ASUS Phoenix GeForce GTX 1660
vs
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 WINDFORCE 8G


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The ASUS Phoenix GeForce GTX 1660 has 1408 shader units and these clock a maximum of 1.82 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 5.11 TFLOPS.

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 WINDFORCE 8G has 2304 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.27 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 5.83 TFLOPS.

GPU

The ASUS Phoenix GeForce GTX 1660 is equipped with a graphics chip of the Turing architecture, which has 22 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 WINDFORCE 8G is based on the Ellesmere architecture and is equipped with 36 execution units.
ASUS Phoenix GeForce GTX 1660 GPU GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 WINDFORCE 8G
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Based on AMD Radeon RX 480
TU116-300-A1 GPU Chip Polaris 10 XT
Turing Architecture Ellesmere
22 Streaming Multiprocessors 36
1408 Shader 2304
48 Render Output Units 32
88 Texture Units 144
0 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The ASUS Phoenix GeForce GTX 1660 is equipped with a 6 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory, which is equipped with 2.000 GHz clocks.

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 WINDFORCE 8G has a 4 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory and the memory clock is 2.000GHz.

6 GB Memory Size 4 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR5
2.000 GHz Memory Clock 2.000 GHz
8.0 Gbps Memory Speed 8.0 Gbps
192 GB/s Memory bandwidth 256 GB/s
192 bit Memory Interface 256 bit

Clock Speeds

The ASUS Phoenix GeForce GTX 1660 has a turbo clock of 1.815 GHz. The turbo frequency of the GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 WINDFORCE 8G is 1.266 GHz.

1.530 GHz Base Clock 1.120 GHz
1.815 GHz Boost Clock 1.266 GHz
1.79 GHz Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The ASUS Phoenix GeForce GTX 1660 has 1 x 8-Pin connectors through which it is supplied with power. The manufacturer specifies the maximum operating temperature of the graphics card as 95 °C.

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 WINDFORCE 8G is equipped with a 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 100 °C.

120 W TDP 150 W
-- TDP (up) --
95 °C Tjunction max 100 °C
1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The graphics processor and graphics memory of the ASUS Phoenix GeForce GTX 1660 are cooled with a Air cooling.

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 WINDFORCE 8G is cooled by a Air cooling.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
1 x 100 mm Fan 1 2 x 80 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
dB Noise (Idle) dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

The ASUS Phoenix GeForce GTX 1660 supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.2.

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 WINDFORCE 8G supports HDCP in version 2.2 and all previous versions.

3 Max. Displays 4
2.2 HDCP-Version 2.2
1x HDMI v2.0b HDMI Ports 1x HDMI v2.0b
1x DP v1.4 DP Ports 3x DP v1.4a
1 DVI Ports 1
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

The ASUS Phoenix GeForce GTX 1660 supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_1.

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 WINDFORCE 8G supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_0.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_1 DirectX 12_0
No Raytracing No
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
No LED lighting LED Addressable LED

Supported Video Codecs

This area lists which video codecs can be decoded or encoded by the graphics cards in hardware. As a result, the power consumption can be reduced due to a lower processor load.

Decode / Encode h264 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode h265 / HEVC Decode / Encode
No AV1 No
Decode VP8 No
Decode VP9 No

Dimensions

The ASUS Phoenix GeForce GTX 1660 is 39 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 WINDFORCE 8G is 39 mm and thus requires the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

174 mm Length 232 mm
121 mm Height 116 mm
39 mm Width 40 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16
No SFF-Ready No

Additional data

Manufactured using the 12 nanometer process, ASUS Phoenix GeForce GTX 1660 was released in Q1/2019.

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 WINDFORCE 8G published in Q2/2016 is manufactured with a structure width of 14 nanometers.

PH-GTX1660-6G Part-no GV-RX480WF2-8GD
Q1/2019 Release date Q2/2016
219 $ (Reference) Launch Price 199 $ (Reference)
12 nm Structure size 14 nm
data sheet Documents data sheet

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Benchmark results

3DMark Benchmark (DirectX, Raytracing)

3DMark is a benchmark program that determines the performance of certain components of a computer and then reports the performance as a numerical value.

Time Spy Extreme Graphics score

Port Royal (Raytracing)

The Last of Us Part 1

The Last of Us Part One is a game released by Sony in June 2013 exclusively for the Playstation and released for the PC in early 2023. The benchmark values here were determined at high details.

1920x1080 (1080p)

ASUS Phoenix GeForce GTX 1660 ASUS Phoenix GeForce GTX 1660
6 GB GDDR5
41 fps (avg)

Battlefield 5

Battlefield 5 is a visually stunning game that is ideal as a graphics card benchmark. We test the game with maximum details on Windows 10.

3840x2160 (2160p)

ASUS Phoenix GeForce GTX 1660 ASUS Phoenix GeForce GTX 1660
6 GB GDDR5
30 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

ASUS Phoenix GeForce GTX 1660 ASUS Phoenix GeForce GTX 1660
6 GB GDDR5
56 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

ASUS Phoenix GeForce GTX 1660 ASUS Phoenix GeForce GTX 1660
6 GB GDDR5
78 fps (avg)

Geekbench 6 (OpenCL, Vulkan, Metal)

Geekbench 6 is a cross-platform benchmark for main processors, which also carries out 3 different graphics benchmarks and outputs them in the form of a numerical value.

Geekbench 6 - OpenCL

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan

Geekbench 6 - Metal

FP32 Performance (Single-precision TFLOPS)

The theoretical computing power of the graphics card with single precision (32 bit) in TFLOPS indicates how many trillion FP32 floating point operations the graphics card (GPU) can perform per second.

FP32 (TFLOPS)

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