RTX A500 Mobile vs GeForce GTX 1660 Ti

Place in performance ranking	147	321
Place by popularity	36	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	25.84	no data
Architecture	Turing (2018−2021)	Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code name	Turing TU116	GA107
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Release date	22 February 2019 (5 years ago)	30 March 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$279	no data
Current price	$284 (1x MSRP)	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

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	1536	2048
Core clock speed	1500 MHz	no data
Boost clock speed	1770 MHz	1537 MHz
Number of transistors	6,600 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	120 Watt	60 Watt (20 - 60 Watt TGP)
Texture fill rate	169.9	98.37

Form factor & compatibility

Information on GeForce GTX 1660 Ti and RTX A500 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.

Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
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	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	4 GB
Memory bus width	192 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	12000 MHz	14000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	288.0 GB/s	96 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

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (12_1)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	6.5	6.6
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	3.0
Vulkan	1.2.131	1.3
CUDA	7.5	8.6

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 Ti 33.47
+116%

RTX A500 Mobile 15.48

GeForce GTX 1660 Ti outperforms RTX A500 Mobile by 116% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

GTX 1660 Ti 22892
+113%

RTX A500 Mobile 10748

GeForce GTX 1660 Ti outperforms RTX A500 Mobile by 113% in 3DMark 11 Performance GPU.

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	104 +73.3%	60 −73.3%
1440p	57 +83.9%	31 −83.9%
4K	38 +138%	16−18 −138%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

no data

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	86	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	74	no data
Battlefield 5	130	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	95	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	71	no data
Far Cry 5	104	no data
Far Cry New Dawn	112	no data
Forza Horizon 4	131	no data
Hitman 3	65−70	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	180	no data
Metro Exodus	134	no data
Red Dead Redemption 2	119	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	156	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	85−90	no data

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	72	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	55	no data
Battlefield 5	121	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	85	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	57	no data
Far Cry 5	82	no data
Far Cry New Dawn	79	no data
Forza Horizon 4	218	no data
Hitman 3	65−70	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	130−140	no data
Metro Exodus	103	no data
Red Dead Redemption 2	103	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	127	no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	116	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	85−90	no data

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	53	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	50	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	70	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	46	no data
Far Cry 5	61	no data
Forza Horizon 4	97	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	102	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	110	no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	62	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	85−90	no data

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

no data

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	75	no data
Far Cry New Dawn	82	no data

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	41	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	36	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	55	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	27	no data
Far Cry 5	67	no data
Forza Horizon 4	77	no data
Hitman 3	40−45	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	75	no data
Metro Exodus	65	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	78	no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	45−50	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	27−30	no data

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

no data

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	36	no data
Far Cry New Dawn	29	no data
Hitman 3	27−30	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	40−45	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	26	no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	43	no data

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	25	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	19	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	25	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	11	no data
Far Cry 5	20	no data
Forza Horizon 4	51	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	42	no data
Metro Exodus	35	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	16−18	no data

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

no data

This is how GTX 1660 Ti and RTX A500 Mobile compete in popular games:

GTX 1660 Ti is 73% faster in 1080p
GTX 1660 Ti is 84% faster in 1440p
GTX 1660 Ti is 138% faster in 4K

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	33.47	15.48
Recency	22 February 2019	30 March 2022
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	4 GB
Chip lithography	12 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	120 Watt	60 Watt