GeForce GTX 1660 vs ATI Mobility Radeon HD 540v

Place in the ranking	1294	186
Place by popularity	not in top-100	39
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	48.20
Power efficiency	1.55	17.30
Architecture	TeraScale (2005−2013)	Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code name	M92	TU116
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	5 May 2010 (14 years ago)	14 March 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$219

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

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	80	1408
Core clock speed	550 MHz	1530 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1785 MHz
Number of transistors	242 million	6,600 million
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	120 Watt
Texture fill rate	4.400	157.1
Floating-point processing power	0.088 TFLOPS	5.027 TFLOPS
ROPs	4	48
TMUs	8	88

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	MXM-A (3.0)	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	no data	229 mm
Width	no data	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 8-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 type	GDDR3	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	6 GB
Memory bus width	64 Bit	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	2001 MHz
Memory bandwidth	12.8 GB/s	192.1 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 Connectors	Portable Device Dependent	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
HDMI	-	+

API compatibility

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

DirectX	10.1 (10_1)	12 (12_1)
Shader Model	4.1	6.5
OpenGL	3.3	4.6
OpenCL	1.1	1.2
Vulkan	N/A	1.2.131
CUDA	-	7.5

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.

ATI Mobility HD 540v 0.34

GTX 1660 30.28
+8806%

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

ATI Mobility HD 540v 1008

GTX 1660 71229
+6966%

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	0−1	83
1440p	0−1	49
4K	-0−1	26

Cost per frame, $

1080p	no data	2.64
1440p	no data	4.47
4K	no data	8.42

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

2−3

−3450%

71
+3450%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 −2067%	65−70 +2067%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 −3550%	73 +3550%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −2800%	58 +2800%
Hitman 3	4−5 −1625%	69 +1625%
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9 −3725%	306 +3725%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	4−5 −2525%	100−110 +2525%
Watch Dogs: Legion	27−30 −711%	227 +711%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 −4000%	123 +4000%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 −3250%	67 +3250%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −2250%	47 +2250%
Hitman 3	4−5 −1575%	67 +1575%
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9 −3488%	287 +3488%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	4−5 −2650%	110 +2650%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	9−10 −611%	60−65 +611%
Watch Dogs: Legion	27−30 −664%	214 +664%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 −2067%	65−70 +2067%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 −2350%	49 +2350%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −1900%	40 +1900%
Hitman 3	4−5 −1375%	59 +1375%
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9 −1063%	93 +1063%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	4−5 −2275%	95 +2275%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	9−10 −533%	57 +533%
Watch Dogs: Legion	27−30 −3.6%	29 +3.6%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077	0−1	24
Hitman 3	6−7 −550%	39 +550%
Horizon Zero Dawn	2−3 −3250%	67 +3250%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

2−3

−2550%

53
+2550%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2 −1800%	18−20 +1800%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	0−1	15

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

2−3

−1200%

26
+1200%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	59 +0%	59 +0%
Battlefield 5	95−100 +0%	95−100 +0%
Far Cry 5	65−70 +0%	65−70 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	75−80 +0%	75−80 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	160−170 +0%	160−170 +0%
Metro Exodus	144 +0%	144 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	112 +0%	112 +0%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	42 +0%	42 +0%
Battlefield 5	95−100 +0%	95−100 +0%
Far Cry 5	65−70 +0%	65−70 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	75−80 +0%	75−80 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	160−170 +0%	160−170 +0%
Metro Exodus	113 +0%	113 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	79 +0%	79 +0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	37 +0%	37 +0%
Far Cry 5	65−70 +0%	65−70 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	98 +0%	98 +0%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

+0%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	55−60 +0%	55−60 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	45−50 +0%	45−50 +0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	30−35 +0%	30−35 +0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	27 +0%	27 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	34 +0%	34 +0%
Far Cry 5	35−40 +0%	35−40 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	170−180 +0%	170−180 +0%
Metro Exodus	59 +0%	59 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	67 +0%	67 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	40−45 +0%	40−45 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	187 +0%	187 +0%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	30−33 +0%	30−33 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	24−27 +0%	24−27 +0%
Hitman 3	21 +0%	21 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	63 +0%	63 +0%
Metro Exodus	44 +0%	44 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	35 +0%	35 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	17 +0%	17 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	10 +0%	10 +0%
Far Cry 5	16−18 +0%	16−18 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	50 +0%	50 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	36 +0%	36 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	12 +0%	12 +0%

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

in Assassin's Creed Odyssey, with 1080p resolution and the High Preset, the GTX 1660 is 4000% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

GTX 1660 is ahead in 29 tests (41%)
there's a draw in 41 test (59%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.34	30.28
Recency	5 May 2010	14 March 2019
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	6 GB
Chip lithography	55 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	120 Watt

ATI Mobility HD 540v has 700% lower power consumption.

GTX 1660, on the other hand, has a 8805.9% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 8 years, a 1100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 358.3% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce GTX 1660 is our recommended choice as it beats the Mobility Radeon HD 540v in performance tests.

Be aware that Mobility Radeon HD 540v is a notebook card while GeForce GTX 1660 is a desktop one.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.