Radeon 540 vs GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
Aggregate performance score
We've compared GeForce GTX 1660 Ti and Radeon 540, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.
1660 Ti outperforms 540 by a whopping 781% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 203 | 769 |
| Place by popularity | 34 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 32.42 | 0.10 |
| Power efficiency | 19.48 | 5.30 |
| Architecture | Turing (2018−2022) | GCN 4.0 (2016−2020) |
| GPU code name | TU116 | Lexa |
| Market segment | Desktop | Desktop |
| Release date | 22 February 2019 (6 years ago) | 20 April 2017 (8 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $279 | $79 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.
GTX 1660 Ti has 32320% better value for money than Radeon 540.
Performance to price scatter graph
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 | 1536 | 384 |
| Core clock speed | 1500 MHz | 1183 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1770 MHz | 1124 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 6,600 million | 2,200 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 12 nm | 14 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 120 Watt | 50 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 169.9 | 28.39 |
| Floating-point processing power | 5.437 TFLOPS | 0.9085 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 48 | 16 |
| TMUs | 96 | 24 |
| L1 Cache | 1.5 MB | 96 KB |
| L2 Cache | 1536 KB | 512 KB |
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).
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x8 |
| Length | 229 mm | 145 mm |
| Width | 2-slot | 1-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 8-pin | None |
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 | 1 GB |
| Memory bus width | 192 Bit | 32 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1500 MHz | 1500 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 288.0 GB/s | 24 GB/s |
| Shared memory | - | - |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort | 2x DisplayPort 1.4a |
| HDMI | + | - |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (12_1) | 12 (12_0) |
| Shader Model | 6.5 | 6.7 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 2.1 |
| Vulkan | 1.2.131 | 1.3 |
| CUDA | 7.5 | - |
Synthetic benchmarks
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.
Passmark
This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.
GeekBench 5 OpenCL
Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses OpenCL API by Khronos Group.
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
+940%
| 10−12
−940%
|
| 1440p | 59
+883%
| 6−7
−883%
|
| 4K | 39
+875%
| 4−5
−875%
|
Cost per frame, $
| 1080p | 2.68
+194%
| 7.90
−194%
|
| 1440p | 4.73
+178%
| 13.17
−178%
|
| 4K | 7.15
+176%
| 19.75
−176%
|
- GTX 1660 Ti has 194% lower cost per frame in 1080p
- GTX 1660 Ti has 178% lower cost per frame in 1440p
- GTX 1660 Ti has 176% lower cost per frame in 4K
FPS performance in popular games
Full HD
Low
| Counter-Strike 2 | 170−180
+867%
|
18−20
−867%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 78
+875%
|
8−9
−875%
|
| Hogwarts Legacy | 65−70
+871%
|
7−8
−871%
|
Full HD
Medium
| Battlefield 5 | 129
+821%
|
14−16
−821%
|
| Counter-Strike 2 | 170−180
+867%
|
18−20
−867%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 71
+788%
|
8−9
−788%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 109
+808%
|
12−14
−808%
|
| Fortnite | 247
+815%
|
27−30
−815%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 131
+836%
|
14−16
−836%
|
| Forza Horizon 5 | 107
+792%
|
12−14
−792%
|
| Hogwarts Legacy | 65−70
+871%
|
7−8
−871%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 200
+852%
|
21−24
−852%
|
| Valorant | 190−200
+829%
|
21−24
−829%
|
Full HD
High
| Battlefield 5 | 112
+833%
|
12−14
−833%
|
| Counter-Strike 2 | 170−180
+867%
|
18−20
−867%
|
| Counter-Strike: Global Offensive | 270−280
