GeForce GTX 1660 vs Radeon R7 M460

Place in performance ranking	754	171
Place by popularity	not in top-100	52
Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation	0.11	25.02
Architecture	GCN (2011−2017)	Turing (2018−2021)
GPU code name	Meso	Turing TU116
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	21 February 2016 (8 years ago)	14 March 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$219
Current price	$900	$252 (1.2x MSRP)

Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

GTX 1660 has 22645% better value for money than R7 M460.

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	384	1408
Core clock speed	984 MHz	1530 MHz
Boost clock speed	1125 MHz	1785 MHz
Number of transistors	1,550 million	6,600 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	no data	120 Watt
Texture fill rate	27.00	157.1
Floating-point performance	864.0 gflops	no data

Form Factor & Compatibility

Information on Radeon R7 M460 and GeForce GTX 1660 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.

Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	no data	229 mm
Width	no data	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	1x 8-pin

Memory type	DDR3	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	6 GB
Memory bus width	64 Bit	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz	8000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	14.4 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	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
HDMI	no data	+

API Compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (12_0)	12 (12_1)
Shader Model	6.0	6.5
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	2.0	1.2
Vulkan	1.2.131	1.2.131
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.

R7 M460 2.82

GTX 1660 30.20
+971%

GeForce GTX 1660 outperforms Radeon R7 M460 by 971% 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%

R7 M460 1090

GTX 1660 11690
+972%

GeForce GTX 1660 outperforms Radeon R7 M460 by 972% in Passmark.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

R7 M460 5304

GTX 1660 71229
+1243%

GeForce GTX 1660 outperforms Radeon R7 M460 by 1243% in 3DMark Vantage Performance.

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

R7 M460 2139

GTX 1660 21131
+888%

GeForce GTX 1660 outperforms Radeon R7 M460 by 888% in 3DMark 11 Performance GPU.

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 M460 1177

GTX 1660 14055
+1094%

GeForce GTX 1660 outperforms Radeon R7 M460 by 1094% in 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics.

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

R7 M460 6081

GTX 1660 80889
+1230%

GeForce GTX 1660 outperforms Radeon R7 M460 by 1230% in 3DMark Cloud Gate GPU.

3DMark Ice Storm GPU

Ice Storm Graphics is an obsolete benchmark, part of 3DMark suite. Ice Storm was used to measure entry level laptops and Windows-based tablets performance. It utilizes DirectX 11 feature level 9 to display a battle between two space fleets near a frozen planet in 1280x720 resolution. Discontinued in January 2020, it is now superseded by 3DMark Night Raid.

Benchmark coverage: 8%

R7 M460 105142

GTX 1660 524782
+399%

GeForce GTX 1660 outperforms Radeon R7 M460 by 399% in 3DMark Ice Storm GPU.

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	13 −562%	86 +562%
1440p	4−5 −1100%	48 +1100%
4K	2−3 −1300%	28 +1300%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

5−6

−1320%

71
+1320%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	4−5 −1325%	55−60 +1325%
Battlefield 5	6−7 −1467%	90−95 +1467%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	12−14 −833%	112 +833%
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6 −1060%	58 +1060%
Far Cry 5	4−5 −2400%	100 +2400%
Far Cry New Dawn	4−5 −2275%	95 +2275%
Forza Horizon 4	7−8 −1786%	132 +1786%
Hitman 3	5−6 −2100%	110 +2100%
Horizon Zero Dawn	4−5 −1950%	82 +1950%
Red Dead Redemption 2	6−7 −1117%	73 +1117%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	9−10 −933%	93 +933%
Watch Dogs: Legion	1−2 −7700%	78 +7700%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	4−5 −1325%	55−60 +1325%
Battlefield 5	6−7 −1467%	90−95 +1467%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	12−14 −608%	85 +608%
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6 −840%	47 +840%
Far Cry 5	4−5 −2200%	92 +2200%
Far Cry New Dawn	4−5 −2125%	89 +2125%
Forza Horizon 4	7−8 −1657%	123 +1657%
Hitman 3	5−6 −1700%	90 +1700%
Horizon Zero Dawn	4−5 −1425%	61 +1425%
Metro Exodus	4−5 −1325%	57 +1325%
Red Dead Redemption 2	6−7 −567%	40 +567%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	9−10 −767%	78 +767%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	7 −1357%	102 +1357%
Watch Dogs: Legion	1−2 −6500%	66 +6500%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	4−5 −1325%	55−60 +1325%
Battlefield 5	6−7 −1467%	90−95 +1467%
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6 −700%	40 +700%
Far Cry 5	4−5 −2050%	86 +2050%
Far Cry New Dawn	4−5 −1950%	82 +1950%
Forza Horizon 4	7−8 −1300%	98 +1300%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	7−8 −714%	57 +714%
Watch Dogs: Legion	1−2 −2800%	29 +2800%

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	5−6 −1040%	57 +1040%
Hitman 3	6−7 −850%	57 +850%
Horizon Zero Dawn	9−10 −344%	40 +344%
Metro Exodus	1−2 −3200%	33 +3200%
Red Dead Redemption 2	1−2 −2400%	25 +2400%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	6−7 −700%	48 +700%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	0−1	30−35
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 −2300%	24 +2300%
Far Cry 5	4−5 −1375%	59 +1375%
Forza Horizon 4	1−2 −7500%	76 +7500%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	3−4 −1200%	35−40 +1200%

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 −1500%	32 +1500%
Hitman 3	3−4 −933%	31 +933%
Horizon Zero Dawn	7−8 −57.1%	11 +57.1%
Red Dead Redemption 2	1−2 −1500%	16−18 +1500%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2 −1900%	20−22 +1900%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2 −1400%	15 +1400%
Far Cry 5	4−5 −650%	30 +650%
Far Cry New Dawn	6−7 −417%	31 +417%