NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 vs AMD Radeon R7 240

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General info

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

Place in performance ranking803170
Place by popularitynot in top-10048
Value for money0.1525.04
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2012−2020)Turing (2018−2021)
GPU code nameOlandTuring TU116
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Designreferenceno data
Release date8 October 2013 (10 years old)14 March 2019 (5 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$69 $219
Current price$109 (1.6x MSRP)$252 (1.2x MSRP)
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

GTX 1660 has 16593% better value for money than R7 240.

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 cores3201408
Core clock speedno data1530 MHz
Boost clock speed780 MHz1785 MHz
Number of transistors950 million6,600 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)50 Watt120 Watt
Texture fill rate14.00157.1
Floating-point performance499.2 gflopsno 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 supportPCIe 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x8PCIe 3.0 x16
Length168 mm229 mm
Width1-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsN/A1x 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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount2 GB6 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed1150 MHz8000 MHz
Memory bandwidth72 GB/s192.1 GB/s
Shared memoryno 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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
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
CrossFire1no data
Enduro-no data
FreeSync1no data
HD3D-no data
PowerTune-no data
TrueAudio-no data
ZeroCore-no data
DDMA audio+no data

API support

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

DirectXDirectX® 1212 (12_1)
Shader Model5.16.5
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkanno data1.2.131
Mantle-no data
CUDAno data7.5

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.

R7 240
2.34

GeForce GTX 1660 outperforms Radeon R7 240 by 1189% in our combined 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%

R7 240 907
GTX 1660 11692
+1189%

GeForce GTX 1660 outperforms Radeon R7 240 by 1189% 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%

R7 240 1220
GTX 1660 14055
+1052%

GeForce GTX 1660 outperforms Radeon R7 240 by 1052% 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 HD6−7
−1333%
86
+1333%
1440p3−4
−1500%
48
+1500%
4K2−3
−1300%
28
+1300%

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 2.34 30.16
Recency 8 October 2013 14 March 2019
Cost $69 $219
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 6 GB
Memory bus width 128 192
Pipelines / CUDA cores 320 1408
Memory bandwidth 72 192.1
Chip lithography 28 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 50 Watt 120 Watt

The GeForce GTX 1660 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon R7 240 in performance tests.


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AMD Radeon R7 240
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