ASUS Radeon RX Vega 56
vs
KFA2 GeForce GTX 1660


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The ASUS Radeon RX Vega 56 has 3584 shader units and these clock a maximum of 1.47 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 10.54 TFLOPS.

The KFA2 GeForce GTX 1660 has 1408 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.79 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 5.03 TFLOPS.

GPU

The ASUS Radeon RX Vega 56 is equipped with a graphics chip of the GCN 5 architecture, which has 56 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card KFA2 GeForce GTX 1660 is based on the Turing architecture and is equipped with 22 execution units.
ASUS Radeon RX Vega 56 GPU KFA2 GeForce GTX 1660
AMD RX Vega 56 Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660
Vega 10 XL GPU Chip TU116-300-A1
GCN 5 Architecture Turing
56 Streaming Multiprocessors 22
3584 Shader 1408
64 Render Output Units 48
256 Texture Units 88
0 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The ASUS Radeon RX Vega 56 is equipped with a 8 GB large HBM2 graphics memory, which is equipped with 0.800 GHz clocks.

The KFA2 GeForce GTX 1660 has a 6 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory and the memory clock is 2.000GHz.

8 GB Memory Size 6 GB
HBM2 Memory Type GDDR5
0.800 GHz Memory Clock 2.000 GHz
1.6 Gbps Memory Speed 8.0 Gbps
410 GB/s Memory bandwidth 192 GB/s
2048 bit Memory Interface 192 bit

Clock Speeds

The ASUS Radeon RX Vega 56 has a turbo clock of 1.471 GHz. The turbo frequency of the KFA2 GeForce GTX 1660 is 1.785 GHz.

1.156 GHz Base Clock 1.530 GHz
1.471 GHz Boost Clock 1.785 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The ASUS Radeon RX Vega 56 has 2 x 8-Pin connectors through which it is supplied with power. The manufacturer specifies the maximum operating temperature of the graphics card as 100 °C.

The KFA2 GeForce GTX 1660 is equipped with a 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 95 °C.

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

Cooler & Fans

The graphics processor and graphics memory of the ASUS Radeon RX Vega 56 are cooled with a Air cooling.

The KFA2 GeForce GTX 1660 is cooled by a Air cooling.

Radial Fan-Type Radial
1 x 70 mm Fan 1 1 x 75 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
37 dB Noise (Idle) dB
49 dB Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

The ASUS Radeon RX Vega 56 supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version --.

The KFA2 GeForce GTX 1660 supports HDCP in version 2.2 and all previous versions.

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

Featureset

The ASUS Radeon RX Vega 56 supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_1.

The KFA2 GeForce GTX 1660 supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_1.

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

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 Decode
Decode / Encode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The ASUS Radeon RX Vega 56 is 40 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the KFA2 GeForce GTX 1660 is 40 mm and thus requires the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

280 mm Length 281 mm
127 mm Height 124 mm
40 mm Width 41 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
1090 g Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

Manufactured using the 14 nanometer process, ASUS Radeon RX Vega 56 was released in Q3/2017.

The KFA2 GeForce GTX 1660 published in Q1/2019 is manufactured with a structure width of 12 nanometers.

RXVEGA56-8G Part-no 60SRH7MD01BK
Q3/2017 Release date Q1/2019
399 $ (Reference) Launch Price 219 $ (Reference)
14 nm Structure size 12 nm
-- 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)

KFA2 GeForce GTX 1660 KFA2 GeForce GTX 1660
6 GB GDDR5
1448

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)

KFA2 GeForce GTX 1660 KFA2 GeForce GTX 1660
6 GB GDDR5
40 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 Radeon RX Vega 56 ASUS Radeon RX Vega 56
8 GB HBM2
43 fps (avg)
KFA2 GeForce GTX 1660 KFA2 GeForce GTX 1660
6 GB GDDR5
30 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

ASUS Radeon RX Vega 56 ASUS Radeon RX Vega 56
8 GB HBM2
80 fps (avg)
KFA2 GeForce GTX 1660 KFA2 GeForce GTX 1660
6 GB GDDR5
55 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

ASUS Radeon RX Vega 56 ASUS Radeon RX Vega 56
8 GB HBM2
112 fps (avg)
KFA2 GeForce GTX 1660 KFA2 GeForce GTX 1660
6 GB GDDR5
77 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

ASUS Radeon RX Vega 56 ASUS Radeon RX Vega 56
8 GB HBM2
60539
KFA2 GeForce GTX 1660 KFA2 GeForce GTX 1660
6 GB GDDR5
58747

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan

ASUS Radeon RX Vega 56 ASUS Radeon RX Vega 56
8 GB HBM2
63794
KFA2 GeForce GTX 1660 KFA2 GeForce GTX 1660
6 GB GDDR5
55599

Geekbench 6 - Metal

ASUS Radeon RX Vega 56 ASUS Radeon RX Vega 56
8 GB HBM2
71932

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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