Radeon RX Vega M GL / 870 vs GeForce GTX 1660 Super

Place in the ranking	163	374
Place by popularity	9	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	58.02	no data
Power efficiency	18.28	14.74
Architecture	Turing (2018−2022)	Vega (2017−2020)
GPU code name	TU116	Vega Kaby Lake-G
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Release date	29 October 2019 (5 years ago)	7 January 2018 (7 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$229	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	1408	1280
Core clock speed	1530 MHz	931 MHz
Boost clock speed	1785 MHz	1011 MHz
Number of transistors	6,600 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	125 Watt	65 Watt
Texture fill rate	157.1	no data
Floating-point processing power	5.027 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	48	no data
TMUs	88	no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Laptop size	no data	medium sized
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	no data
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	HBM2
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	4 GB
Memory bus width	192 Bit	no data
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz	no data
Memory bandwidth	336.0 GB/s	no data
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 data
HDMI	+	-
HDCP	+	-
G-SYNC support	+	-

Supported technologies

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

NVENC	+	-
Ansel	+	-

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	12 (12_1)	12_1
Shader Model	6.5	no data
OpenGL	4.6	no data
OpenCL	1.2	no data
Vulkan	1.2.131	-
CUDA	7.5	-

Synthetic benchmark performance

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

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark 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 33.12
+138%

RX Vega M GL / 870 13.89

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

GTX 1660 Super 21981
+123%

RX Vega M GL / 870 9862

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.

GTX 1660 Super 15995
+118%

RX Vega M GL / 870 7329

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

GTX 1660 Super 95473
+146%

RX Vega M GL / 870 38812

3DMark Ice Storm GPU

Ice Storm Graphics is an obsolete benchmark, part of 3DMark suite. Ice Storm was used to measure entry level laptops and Windows-based tablets performance. It utilizes DirectX 11 feature level 9 to display a battle between two space fleets near a frozen planet in 1280x720 resolution. Discontinued in January 2020, it is now superseded by 3DMark Night Raid.

GTX 1660 Super 477037
+59.5%

RX Vega M GL / 870 299071

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	91 +107%	44 −107%
1440p	55 +96.4%	28 −96.4%
4K	30 +100%	15 −100%

Cost per frame, $

1080p	2.52	no data
1440p	4.16	no data
4K	7.63	no data

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2	90 +260%	24−27 −260%
Cyberpunk 2077	76 +181%	27−30 −181%
Elden Ring	93 +121%	40−45 −121%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5	92 +104%	45−50 −104%
Counter-Strike 2	62 +148%	24−27 −148%
Cyberpunk 2077	59 +119%	27−30 −119%
Forza Horizon 4	163 +191%	55−60 −191%
Metro Exodus	108 +145%	44 −145%
Red Dead Redemption 2	80 +66.7%	48 −66.7%
Valorant	143 +204%	47 −204%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5	90−95 +109%	45−50 −109%
Counter-Strike 2	52 +108%	24−27 −108%
Cyberpunk 2077	49 +81.5%	27−30 −81.5%
Dota 2	166 +515%	27 −515%
Elden Ring	96 +129%	40−45 −129%
Far Cry 5	147 +297%	37 −297%
Fortnite	150−160 +96.2%	75−80 −96.2%
Forza Horizon 4	129 +130%	55−60 −130%
Grand Theft Auto V	133 +224%	41 −224%
Metro Exodus	73 +143%	30 −143%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	233 +80.6%	129 −80.6%
Red Dead Redemption 2	43 +169%	16 −169%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	110−120 +169%	40−45 −169%
Valorant	77 +157%	30 −157%
World of Tanks	270−280 +50.5%	180−190 −50.5%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	79 +75.6%	45−50 −75.6%
Counter-Strike 2	48 +92%	24−27 −92%
Cyberpunk 2077	44 +63%	27−30 −63%
Dota 2	211 +322%	50−55 −322%
Far Cry 5	85−90 +74.5%	51 −74.5%
Forza Horizon 4	112 +100%	55−60 −100%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	180−190 +84.2%	100−110 −84.2%
Valorant	122 +122%	55−60 −122%

1440p
High Preset

Dota 2	62 +210%	20−22 −210%
Elden Ring	56 +167%	21−24 −167%
Grand Theft Auto V	62 +210%	20−22 −210%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	162 +161%	62 −161%
Red Dead Redemption 2	27 +125%	12−14 −125%
World of Tanks	210−220 +116%	95−100 −116%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	56 +100%	27−30 −100%
Counter-Strike 2	29 +142%	12−14 −142%
Cyberpunk 2077	25 +150%	10−11 −150%
Far Cry 5	100−110 +225%	32 −225%
Forza Horizon 4	80 +142%	30−35 −142%
Metro Exodus	67 +148%	27 −148%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	50−55 +218%	16−18 −218%
Valorant	73 +115%	30−35 −115%

4K
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2	16 +77.8%	9−10 −77.8%
Dota 2	60 +107%	29 −107%
Elden Ring	27 +200%	9−10 −200%
Grand Theft Auto V	60 +107%	29 −107%
Metro Exodus	22 +144%	9−10 −144%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	101 +237%	30 −237%
Red Dead Redemption 2	21−24 +133%	9−10 −133%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	60 +107%	29 −107%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	29 +123%	12−14 −123%
Counter-Strike 2	30−35 +267%	9−10 −267%
Cyberpunk 2077	11 +175%	4−5 −175%
Dota 2	95 +280%	24−27 −280%
Far Cry 5	45−50 +207%	15 −207%
Fortnite	40−45 +175%	16−18 −175%
Forza Horizon 4	44 +132%	18−20 −132%
Valorant	34 +127%	14−16 −127%

This is how GTX 1660 Super and RX Vega M GL / 870 compete in popular games:

GTX 1660 Super is 107% faster in 1080p
GTX 1660 Super is 96% faster in 1440p
GTX 1660 Super is 100% faster in 4K

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

in Dota 2, with 1080p resolution and the High Preset, the GTX 1660 Super is 515% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

Without exception, GTX 1660 Super surpassed RX Vega M GL / 870 in all 63 of our tests.

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	33.12	13.89
Recency	29 October 2019	7 January 2018
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	4 GB
Chip lithography	12 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	125 Watt	65 Watt

GTX 1660 Super has a 138.4% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 1 year, a 50% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 16.7% more advanced lithography process.

RX Vega M GL / 870, on the other hand, has 92.3% lower power consumption.

The GeForce GTX 1660 Super is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon RX Vega M GL / 870 in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 1660 Super is a desktop card while Radeon RX Vega M GL / 870 is a notebook one.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.