AMD Radeon RX 560 vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660

Compared 2 processors: AMD Radeon RX 560, vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon RX 560 and Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660
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
34
17
15
n/a
81
46
37
22
The Witcher 3
15
15
9
n/a
72
59
42
21
Counter-Strike 2
33
19
15
n/a
122
86
59
24
Far Cry 6
28
19
13
n/a
65
57
42
21
Hogwarts Legacy
13
11
n/a
n/a
41
34
24
12
COD Modern Warfare 3
26
22
17
9
50
42
30
19
Ghost of Tsushima
13
9
n/a
n/a
36
29
22
10
Cyberpunk 2077
12
10
n/a
n/a
41
36
22
n/a
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
23
19
13
n/a
68
62
43
21
Avg FPS
1080p High2264
1080p Ultra1650
1440p Ultra1136
4K Ultra-18
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 560
1769
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660
5094
Time Spy18575443
Solar Bayn/a18090
Port Royaln/a1457
Fire Strike649514194
Night Raid2551066156
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 560
19139
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660
60105
Background Blur34 frames/s107.7 frames/s
Face Detection17.6 frames/s58.6 frames/s
Horizon Detection0.69 Gpix/sec2.07 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection1.43 Gpix/sec2.61 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur1.15 Gpix/sec3 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.2 Gpix/sec0.77 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching65.5 Gpix/sec301.7 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics2232.5 fps8078.5 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 560
3657
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660
11660
G2D Mark487776
DirectX 1124 fps79 fps
DirectX 1220 fps48 fps
GPU Compute1449 Ops/s5157 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 560
25.5 fps
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660
65.4 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)144.3 fps355.8 fps
Car Chasen/a317.5 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)n/a282.1 fps
T-Rexn/a1281.3 fps
ALU 2n/a1549.9 fps
Driver Overhead 2n/a258.3 fps
APIVulkanOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellationn/a1714.8

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced April, 18, 2017 March, 14, 2019
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range Entry-level
Architecture GCN 4.0 Turing
Codename Polaris 21 TU116
Price 99 219

GPU

GPU Frequency 1175 MHz 1530 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1275 MHz 1785 MHz
Shader Units 1024 1408
TMUs 64 88
ROPs 16 48
Execution Units n/a 22
Ray Tracing Cores No No
Tensor Cores No No
L1 cache 16 KB/core 64 KB/core
L2 cache 1024 KB/core 1536 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 20 Gpix/sec 86 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 82 GTex/s 157 GTex/s
FLOPS 2.6 TFLOPS 5 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 PCIe 3.0 x16
TGP 75 W 120 W
Process GlobalFoundries TSMC
Process tech. 14 nm 12 nm
Transistor Size 123 mm² 284 mm²
Transistor count 3 billion 6 billion
Transistor density 24.39 MTr/mm² 21.13 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR5 GDDR5
Memory Frequency 1750 MHz 2001 MHz
Bus 128 bit 192 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 7000 MB/s 8000 MB/s
Memory Size 4 GB 6 GB
Max Throughput
AMD Radeon RX 560
112 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660
192.1 GB/s

API

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

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 the clear winner in this comparison.

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