AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
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Compared 2 processors: AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT, vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device
Review
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
Tests & specs
Specs & test comparisonGames
| Game title | 1080p (High) 1080p (Ultra) 1440p (Ultra) 4K (Ultra) | |
 Forza Horizon 5 | 237 162 142 109 | 88 53 43 26 |
 The Witcher 3 | 255 226 166 88 | 80 63 43 22 |
 Counter-Strike 2 | 323 219 160 81 | 131 93 68 28 |
 Far Cry 6 | 200 177 155 100 | 71 62 46 23 |
 Hogwarts Legacy | 152 128 104 56 | 44 36 28 13 |
 COD Modern Warfare 3 | 240 225 172 114 | 56 44 32 20 |
 Ghost of Tsushima | 156 129 112 71 | 43 34 22 13 |
 Cyberpunk 2077 | 185 160 110 51 | 44 39 22 10 |
 Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 279 260 195 106 | 77 71 47 23 |
| 1080p High | 225 | 70 |
| 1080p Ultra | 187 | 55 |
| 1440p Ultra | 146 | 39 |
| 4K Ultra | 86 | 20 |
| Deviation | Low | Low |
Benchmarks
| Time Spy | 30268 | 6047 |
| Solar Bay | 119007 | 19265 |
| Port Royal | 18715 | 1549 |
| Fire Strike | 66051 | 16183 |
| Night Raid | 199232 | 74430 |
| Background Blur | 427.4 frames/s | 122.5 frames/s |
| Face Detection | 251 frames/s | 68.6 frames/s |
| Horizon Detection | 6.77 Gpix/sec | 2.56 Gpix/sec |
| Edge Detection | 9.42 Gpix/sec | 3.33 Gpix/sec |
| Gaussian Blur | 9.35 Gpix/sec | 3.21 Gpix/sec |
| Feature Matching | 1.42 Gpix/sec | 0.86 Gpix/sec |
| Stereo Matching | 651.4 Gpix/sec | 273.3 Gpix/sec |
| Particle Physics | 23630 fps | 8476.3 fps |
| API | OpenCL | OpenCL |
| G2D Mark | 1347 | 804 |
| DirectX 11 | 294 fps | 103 fps |
| DirectX 12 | 80 fps | 49 fps |
| GPU Compute | 15847 Ops/s | 5099 Ops/s |
| Aztec Ruins (Normal) | 1653.8 fps | 396.1 fps |
| Car Chase | 1403.1 fps | 339.7 fps |
| Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p) | 1113.5 fps | 304.7 fps |
| T-Rex | 4704.1 fps | 1502.8 fps |
| ALU 2 | 8678.1 fps | 1607.1 fps |
| Driver Overhead 2 | 313.1 fps | 272.1 fps |
| API | OpenGL | OpenGL |
| OS | Windows | Windows |
| Tessellation | 6928.5 | 1760.2 |
Tech Specs
Specs & test comparisonGeneral 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 | TU116 |
| Price | 599 | 229 |
GPU
| GPU Frequency | 1660 MHz | 1530 MHz |
| Boost GPU Frequency | 2970 MHz | 1785 MHz |
| Shader Units | 4096 | 1408 |
| TMUs | 256 | 88 |
| ROPs | 128 | 48 |
| Execution Units | 64 | 22 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | 64 | No |
| Tensor Cores | 128 | 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 | 380 Gpix/sec | 86 Gpix/sec |
| Texture Fill Rate | 760 GTex/s | 157 GTex/s |
| FLOPS | 48.7 TFLOPS | 5 TFLOPS |
Process
| Interface | PCIe 5.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| TGP | 304 W | 125 W |
| Process | TSMC | TSMC |
| Process tech. | 4 nm | 12 nm |
| Transistor Size | 357 mm² | 284 mm² |
| Transistor count | 53.9 billion | 6 billion |
| Transistor density | 150.98 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
API
| DirectX | 12 | 12 |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| CUDA | n/a | 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 XT the clear winner in this comparison.
Survey
Total Votes: 2
