RTX A4000 vs GeForce GTX 1660

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce GTX 1660 with RTX A4000, including specs and performance data.

GTX 1660
2019
6 GB GDDR5, 120 Watt
30.15

RTX A4000 outperforms GTX 1660 by an impressive 67% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking19464
Place by popularity44not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation47.02no data
Power efficiency17.3424.88
ArchitectureTuring (2018−2022)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameTU116GA104
Market segmentDesktopWorkstation
Release date14 March 2019 (5 years ago)12 April 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$219 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the performance-to-price ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices for comparison.

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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 cores14086144
Core clock speed1530 MHz735 MHz
Boost clock speed1785 MHz1560 MHz
Number of transistors6,600 million17,400 million
Manufacturing process technology12 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)120 Watt140 Watt
Texture fill rate157.1299.5
Floating-point processing power5.027 TFLOPS19.17 TFLOPS
ROPs4896
TMUs88192
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).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Length229 mm241 mm
Width2-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 8-pin1x 6-pin

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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount6 GB16 GB
Memory bus width192 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed2001 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth192.1 GB/s448.0 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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort4x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI+-

API and SDK 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
DLSS-+

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.

GTX 1660 30.15
RTX A4000 50.48
+67.4%

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.

GTX 1660 11659
RTX A4000 19520
+67.4%

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.

GTX 1660 57946
RTX A4000 121331
+109%

GeekBench 5 Vulkan

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 Vulkan API by AMD & Khronos Group.

GTX 1660 56067
RTX A4000 111390
+98.7%

GeekBench 5 CUDA

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 CUDA API by NVIDIA.

GTX 1660 60172
RTX A4000 124547
+107%

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 HD86
−62.8%
140−150
+62.8%
1440p52
−63.5%
85−90
+63.5%
4K29
−55.2%
45−50
+55.2%

Cost per frame, $

1080p2.55no data
1440p4.21no data
4K7.55no data

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Atomic Heart 111
−62.2%
180−190
+62.2%
Counter-Strike 2 72
−66.7%
120−130
+66.7%
Cyberpunk 2077 71
−54.9%
110−120
+54.9%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Atomic Heart 83
−56.6%
130−140
+56.6%
Battlefield 5 100−110
−58.9%
170−180
+58.9%
Counter-Strike 2 56
−60.7%
90−95
+60.7%
Cyberpunk 2077 58
−63.8%
95−100
+63.8%
Far Cry 5 100
−60%
160−170
+60%
Fortnite 130−140
−65.4%
220−230
+65.4%
Forza Horizon 4 132
−66.7%
220−230
+66.7%
Forza Horizon 5 86
−62.8%
140−150
+62.8%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 110−120
−60.7%
180−190
+60.7%
Valorant 306
−63.4%
500−550
+63.4%

Full HD
High Preset

Atomic Heart 49
−63.3%
80−85
+63.3%
Battlefield 5 100−110
−58.9%
170−180
+58.9%
Counter-Strike 2 48
−66.7%
80−85
+66.7%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 270−280
−66.1%
450−500
+66.1%
Cyberpunk 2077 47
−59.6%
75−80
+59.6%
Dota 2 219
−59.8%
350−400
+59.8%
Far Cry 5 92
−63%
150−160
+63%
Fortnite 130−140
−65.4%
220−230
+65.4%
Forza Horizon 4 123
−62.6%
200−210
+62.6%
Forza Horizon 5 63
−58.7%
100−105
+58.7%
Grand Theft Auto V 115
−65.2%
190−200
+65.2%
Metro Exodus 57
−66.7%
95−100
+66.7%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 110−120
−60.7%
180−190
+60.7%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 102
−66.7%
170−180
+66.7%
Valorant 287
−56.8%
450−500
+56.8%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 100−110
−58.9%
170−180
+58.9%
Counter-Strike 2 43
−62.8%
70−75
+62.8%
Cyberpunk 2077 40
−62.5%
65−70
+62.5%
Dota 2 197
−52.3%
300−310
+52.3%
Far Cry 5 86
−62.8%
140−150
+62.8%
Forza Horizon 4 98
−63.3%
160−170
+63.3%
Forza Horizon 5 59
−61%
95−100
+61%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 110−120
−60.7%
180−190
+60.7%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 57
−66.7%
95−100
+66.7%
Valorant 115
−65.2%
190−200
+65.2%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Fortnite 130−140
−65.4%
220−230
+65.4%

1440p
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2 24−27
−60%
40−45
+60%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 190−200
−53.1%
300−310
+53.1%
Grand Theft Auto V 52
−63.5%
85−90
+63.5%
Metro Exodus 33
−66.7%
55−60
+66.7%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 129
−62.8%
210−220
+62.8%
Valorant 226
−54.9%
350−400
+54.9%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 75−80
−55.8%
120−130
+55.8%
Cyberpunk 2077 24
−66.7%
40−45
+66.7%
Far Cry 5 59
−61%
95−100
+61%
Forza Horizon 4 76
−57.9%
120−130
+57.9%
Forza Horizon 5 40
−62.5%
65−70
+62.5%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 45−50
−63.3%
80−85
+63.3%

1440p
Epic Preset

Fortnite 70−75
−57.1%
110−120
+57.1%

4K
High Preset

Atomic Heart 21−24
−52.2%
35−40
+52.2%
Counter-Strike 2 12−14
−61.5%
21−24
+61.5%
Grand Theft Auto V 49
−63.3%
80−85
+63.3%
Metro Exodus 20
−50%
30−33
+50%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 35
−57.1%
55−60
+57.1%
Valorant 125
−60%
200−210
+60%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 40−45
−59.1%
70−75
+59.1%
Counter-Strike 2 6
−66.7%
10−11
+66.7%
Cyberpunk 2077 10
−60%
16−18
+60%
Dota 2 87
−60.9%
140−150
+60.9%
Far Cry 5 30
−66.7%
50−55
+66.7%
Forza Horizon 4 50
−60%
80−85
+60%
Forza Horizon 5 22
−59.1%
35−40
+59.1%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 30−35
−56.3%
50−55
+56.3%

4K
Epic Preset

Fortnite 30−35
−66.7%
55−60
+66.7%

This is how GTX 1660 and RTX A4000 compete in popular games:

  • RTX A4000 is 63% faster in 1080p
  • RTX A4000 is 63% faster in 1440p
  • RTX A4000 is 55% faster in 4K

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 30.15 50.48
Recency 14 March 2019 12 April 2021
Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 16 GB
Chip lithography 12 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 120 Watt 140 Watt

GTX 1660 has 16.7% lower power consumption.

RTX A4000, on the other hand, has a 67.4% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 2 years, a 166.7% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 50% more advanced lithography process.

The RTX A4000 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTX 1660 in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 1660 is a desktop card while RTX A4000 is a workstation one.

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