+817%
|
30−33
−817%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 57
+850%
|
6−7
−850%
|
| Dota 2 | 181
+906%
|
18−20
−906%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 99
+890%
|
10−11
−890%
|
| Fortnite | 143
+794%
|
16−18
−794%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 122
+917%
|
12−14
−917%
|
| Forza Horizon 5 | 94
+840%
|
10−11
−840%
|
| Grand Theft Auto V | 119
+892%
|
12−14
−892%
|
| Hogwarts Legacy | 65−70
+871%
|
7−8
−871%
|
| Metro Exodus | 55
+817%
|
6−7
−817%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 150
+838%
|
16−18
−838%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 116
+867%
|
12−14
−867%
|
| Valorant | 190−200
+829%
|
21−24
−829%
|
Full HD
Ultra
| Battlefield 5 | 102
+920%
|
10−11
−920%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 46
+820%
|
5−6
−820%
|
| Dota 2 | 168
+833%
|
18−20
−833%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 94
+840%
|
10−11
−840%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 97
+870%
|
10−11
−870%
|
| Hogwarts Legacy | 65−70
+871%
|
7−8
−871%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 129
+821%
|
14−16
−821%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 62
+786%
|
7−8
−786%
|
| Valorant | 118
+883%
|
12−14
−883%
|
Full HD
Epic
| Fortnite | 117
+875%
|
12−14
−875%
|
1440p
High
| Counter-Strike 2 | 70−75
+800%
|
8−9
−800%
|
| Counter-Strike: Global Offensive | 210−220
+804%
|
24−27
−804%
|
| Grand Theft Auto V | 62
+786%
|
7−8
−786%
|
| Metro Exodus | 33
+1000%
|
3−4
−1000%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 170−180
+872%
|
18−20
−872%
|
| Valorant | 230−240
+863%
|
24−27
−863%
|
1440p
Ultra
| Battlefield 5 | 76
+850%
|
8−9
−850%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 27
+800%
|
3−4
−800%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 67
+857%
|
7−8
−857%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 77
+863%
|
8−9
−863%
|
| Hogwarts Legacy | 35−40
+1067%
|
3−4
−1067%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 50−55
+800%
|
6−7
−800%
|
1440p
Epic
| Fortnite | 75
+838%
|
8−9
−838%
|
4K
High
| Counter-Strike 2 | 30−35
+1000%
|
3−4
−1000%
|
| Grand Theft Auto V | 56
+833%
|
6−7
−833%
|
| Hogwarts Legacy | 20−22
+900%
|
2−3
−900%
|
| Metro Exodus | 21
+950%
|
2−3
−950%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 43
+975%
|
4−5
−975%
|
| Valorant | 180−190
+790%
|
21−24
−790%
|
4K
Ultra
| Battlefield 5 | 43
+975%
|
4−5
−975%
|
| Counter-Strike 2 | 30−35
+1000%
|
3−4
−1000%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 11
+1000%
|
1−2
−1000%
|
| Dota 2 | 94
+840%
|
10−11
−840%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 35
+1067%
|
3−4
−1067%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 51
+920%
|
5−6
−920%
|
| Hogwarts Legacy | 20−22
+900%
|
2−3
−900%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 39
+875%
|
4−5
−875%
|
4K
Epic
| Fortnite | 25
+1150%
|
2−3
−1150%
|
This is how GTX 1660 Ti and Radeon 540 compete in popular games:
- GTX 1660 Ti is 940% faster in 1080p
- GTX 1660 Ti is 883% faster in 1440p
- GTX 1660 Ti is 875% faster in 4K
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 28.91 | 3.28 |
| Recency | 22 February 2019 | 20 April 2017 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 6 GB | 1 GB |
| Chip lithography | 12 nm | 14 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 120 Watt | 50 Watt |
GTX 1660 Ti has a 781.4% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 1 year, a 500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 16.7% more advanced lithography process.
Radeon 540, on the other hand, has 140% lower power consumption.
The GeForce GTX 1660 Ti is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon 540 in performance tests.
Other comparisons
We selected several comparisons of graphics cards with performance close to those reviewed, providing you with more options to consider.
