NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 vs AMD Radeon R9 290X2

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General info

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

Place in performance rankingnot rated170
Place by popularitynot in top-10048
Value for moneyno data25.04
ArchitectureGCN 2.0 (2013−2017)Turing (2018−2021)
GPU code nameHawaiiTuring TU116
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date24 June 2014 (9 years old)14 March 2019 (5 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$1,399 $219
Current price$181 (0.1x MSRP)$252 (1.2x MSRP)
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores28161408
Core clock speed1000 MHz1530 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1785 MHz
Number of transistors6,200 million6,600 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)580 Watt120 Watt
Texture fill rate176.0157.1
Floating-point performance2x 5,632 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 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Lengthno data229 mm
Width3-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors4x 8-pin1x 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 amount4 GB6 GB
Memory bus width512 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed5400 MHz8000 MHz
Memory bandwidth345.6 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 Connectors2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
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API support

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

DirectX12 (12_0)12 (12_1)
Shader Model6.36.5
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.01.2
Vulkan1.2.1311.2.131
CUDAno data7.5

Advantages and disadvantages


Recency 24 June 2014 14 March 2019
Cost $1399 $219
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 6 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 580 Watt 120 Watt

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