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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 GHz Edition

AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition

Performance Comparison

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti

186%
186%

AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition

54%
54%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti is approximately 132% faster

Technical Specifications

SpecificationNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 TiAMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
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 GHz Edition
GPU NameDifferent
TU116
Tahiti
GPU VariantDifferent
TU116-400-A1
Tahiti XT2(215-0821065)
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 GHz Edition
Release DateDifferent
Feb 22nd, 2019
Jun 22nd, 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
499 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

Clock Speeds

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 TiAMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
Base ClockDifferent
1500 MHz
1000 MHz
Boost ClockDifferent
1770 MHz
1050 MHz
Memory ClockDifferent
1500 MHz12 Gbps effective
1500 MHz6 Gbps effective

Memory

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

Render Config

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 TiAMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
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 GHz Edition
Pixel RateDifferent
84.96 GPixel/s
33.60 GPixel/s
Texture RateDifferent
169.9 GTexel/s
134.4 GTexel/s
FP16 (half)Different
10.87 TFLOPS (2:1)
N/A
FP32 (float)Different
5.437 TFLOPS
4.301 TFLOPS
FP64 (double)Different
169.9 GFLOPS (1:32)
1,075.2 GFLOPS (1:4)

Board Design

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 TiAMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
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
300 W
Suggested PSUDifferent
300 W
700 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 GHz Edition
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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