GeForce GTX 1660 vs Radeon R9 M295X Mac Edition

Place in performance ranking	358	170
Place by popularity	not in top-100	47
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	24.99
Architecture	GCN 3.0 (2014−2017)	Turing (2018−2021)
GPU code name	Amethyst	Turing TU116
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	23 November 2014 (9 years ago)	14 March 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$219
Current price	no data	$252 (1.2x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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	2048	1408
Core clock speed	850 MHz	1530 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1785 MHz
Number of transistors	5,000 million	6,600 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	250 Watt	120 Watt
Texture fill rate	108.8	157.1
Floating-point performance	3,482 gflops	no data

Form factor & 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).

Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	no data	229 mm
Width	MXM Module	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	1x 8-pin

VRAM capacity and type

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	GDDR5	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	6 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	5448 MHz	8000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	174.3 GB/s	192.1 GB/s
Shared memory	no data	-

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	6.3	6.5
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	2.0	1.2
Vulkan	1.2.131	1.2.131
CUDA	no data	7.5

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	35−40 −140%	84 +140%
1440p	21−24 −138%	50 +138%
4K	10−12 −170%	27 +170%

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	13.42	30.27
Recency	23 November 2014	14 March 2019
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	6 GB
Chip lithography	28 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	250 Watt	120 Watt