RTX A5000 Max-Q vs GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking241not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation68.61no data
Power efficiency26.44no data
ArchitectureTuring (2018−2022)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameTU116GA104
Market segmentLaptopMobile workstation
Release date23 April 2019 (5 years ago)12 April 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$229 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores15366144
Core clock speed1140 MHz720 MHz
Boost clock speed1335 MHz1350 MHz
Number of transistors6,600 million17,400 million
Manufacturing process technology12 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)60 Watt80 Watt
Texture fill rate128.2259.2
Floating-point processing power4.101 TFLOPS16.59 TFLOPS
ROPs4896
TMUs96192
Tensor Coresno data192
Ray Tracing Coresno data48

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 sizemedium sizedno data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone

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 typeGDDR6GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount6 GB16 GB
Memory bus width192 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1500 MHz1500 MHz
Memory bandwidth288.0 GB/s384.0 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 ConnectorsNo outputsPortable Device Dependent

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.56.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.3
CUDA7.58.6

Pros & cons summary


Recency 23 April 2019 12 April 2021
Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 16 GB
Chip lithography 12 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 60 Watt 80 Watt

GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q has 33.3% lower power consumption.

RTX A5000 Max-Q, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, a 166.7% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 50% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q and RTX A5000 Max-Q. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q is a notebook graphics card while RTX A5000 Max-Q is a mobile workstation one.


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