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AMD Radeon RX 9070 vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER

62 out 100
AMD Radeon RX 9070
VS
23 out 100
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
AMD Radeon RX 9070
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER

Compared 2 processors: AMD Radeon RX 9070, vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

  1. Differences
  2. Review
  3. General
  4. Benchmarks
  5. Processor
  6. Memory
  7. Comments (0)

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon RX 9070 and Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
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
Processors:
AMD Radeon RX 9070
vs
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
235
158
133
102
88
53
43
26
The Witcher 3
237
213
157
82
80
63
43
22
Counter-Strike 2
315
214
160
80
131
93
68
28
Far Cry 6
191
168
147
94
71
62
46
23
Hogwarts Legacy
143
121
95
55
44
36
28
13
COD Modern Warfare 3
222
211
156
105
56
44
32
20
Ghost of Tsushima
146
125
109
66
43
34
22
13
Cyberpunk 2077
171
154
107
47
44
39
22
10
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
266
242
186
98
77
71
47
23
Avg FPS
1080p High21470
1080p Ultra17855
1440p Ultra13939
4K Ultra8120
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 9070
22542
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
5672
Time Spy270046047
Solar Bay10507819265
Port Royal161581549
Fire Strike6055916183
Night Raid17049474430
Sources: 3DMark [AMD Radeon RX 9070], [Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER]
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 9070
149949
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
67074
Background Blur377.5 frames/s122.5 frames/s
Face Detection221.3 frames/s68.6 frames/s
Horizon Detection6.4 Gpix/sec2.56 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection8.99 Gpix/sec3.33 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur8.52 Gpix/sec3.21 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.36 Gpix/sec0.86 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching606 Gpix/sec273.3 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics8521.2 fps8476.3 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
Sources: GeekBench v6 [AMD Radeon RX 9070], [Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER]
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 9070
24877
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
12712
G2D Mark1274804
DirectX 11281 fps103 fps
DirectX 1272 fps49 fps
GPU Compute14704 Ops/s5099 Ops/s
Sources: PassMark [AMD Radeon RX 9070], [Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER]
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 9070
n/a
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
70.2 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)n/a396.1 fps
Car Chasen/a339.7 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)n/a304.7 fps
T-Rexn/a1502.8 fps
ALU 2n/a1607.1 fps
Driver Overhead 2n/a272.1 fps
APIn/aOpenGL
OSn/aWindows
Tessellationn/a1760.2
Sources: GFXBench 5 [Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER]
Geekbench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
AMD Radeon RX 9070
37056
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
n/a
GB6 ML Half Precision
AMD Radeon RX 9070
54866
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
n/a
GB6 ML Quantized
AMD Radeon RX 9070
29946
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
n/a
Image Classification (SP)15375n/a
Image Segmentation (HP)37834n/a
Horizon Detection43910n/a
Face Detection (HP)67858n/a
Pose Estimation (Q)172939n/a
Text Classification (SP)4469n/a
Machine Translation (HP)8499n/a
Object Detection (SP)15393n/a
Depth Estimation (Q)66890n/a
Style Transfer (SP)365633n/a
FrameworkONNXn/a
BackendDirectMLn/a
Sources: GeekBench v6 [AMD Radeon RX 9070]

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender GPU
AMD Radeon RX 9070
2688.73
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
n/a

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 7, 2025 October, 29, 2019
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end Entry-level
Architecture RDNA 4.0 Turing
Codename Navi 48 XL TU116
Price n/a 229

GPU

GPU Frequency 1330 MHz 1530 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2520 MHz 1785 MHz
Shader Units 3584 1408
TMUs 224 88
ROPs 128 48
Execution Units 56 22
Ray Tracing Cores 56 No
Tensor Cores 112 No
L1 cache 128 KB/core 64 KB/core
L2 cache 4000 KB/core 1536 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 4 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 323 Gpix/sec 86 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 564 GTex/s 157 GTex/s
FLOPS 36.1 TFLOPS 5 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 5.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
TGP 220 W 125 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 4 nm 12 nm
Transistor Size 356.5 mm² 284 mm²
Transistor count 53.9 billion 6 billion
Transistor density 151.19 MTr/mm² 21.13 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 2518 MHz 1750 MHz
Bus 256 bit 192 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 20100 MB/s 14000 MB/s
Memory Size 16 GB 6 GB
Max Throughput
AMD Radeon RX 9070
640 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
336 GB/s

API

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

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider AMD Radeon RX 9070 the clear winner in this comparison.

Survey

Which GPU would you pick?
1 (16.67%)
5 (83.33%)
Total Votes: 6

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