Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 vs AMD Radeon 780M

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660, vs AMD Radeon 780M. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 and AMD Radeon 780M
Games
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, Vulkan
AI/ML
AI workload testing
Professional Apps
3D modeling, video editing, rendering
Energy Efficiency
Power usage in various scenarios
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
81
46
37
22
51
26
22
12
The Witcher 3
72
59
42
21
29
25
13
n/a
Counter-Strike 2
122
86
59
24
46
27
19
n/a
Far Cry 6
65
57
42
21
39
31
19
10
Hogwarts Legacy
41
34
24
12
20
15
11
n/a
COD Modern Warfare 3
50
42
30
19
35
29
20
12
Ghost of Tsushima
36
29
22
10
20
16
10
n/a
Cyberpunk 2077
41
36
22
n/a
20
19
11
n/a
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
68
62
43
21
35
31
18
9
Avg FPS
1080p High6433
1080p Ultra5024
1440p Ultra3616
4K Ultra18-
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660
5094
AMD Radeon 780M
2675
Time Spy54432781
Solar Bay1809011162
Port Royal14571580
Fire Strike141947824
Night Raid6615633611
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660
60105
AMD Radeon 780M
32713
Background Blur107.7 frames/s86.4 frames/s
Face Detection58.6 frames/s35.8 frames/s
Horizon Detection2.07 Gpix/sec1.03 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection2.61 Gpix/sec1.36 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur3 Gpix/sec1.41 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.77 Gpix/sec0.41 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching301.7 Gpix/sec132.4 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics8078.5 fps4470.7 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660
11660
AMD Radeon 780M
7001
G2D Mark776878
DirectX 1179 fps67 fps
DirectX 1248 fps31 fps
GPU Compute5157 Ops/s3719 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660
65.4 fps
AMD Radeon 780M
34.6 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)355.8 fps183.4 fps
Car Chase317.5 fps202.9 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)282.1 fps161.6 fps
T-Rex1281.3 fps699.9 fps
ALU 21549.9 fps849.2 fps
Driver Overhead 2258.3 fps268.9 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation1714.81373.8

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia AMD
Build Discrete Integrated
Announced March, 14, 2019 January, 4, 2023
Form Factor PC use Laptop use
Use case Gaming Universal
Segment Entry-level Mid-range
Architecture Turing RDNA 3.0
Codename TU116 Phoenix
Price 219 n/a

GPU

GPU Frequency 1530 MHz 800 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1785 MHz 2700-2800 MHz
Shader Units 1408 768
TMUs 88 48
ROPs 48 32
Execution Units 22 12
Ray Tracing Cores No 12
Tensor Cores No n/a
L1 cache 64 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 1536 KB/core 2000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 86 Gpix/sec 86-90 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 157 GTex/s 130-134 GTex/s
FLOPS 5 TFLOPS 4.1-4.3 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x8
TGP 120 W 15 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 12 nm 4 nm
Transistor Size 284 mm² 178 mm²
Transistor count 6 billion 25.4 billion
Transistor density 21.13 MTr/mm² 142.7 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR5 System Shared
Memory Frequency 2001 MHz n/a
Bus 192 bit n/a
ECC support No n/a
Effective Memory Speed 8000 MB/s n/a
Memory Size 6 GB n/a
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660
192.1 GB/s
AMD Radeon 780M
n/a

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.3 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA 7.5 n/a
DisplayPort 1.4a 2.1
Ray Tracing No Yes
DLSS No No

Results

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