Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 vs AMD Radeon RX Vega 7

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660, vs AMD Radeon RX Vega 7. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 and AMD Radeon RX Vega 7
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
17
9
n/a
n/a
The Witcher 3
72
59
42
21
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Counter-Strike 2
122
86
59
24
20
15
10
n/a
Far Cry 6
65
57
42
21
14
12
n/a
n/a
Hogwarts Legacy
41
34
24
12
9
n/a
n/a
n/a
COD Modern Warfare 3
50
42
30
19
16
13
11
n/a
Ghost of Tsushima
36
29
22
10
10
n/a
n/a
n/a
Cyberpunk 2077
41
36
22
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
68
62
43
21
11
10
9
n/a
Avg FPS
1080p High6412
1080p Ultra5010
1440p Ultra36-
4K Ultra18-
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660
5094
AMD Radeon RX Vega 7
939
Time Spy54431074
Solar Bay18090n/a
Port Royal1457n/a
Fire Strike141943399
Night Raid6615613201
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660
60105
AMD Radeon RX Vega 7
14408
Background Blur107.7 frames/s33.7 frames/s
Face Detection58.6 frames/s15.4 frames/s
Horizon Detection2.07 Gpix/sec0.35 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection2.61 Gpix/sec0.76 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur3 Gpix/sec0.69 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.77 Gpix/sec0.21 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching301.7 Gpix/sec54.7 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics8078.5 fps1957.6 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660
11660
AMD Radeon RX Vega 7
2250
G2D Mark776568
DirectX 1179 fps16 fps
DirectX 1248 fps11 fps
GPU Compute5157 Ops/s1215 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660
65.4 fps
AMD Radeon RX Vega 7
n/a
Aztec Ruins (Normal)355.8 fpsn/a
Car Chase317.5 fpsn/a
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)282.1 fpsn/a
T-Rex1281.3 fpsn/a
ALU 21549.9 fpsn/a
Driver Overhead 2258.3 fpsn/a
APIOpenGLn/a
OSWindowsn/a
Tessellation1714.8n/a

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia AMD
Build Discrete Integrated
Announced March, 14, 2019 January, 7, 2020
Form Factor PC use Laptop use
Use case Gaming Universal
Segment Entry-level Entry-level
Architecture Turing Raven
Codename TU116 n/a
Price 219 n/a

GPU

GPU Frequency 1530 MHz 300 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1785 MHz 1500-2000 MHz
Shader Units 1408 448
TMUs 88 28
ROPs 48 8
Execution Units 22 7
Ray Tracing Cores No No
Tensor Cores No No
L1 cache 64 KB/core n/a
L2 cache 1536 KB/core n/a
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 86 Gpix/sec 12-16 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 157 GTex/s 42-56 GTex/s
FLOPS 5 TFLOPS 1.3-1.8 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 IGP
TGP 120 W 10-45 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 12 nm 7 nm
Transistor Size 284 mm² n/a
Transistor count 6 billion n/a
Transistor density 21.13 MTr/mm² n/a

Memory

Interface GDDR5 System Shared
Memory Frequency 2001 MHz n/a
Bus 192 bit n/a
ECC support No No
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 RX Vega 7
n/a

API

DirectX 12 12.1
Vulkan 1.3 n/a
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA 7.5 n/a
DisplayPort 1.4a n/a
Ray Tracing No No
DLSS No No

Results

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