	40−45 −68.2%
Far Cry New Dawn	121 +137%	50−55 −137%
Forza Horizon 4	144 +67.4%	85−90 −67.4%
Hitman 3	77 +108%	35−40 −108%
Horizon Zero Dawn	186 +148%	75−80 −148%
Metro Exodus	144 +129%	60−65 −129%
Red Dead Redemption 2	80 +53.8%	50−55 −53.8%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	163 +167%	60−65 −167%
Watch Dogs: Legion	83 +43.1%	55−60 −43.1%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	73 +97.3%	35−40 −97.3%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	48 +50%	30−35 −50%
Battlefield 5	100−110 +72.6%	60−65 −72.6%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	72 +89.5%	35−40 −89.5%
Cyberpunk 2077	52 +73.3%	30−33 −73.3%
Far Cry 5	70−75 +68.2%	40−45 −68.2%
Far Cry New Dawn	86 +68.6%	50−55 −68.6%
Forza Horizon 4	130−140 +54.7%	85−90 −54.7%
Hitman 3	63 +70.3%	35−40 −70.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn	290 +287%	75−80 −287%
Metro Exodus	111 +76.2%	60−65 −76.2%
Red Dead Redemption 2	64 +23.1%	50−55 −23.1%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	129 +111%	60−65 −111%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	113 +176%	40−45 −176%
Watch Dogs: Legion	208 +259%	55−60 −259%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	51 +37.8%	35−40 −37.8%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	44 +37.5%	30−35 −37.5%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	55 +44.7%	35−40 −44.7%
Cyberpunk 2077	49 +63.3%	30−33 −63.3%
Far Cry 5	70−75 +68.2%	40−45 −68.2%
Forza Horizon 4	107 +24.4%	85−90 −24.4%
Horizon Zero Dawn	99 +32%	75−80 −32%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	112 +83.6%	60−65 −83.6%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	61 +48.8%	40−45 −48.8%
Watch Dogs: Legion	31 −87.1%	55−60 +87.1%

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%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	40 +111%	18−20 −111%
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%
Hitman 3	43 +95.5%	21−24 −95.5%
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	45−50 +114%	21−24 −114%
Watch Dogs: Legion	24 +84.6%	12−14 −84.6%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

56
+80.6%

30−35

−80.6%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	30−35 +73.7%	18−20 −73.7%
Far Cry New Dawn	31 +121%	14−16 −121%
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%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	19 +90%	10−11 −90%
Cyberpunk 2077	11 +175%	4−5 −175%
Far Cry 5	18−20 +90%	10−11 −90%
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 80% faster in 1080p
GTX 1660 Super is 80% faster in 1440p
GTX 1660 Super is 88% faster in 4K

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

in Horizon Zero Dawn, with 1080p resolution and the High Preset, the GTX 1660 Super is 287% faster.
in Watch Dogs: Legion, with 1080p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the RX 470 Mobile is 87% 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	33.07	18.89
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