NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 vs AMD Radeon RX 560

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Combined performance score

RX 560
9.42

GeForce GTX 1660 outperforms Radeon RX 560 by 220% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

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

Place in performance ranking432170
Place by popularity6848
Value for money1.6825.04
ArchitectureGCN 4.0 (2016−2020)Turing (2018−2021)
GPU code namePolaris 21Turing TU116
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date18 April 2017 (6 years old)14 March 2019 (5 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$99 $219
Current price$381 (3.8x MSRP)$252 (1.2x MSRP)
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

GTX 1660 has 1390% better value for money than RX 560.

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 cores10241408
Core clock speed1175 MHz1530 MHz
Boost clock speed1275 MHz1785 MHz
Number of transistors3,000 million6,600 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)75 Watt120 Watt
Texture fill rate81.60157.1
Floating-point performance2,611 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
Length170 mm229 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone1x 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 width128 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed7000 MHz8000 MHz
Memory bandwidth112.0 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 DisplayPort1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
HDMI++

API support

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

DirectX12 (12_0)12 (12_1)
Shader Model6.46.5
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.

RX 560 9.42
GTX 1660 30.17
+220%

GeForce GTX 1660 outperforms Radeon RX 560 by 220% 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%

RX 560 3650
GTX 1660 11692
+220%

GeForce GTX 1660 outperforms Radeon RX 560 by 220% in Passmark.

GeekBench 5 OpenCL

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses OpenCL API by Khronos Group.

Benchmark coverage: 9%

RX 560 18780
GTX 1660 57413
+206%

GeForce GTX 1660 outperforms Radeon RX 560 by 206% in GeekBench 5 OpenCL.

GeekBench 5 Vulkan

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses Vulkan API by AMD & Khronos Group.

Benchmark coverage: 5%

RX 560 18272
GTX 1660 55668
+205%

GeForce GTX 1660 outperforms Radeon RX 560 by 205% in GeekBench 5 Vulkan.

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 HD35
−146%
86
+146%
1440p14−16
−243%
48
+243%
4K8−9
−250%
28
+250%

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 9.42 30.17
Recency 18 April 2017 14 March 2019
Cost $99 $219
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 6 GB
Chip lithography 14 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 120 Watt

The GeForce GTX 1660 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon RX 560 in performance tests.


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