GeForce GTX 1660 Max-Q vs Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000)

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking481not rated
Place by popularity34not in top-100
Power efficiency41.34no data
ArchitectureVega (2017−2020)Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code nameVegaTU116
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date7 January 2020 (4 years ago)no data
Launch price (MSRP)no data$229

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores512no data
Core clock speedno data1140 MHz
Boost clock speed2100 MHz1335 MHz
Number of transistorsno data6,600 million
Manufacturing process technology7 nm12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)15 Wattno 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).

Interfaceno dataPCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 6-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 clock speedno data8000 MHz
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 Connectorsno data1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
HDMI-+

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12_112.0 (12_1)
OpenGLno data4.6

Pros & cons summary


Chip lithography 7 nm 12 nm

RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) has a 71.4% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) and GeForce GTX 1660 Max-Q. We've got no test results to judge.


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AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000)
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