GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q vs GTX 490

Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated241
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data68.62
Power efficiencyno data26.44
ArchitectureFermi (2010−2014)Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code nameGF100TU116
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release dateno data (2024 years ago)23 April 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$229

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 cores4801536
Core clock speed608 MHz1140 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1335 MHz
Number of transistors3,100 million6,600 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)365 Watt60 Watt
Texture fill rate36.48128.2
Floating-point processing power1.166 TFLOPS4.101 TFLOPS
ROPs4848
TMUs6096

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 sizeno datamedium sized
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length279 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors2x 8-pinNone

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 amount1536 MB6 GB
Memory bus width384 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed854 MHz1500 MHz
Memory bandwidth164.0 GB/s288.0 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 Connectors3x DVI, 1x mini-DisplayPortNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)12 (12_1)
Shader Model5.16.5
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.11.2
VulkanN/A1.2.131
CUDA2.07.5

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 1536 MB 6 GB
Chip lithography 40 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 365 Watt 60 Watt

GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q has a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 233.3% more advanced lithography process, and 508.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 490 and GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 490 is a desktop card while GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q is a notebook one.


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