NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 vs AMD Radeon R7 A360

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Combined performance score

R7 A360
1.57

GeForce GTX 1660 outperforms Radeon R7 A360 by 1822% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

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

Place in performance ranking916170
Place by popularitynot in top-10048
Value for moneyno data25.04
ArchitectureGCN 3.0 (2014−2017)Turing (2018−2021)
GPU code nameMesoTuring TU116
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date5 May 2015 (8 years old)14 March 2019 (5 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$219
Current price$2500 $252 (1.2x MSRP)
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

R7 A360 and GTX 1660 have a nearly equal value for money.

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 cores3841408
Core clock speed725 MHz1530 MHz
Boost clock speed1125 MHz1785 MHz
Number of transistors1,550 million6,600 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data120 Watt
Texture fill rate27.00157.1
Floating-point performance864.0 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).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x8PCIe 3.0 x16
Lengthno data229 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 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 typeDDR3GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount2 GB6 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed1800 MHz8000 MHz
Memory bandwidth14.4 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 ConnectorsNo outputs1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
HDMIno data+

API support

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

DirectX12 (12_0)12 (12_1)
Shader Model6.06.5
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.01.2
Vulkan1.2.1311.2.131
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 A360 1.57
GTX 1660 30.17
+1822%

GeForce GTX 1660 outperforms Radeon R7 A360 by 1822% 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 A360 607
GTX 1660 11692
+1826%

GeForce GTX 1660 outperforms Radeon R7 A360 by 1826% in Passmark.

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 HD4−5
−2050%
86
+2050%
1440p2−3
−2300%
48
+2300%
4K1−2
−2700%
28
+2700%

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 1.57 30.17
Recency 5 May 2015 14 March 2019
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 6 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 12 nm

The GeForce GTX 1660 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon R7 A360 in performance tests.


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