GeForce GTX 1660 vs Radeon Pro Duo

Place in performance ranking	241	171
Place by popularity	not in top-100	43
Value for money	1.16	25.03
Architecture	GCN 3.0 (2014−2017)	Turing (2018−2021)
GPU code name	Capsaicin	Turing TU116
Market segment	Workstation	Desktop
Design	reference	no data
Release date	26 April 2016 (8 years ago)	14 March 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$1,499	$219
Current price	$4200 (2.8x MSRP)	$252 (1.2x MSRP)

Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

GTX 1660 has 2058% better value for money than Pro Duo.

Technical specs

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	4096	1408
Compute units	128	no data
Core clock speed	no data	1530 MHz
Boost clock speed	1000 MHz	1785 MHz
Number of transistors	8,900 million	6,600 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	350 Watt	120 Watt
Texture fill rate	256.0	157.1
Floating-point performance	2x 8,192 gflops	no data

Size and 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).

Bus support	PCIe 3.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	277 mm	229 mm
Width	2-slot	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	3x 8-pin	1x 8-pin

Memory

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	High Bandwidth Memory (HBM)	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	6 GB
Memory bus width	4096 Bit	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	500 MHz	8000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	512 GB/s	192.1 GB/s
Shared memory	no data	-

Video outputs and ports

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	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
Eyefinity	1	no data
Number of Eyefinity displays	6	no data
HDMI	+	+
DisplayPort support	+	no data

Technologies

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

AppAcceleration	+	no data
CrossFire	1	no data
Enduro	+	no data
FRTC	1	no data
FreeSync	1	no data
HD3D	+	no data
LiquidVR	1	no data
PowerTune	+	no data
TressFX	1	no data
TrueAudio	+	no data
ZeroCore	+	no data
UVD	+	no data
VCE	+	no data

API support

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

DirectX	DirectX® 12	12 (12_1)
Shader Model	6.0	6.5
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
OpenCL	2.0	1.2
Vulkan	+	1.2.131
Mantle	+	no data
CUDA	no data	7.5

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.

Pro Duo 21.01

GTX 1660 30.19
+43.7%

GeForce GTX 1660 outperforms Radeon Pro Duo by 44% based on our aggregated 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%

Pro Duo 8136

GTX 1660 11690
+43.7%

GeForce GTX 1660 outperforms Radeon Pro Duo by 44% in Passmark.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

Pro Duo 27110
+92.9%

GTX 1660 14055

Radeon Pro Duo outperforms GeForce GTX 1660 by 93% in 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics.

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	55−60 −56.4%	86 +56.4%
1440p	30−35 −60%	48 +60%
4K	18−20 −55.6%	28 +55.6%

Advantages and disadvantages

Performance score	21.01	30.19
Recency	26 April 2016	14 March 2019
Cost	$1499	$219
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	6 GB
Chip lithography	28 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	350 Watt	120 Watt