Tiger Lake-U Xe Graphics G7 vs GeForce GTX 1660 Ti

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce GTX 1660 Ti with Tiger Lake-U Xe Graphics G7, including specs and performance data.

GTX 1660 Ti
2019
6 GB GDDR6, 120 Watt
33.58
+237%

GTX 1660 Ti outperforms Tiger Lake-U Xe Graphics G7 by a whopping 237% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking161455
Place by popularity24not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation43.74no data
Power efficiency19.30no data
ArchitectureTuring (2018−2022)Gen. 11 Ice Lake (2019−2022)
GPU code nameTU116Tiger Lake Xe
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date22 February 2019 (5 years ago)15 August 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$279 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 cores153696
Core clock speed1500 MHzno data
Boost clock speed1770 MHzno data
Number of transistors6,600 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology12 nm10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)120 Wattno data
Texture fill rate169.9no data
Floating-point processing power5.437 TFLOPSno data
ROPs48no data
TMUs96no 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).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16no data
Length229 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 8-pinno 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 typeGDDR6DDR4
Maximum RAM amount6 GBno data
Memory bus width192 Bitno data
Memory clock speed1500 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth288.0 GB/sno 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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPortno data
HDMI+-

Supported technologies

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

Quick Syncno data+

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)DirectX 12_1
Shader Model6.5no data
OpenGL4.6no data
OpenCL1.2no data
Vulkan1.2.131-
CUDA7.5-

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 Ti 33.58
+237%
Tiger Lake-U Xe Graphics G7 9.95

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 Ti 16024
+220%
Tiger Lake-U Xe Graphics G7 5000

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 HD103
+243%
30−35
−243%
1440p60
+275%
16−18
−275%
4K39
+290%
10−12
−290%

Cost per frame, $

1080p2.71no data
1440p4.65no data
4K7.15no data

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2 65−70
+272%
18−20
−272%
Cyberpunk 2077 78
+271%
21−24
−271%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5 90
+181%
30−35
−181%
Counter-Strike 2 65−70
+272%
18−20
−272%
Cyberpunk 2077 36
+260%
10−11
−260%
Forza Horizon 4 156
+290%
40−45
−290%
Forza Horizon 5 94
+248%
27−30
−248%
Metro Exodus 98
+263%
27−30
−263%
Red Dead Redemption 2 119
+358%
24−27
−358%
Valorant 161
+324%
35−40
−324%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5 123
+284%
30−35
−284%
Counter-Strike 2 65−70
+272%
18−20
−272%
Cyberpunk 2077 28
+250%
8−9
−250%
Dota 2 140
+289%
35−40
−289%
Far Cry 5 118
+188%
40−45
−188%
Fortnite 134
+131%
55−60
−131%
Forza Horizon 4 127
+218%
40−45
−218%
Forza Horizon 5 72
+243%
21−24
−243%
Grand Theft Auto V 119
+231%
35−40
−231%
Metro Exodus 68
+152%
27−30
−152%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 180−190
+143%
75−80
−143%
Red Dead Redemption 2 45
+73.1%
24−27
−73.1%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 110−120
+283%
30−33
−283%
Valorant 82
+116%
35−40
−116%
World of Tanks 270−280
+93.1%
140−150
−93.1%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 78
+144%
30−35
−144%
Counter-Strike 2 65−70
+272%
18−20
−272%
Cyberpunk 2077 23
+283%
6−7
−283%
Dota 2 168
+367%
35−40
−367%
Far Cry 5 90−95
+120%
40−45
−120%
Forza Horizon 4 110
+175%
40−45
−175%
Forza Horizon 5 66
+267%
18−20
−267%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 98
+27.3%
75−80
−27.3%
Valorant 118
+293%
30−33
−293%

1440p
High Preset

Dota 2 62
+244%
18−20
−244%
Grand Theft Auto V 62
+377%
12−14
−377%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 170−180
+250%
50−55
−250%
Red Dead Redemption 2 28
+250%
8−9
−250%
World of Tanks 210−220
+258%
60−65
−258%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 63
+232%
18−20
−232%
Counter-Strike 2 30−35
+267%
9−10
−267%
Cyberpunk 2077 13
+333%
3−4
−333%
Far Cry 5 100−110
+382%
21−24
−382%
Forza Horizon 4 78
+255%
21−24
−255%
Forza Horizon 5 47
+292%
12−14
−292%
Metro Exodus 65
+261%
18−20
−261%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 55−60
+244%
16−18
−244%
Valorant 82
+242%
24−27
−242%

4K
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2 30−35
+267%
9−10
−267%
Dota 2 56
+250%
16−18
−250%
Grand Theft Auto V 56
+180%
20−22
−180%
Metro Exodus 21
+320%
5−6
−320%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 100−110
+253%
30−33
−253%
Red Dead Redemption 2 19
+217%
6−7
−217%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 56
+180%
20−22
−180%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 31
+244%
9−10
−244%
Counter-Strike 2 30−35
+267%
9−10
−267%
Cyberpunk 2077 6
+500%
1−2
−500%
Dota 2 94
+370%
20−22
−370%
Far Cry 5 45−50
+292%
12−14
−292%
Fortnite 45−50
+275%
12−14
−275%
Forza Horizon 4 43
+231%
12−14
−231%
Forza Horizon 5 24
+243%
7−8
−243%
Valorant 41
+242%
12−14
−242%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Far Cry 5 40−45
+0%
40−45
+0%
Fortnite 55−60
+0%
55−60
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 75−80
+0%
75−80
+0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 30−33
+0%
30−33
+0%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Fortnite 55−60
+0%
55−60
+0%

1440p
High Preset

Metro Exodus 18−20
+0%
18−20
+0%
Valorant 24−27
+0%
24−27
+0%

1440p
Epic Preset

Fortnite 24−27
+0%
24−27
+0%

4K
High Preset

Valorant 10−11
+0%
10−11
+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 27−30
+0%
27−30
+0%

4K
Epic Preset

Fortnite 10−11
+0%
10−11
+0%

This is how GTX 1660 Ti and Tiger Lake-U Xe Graphics G7 compete in popular games:

  • GTX 1660 Ti is 243% faster in 1080p
  • GTX 1660 Ti is 275% faster in 1440p
  • GTX 1660 Ti is 290% faster in 4K

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

  • in Far Cry 5, with 1440p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the GTX 1660 Ti is 382% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • GTX 1660 Ti is ahead in 34 tests (76%)
  • there's a draw in 11 tests (24%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 33.58 9.95
Recency 22 February 2019 15 August 2020
Chip lithography 12 nm 10 nm

GTX 1660 Ti has a 237.5% higher aggregate performance score.

Tiger Lake-U Xe Graphics G7, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, and a 20% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce GTX 1660 Ti is our recommended choice as it beats the Tiger Lake-U Xe Graphics G7 in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 1660 Ti is a desktop card while Tiger Lake-U Xe Graphics G7 is a notebook one.


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