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Side-by-side comparison of specifications and performance

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti

AMD Radeon HD 7970

AMD Radeon HD 7970

Performance Comparison

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti

210%
210%

AMD Radeon HD 7970

54%
54%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti is approximately 156% faster

Technical Specifications

SpecificationNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 TiAMD Radeon HD 7970
Graphics ProcessorDifferent
TU116
Tahiti
CoresDifferent
1536
2048
TMUsDifferent
96
128
ROPsDifferent
48
32
Memory SizeDifferent
6 GB
3 GB
Memory TypeDifferent
GDDR6
GDDR5
Bus WidthDifferent
192 bit
384 bit

Graphics Processor

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 TiAMD Radeon HD 7970
GPU NameDifferent
TU116
Tahiti
GPU VariantDifferent
TU116-400-A1
Tahiti XT(215-0821060)
ArchitectureDifferent
Turing
GCN 1.0
Foundry
TSMC
TSMC
Process SizeDifferent
12 nm
28 nm
TransistorsDifferent
6,600 million
4,313 million
DensityDifferent
23.2M / mm²
12.3M / mm²
Die SizeDifferent
284 mm²
352 mm²
Chip PackageDifferent
BGA-2228
N/A

Graphics Card

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 TiAMD Radeon HD 7970
Release DateDifferent
Feb 22nd, 2019
Jan 9th, 2012
GenerationDifferent
GeForce 16
Southern Islands(HD 7900)
PredecessorDifferent
GeForce 10
Northern Islands
SuccessorDifferent
GeForce 20
Sea Islands
ProductionDifferent
Active
End-of-life
Launch PriceDifferent
279 USD
549 USD
Current PriceDifferent
Amazon/Newegg
N/A
Bus Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 3.0 x16
ReviewsDifferent
59 in our database
191 in our database
AnnouncedDifferent
N/A
Dec 22nd, 2011

Clock Speeds

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 TiAMD Radeon HD 7970
Base ClockDifferent
1500 MHz
N/A
Boost ClockDifferent
1770 MHz
N/A
Memory ClockDifferent
1500 MHz12 Gbps effective
1375 MHz5.5 Gbps effective
GPU ClockDifferent
N/A
925 MHz

Memory

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 TiAMD Radeon HD 7970
Memory SizeDifferent
6 GB
3 GB
Memory TypeDifferent
GDDR6
GDDR5
Memory BusDifferent
192 bit
384 bit
BandwidthDifferent
288.0 GB/s
264.0 GB/s

Render Config

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 TiAMD Radeon HD 7970
Shading UnitsDifferent
1536
2048
TMUsDifferent
96
128
ROPsDifferent
48
32
SM CountDifferent
24
N/A
L1 CacheDifferent
64 KB (per SM)
16 KB (per CU)
L2 CacheDifferent
1536 KB
768 KB
Compute UnitsDifferent
N/A
32

Theoretical Performance

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 TiAMD Radeon HD 7970
Pixel RateDifferent
84.96 GPixel/s
29.60 GPixel/s
Texture RateDifferent
169.9 GTexel/s
118.4 GTexel/s
FP16 (half)Different
10.87 TFLOPS (2:1)
N/A
FP32 (float)Different
5.437 TFLOPS
3.789 TFLOPS
FP64 (double)Different
169.9 GFLOPS (1:32)
947.2 GFLOPS (1:4)

Board Design

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 TiAMD Radeon HD 7970
Slot Width
Dual-slot
Dual-slot
LengthDifferent
229 mm9 inches
275 mm10.8 inches
Height
111 mm4.4 inches
111 mm4.4 inches
WidthDifferent
35 mm1.4 inches
38 mm1.5 inches
TDPDifferent
120 W
250 W
Suggested PSUDifferent
300 W
600 W
OutputsDifferent
1x DVI1x HDMI 2.01x DisplayPort 1.4a
1x DVI1x HDMI 1.4a2x mini-DisplayPort 1.2
Power ConnectorsDifferent
1x 8-pin
1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Board NumberDifferent
PG160 SKU 21 PG161 SKU 21
109-C38637-00

Graphics Features

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 TiAMD Radeon HD 7970
DirectXDifferent
12 (12_1)
12 (11_1)
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
OpenCLDifferent
3.0
2.1 (1.2)
VulkanDifferent
1.3
1.2.170
CUDADifferent
7.5
N/A
Shader ModelDifferent
6.8
6.5 (5.1)

Comparison Summary

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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti vs GeForce GTX 1080

GeForce GTX 1080 Performance119%

GeForce GTX 1080 is 19% faster than NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti

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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti vs GeForce GTX 1070 Ti

GeForce GTX 1070 Ti Performance117%

GeForce GTX 1070 Ti is 17% faster than NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti

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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti vs Radeon RX 5600 XT

Radeon RX 5600 XT Performance115%

Radeon RX 5600 XT is 15% faster than NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti

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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti vs Radeon RX Vega 56

Radeon RX Vega 56 Performance110%

Radeon RX Vega 56 is 10% faster than NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti

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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti vs GeForce GTX 1070

GeForce GTX 1070 Performance106%

GeForce GTX 1070 is 6% faster than NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti

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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti vs GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER

GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER Performance100%

GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER is 0% slower than NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti

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AMD Radeon HD 7970 vs Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition

Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition Performance113%

Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition is 13% faster than AMD Radeon HD 7970

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AMD Radeon HD 7970 vs GeForce GTX 590

GeForce GTX 590 Performance113%

GeForce GTX 590 is 13% faster than AMD Radeon HD 7970

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AMD Radeon HD 7970 vs Radeon R9 280X

Radeon R9 280X Performance111%

Radeon R9 280X is 11% faster than AMD Radeon HD 7970

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AMD Radeon HD 7970 vs Radeon HD 6990

Radeon HD 6990 Performance109%

Radeon HD 6990 is 9% faster than AMD Radeon HD 7970

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AMD Radeon HD 7970 vs GeForce GTX 1050 Ti

GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Performance103%

GeForce GTX 1050 Ti is 3% faster than AMD Radeon HD 7970

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AMD Radeon HD 7970 vs GeForce GTX 680

GeForce GTX 680 Performance101%

GeForce GTX 680 is 1% faster than AMD Radeon HD 7970

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