GALAX GeForce GTX 1660
vs
Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX Vega 56

The GALAX GeForce GTX 1660 is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 (Turing) and has 6 GB GDDR5 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 192 GB/s.

The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX Vega 56 is based on the AMD RX Vega 56 (GCN 5) and has 8 GB HBM2 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 410 GB/s.

The GALAX GeForce GTX 1660 has the TU116-300-A1 graphics chip installed, which is based on the Turing architecture.

The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX Vega 56 is based on the graphics chip Vega 10 XL, which comes from the GCN 5 architecture.

The graphics memory of the GALAX GeForce GTX 1660 clocks at 2.000 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 8.0 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX Vega 56 is 1.6 Gbps and the clock speed is 0.800 GHz.

The clock frequency of a graphics card determines the speed in connection with the graphics architecture.

The GALAX GeForce GTX 1660 is powered by 1 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 120 W.

The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX Vega 56 has 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 280 W.

The GALAX GeForce GTX 1660 is equipped with a total of 1 Radial main fans.

The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX Vega 56 has 2 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

Up to 3 screens can be operated with the GALAX GeForce GTX 1660.

The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX Vega 56 supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.

With the GALAX GeForce GTX 1660 it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum supported resolution of the Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX Vega 56 is 7680x4320 pixels.

The support and acceleration of certain video codecs can have a positive impact on the lower energy consumption and less waste heat from the graphics card.

The GALAX GeForce GTX 1660 is connected to the system via PCIe 3.0 x 16 lanes and requires 2 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX Vega 56 needs the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 3.0 x 16 Lanes interface.

The GALAX GeForce GTX 1660 has been manufactured with a structure width of 12 nanometers since Q1/2019.

The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX Vega 56 came on the market in Q3/2017 and will have a structure width of 14 nanometers manufactured.