Radeon Pro Vega 48 vs GeForce GTX 660 Ti

Place in performance ranking	387	178
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	2.67	26.41
Architecture	Kepler (2012−2018)	GCN 5.0 (2017−2020)
GPU code name	GK104	Vega 10
Market segment	Desktop	Mobile workstation
Release date	16 August 2012 (11 years ago)	19 March 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$299	no data
Current price	$189 (0.6x MSRP)	$671

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Pro Vega 48 has 889% better value for money than GTX 660 Ti.

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	1344	3072
CUDA cores	1344	no data
Core clock speed	915 MHz	1200 MHz
Boost clock speed	980 MHz	1300 MHz
Number of transistors	3,540 million	12,500 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	150 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	102.5 billion/sec	249.6
Floating-point performance	2,459.5 gflops	no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on GeForce GTX 660 Ti and Radeon Pro Vega 48 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.

Bus support	PCI Express 3.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	9.5" (24.1 cm)	no data
Height	4.376" (11.1 cm)	no data
Width	2-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	Two 6-pin	None
SLI options	+	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	GDDR5	HBM2
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	8 GB
Memory bus width	192-bit GDDR5	2048 Bit
Memory clock speed	6.0 GB/s	1572 MHz
Memory bandwidth	144.2 GB/s	402.4 GB/s
Shared memory	-	no data

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	One Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One HDMI, One DisplayPort	No outputs
Multi monitor support	4 displays	no data
HDMI	+	no data
HDCP	+	no data
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	no data
Audio input for HDMI	Internal	no data

Supported technologies

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

3D Blu-Ray	+	no data
3D Gaming	+	no data
3D Vision	+	no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (11_0)	12 (12_1)
Shader Model	5.1	6.4
OpenGL	4.3	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	2.0
Vulkan	1.1.126	1.1.125
CUDA	+	no data

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 660 Ti 11.42

Pro Vega 48 29.24
+156%

Radeon Pro Vega 48 outperforms GeForce GTX 660 Ti by 156% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. 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.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

GTX 660 Ti 4413

Pro Vega 48 11299
+156%

Radeon Pro Vega 48 outperforms GeForce GTX 660 Ti by 156% in Passmark.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 9%

GTX 660 Ti 15210

Pro Vega 48 53515
+252%

Radeon Pro Vega 48 outperforms GeForce GTX 660 Ti by 252% in GeekBench 5 OpenCL.

GeekBench 5 Vulkan

Benchmark coverage: 5%

GTX 660 Ti 14179

Pro Vega 48 57715
+307%

Radeon Pro Vega 48 outperforms GeForce GTX 660 Ti by 307% in GeekBench 5 Vulkan.

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

−147%

200−210
+147%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

18−20

−150%

45−50
+150%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	24−27 −150%	60−65 +150%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	18−20 −150%	45−50 +150%
Battlefield 5	35−40 −150%	90−95 +150%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	24−27 −140%	60−65 +140%
Cyberpunk 2077	18−20 −150%	45−50 +150%
Far Cry 5	30−35 −142%	80−85 +142%
Far Cry New Dawn	30−35 −150%	80−85 +150%
Forza Horizon 4	35−40 −144%	95−100 +144%
Hitman 3	24−27 −150%	65−70 +150%
Horizon Zero Dawn	35−40 −143%	90−95 +143%
Metro Exodus	30−35 −150%	85−90 +150%
Red Dead Redemption 2	30−35 −150%	80−85 +150%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	30−35 −150%	80−85 +150%
Watch Dogs: Legion	20−22 −150%	50−55 +150%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	24−27 −150%	60−65 +150%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	18−20 −150%	45−50 +150%
Battlefield 5	35−40 −150%	90−95 +150%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	24−27 −140%	60−65 +140%
Cyberpunk 2077	18−20 −150%	45−50 +150%
Far Cry 5	30−35 −142%	80−85 +142%
Far Cry New Dawn	30−35 −150%	80−85 +150%
Forza Horizon 4	35−40 −144%	95−100 +144%
Hitman 3	24−27 −150%	65−70 +150%
Horizon Zero Dawn	35−40 −143%	90−95 +143%
Metro Exodus	30−35 −150%	85−90 +150%
Red Dead Redemption 2	30−35 −150%	80−85 +150%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	30−35 −150%	80−85 +150%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	21−24 −139%	55−60 +139%
Watch Dogs: Legion	20−22 −150%	50−55 +150%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	24−27 −150%	60−65 +150%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	18−20 −150%	45−50 +150%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	24−27 −140%	60−65 +140%
Cyberpunk 2077	18−20 −150%	45−50 +150%
Far Cry 5	30−35 −142%	80−85 +142%
Forza Horizon 4	35−40 −144%	95−100 +144%
Horizon Zero Dawn	35−40 −143%	90−95 +143%
Metro Exodus	30−35 −150%	85−90 +150%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	21−24 −139%	55−60 +139%
Watch Dogs: Legion	20−22 −150%	50−55 +150%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

30−35

−150%

80−85
+150%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	21−24 −150%	55−60 +150%
Far Cry New Dawn	20−22 −150%	50−55 +150%
Hitman 3	16−18 −150%	40−45 +150%
Red Dead Redemption 2	8−9 −125%	18−20 +125%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	10−12 −145%	27−30 +145%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	8−9 −125%	18−20 +125%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	14−16 −150%	35−40 +150%
Cyberpunk 2077	6−7 −133%	14−16 +133%
Far Cry 5	18−20 −150%	45−50 +150%
Forza Horizon 4	21−24 −138%	50−55 +138%
Horizon Zero Dawn	21−24 −139%	55−60 +139%
Metro Exodus	18−20 −150%	45−50 +150%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	16−18 −135%	40−45 +135%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−12 −145%	27−30 +145%
Watch Dogs: Legion	6−7 −133%	14−16 +133%

4K
High Preset

Far Cry 5	24−27 −150%	65−70 +150%
Far Cry New Dawn	10−12 −145%	27−30 +145%
Hitman 3	7−8 −129%	16−18 +129%
Horizon Zero Dawn	12−14 −150%	30−33 +150%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	6−7 −133%	14−16 +133%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	9−10 −133%	21−24 +133%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	6−7 −133%	14−16 +133%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	5−6 −140%	12−14 +140%
Battlefield 5	10−11 −140%	24−27 +140%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	7−8 −129%	16−18 +129%
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 −100%	2−3 +100%
Forza Horizon 4	14−16 −133%	35−40 +133%
Horizon Zero Dawn	12−14 −150%	30−33 +150%
Metro Exodus	10−12 −145%	27−30 +145%
Watch Dogs: Legion	4−5 −150%	10−11 +150%