The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 G1 Gaming 8G has the Polaris 10 XT graphics chip installed, which is based on the Ellesmere architecture.
The Gainward GeForce GTX 1660 Ghost is based on the graphics chip TU116-300-A1, which comes from the Turing architecture.
Memory
Memory
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 G1 Gaming 8G
Gainward GeForce GTX 1660 Ghost
Memory Size
4 GB
6 GB
Memory Type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Memory Clock
2.000 GHz
2.000 GHz
Memory Speed
8.0 Gbps
8.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth
256 GB/s
192 GB/s
Memory Interface
256 bit
192 bit
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The graphics memory of the GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 G1 Gaming 8G clocks at 2.000 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 8.0 Gbps.
The graphics memory speed of the Gainward GeForce GTX 1660 Ghost is 8.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 2.000 GHz.
Clock Speeds
Clock Speeds
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 G1 Gaming 8G
Gainward GeForce GTX 1660 Ghost
Base Clock
1.120 GHz
1.530 GHz
Boost Clock
1.290 GHz
1.785 GHz
Overclocking
Yes
Yes
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The clock frequency of a graphics card determines the speed in connection with the graphics architecture.
Thermal Design
Thermal Design
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 G1 Gaming 8G
Gainward GeForce GTX 1660 Ghost
TDP
150 W
120 W
Tjunction max
100 °C
95 °C
PCIe-Power
1 x 8-Pin
1 x 8-Pin
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The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 G1 Gaming 8G is powered by 1 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 150 W.
The Gainward GeForce GTX 1660 Ghost has 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 120 W.
Cooler & Fans
Cooler & Fans
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 G1 Gaming 8G
Gainward GeForce GTX 1660 Ghost
Fan-Type
Axial
Axial
Fan 1
2 x 80 mm
2 x 90 mm
Cooler-Type
Air cooling
Air cooling
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The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 G1 Gaming 8G is equipped with a total of 2 Axial main fans.
The Gainward GeForce GTX 1660 Ghost has 2 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.
Connectivity
Connectivity
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 G1 Gaming 8G
Gainward GeForce GTX 1660 Ghost
Max. Displays
4
3
HDCP
2.2
2.2
HDMI
1x HDMI 2.0b
1x HDMI 2.0b
DisplayPort
3x DP 1.4a
1x DP 1.4
DVI
1
1
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Up to 4 screens can be operated with the GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 G1 Gaming 8G.
The Gainward GeForce GTX 1660 Ghost supports the operation of a maximum of 3 monitors.
Featureset
Featureset
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 G1 Gaming 8G
Gainward GeForce GTX 1660 Ghost
Max. resolution
7680x4320
7680x4320
DirectX
12_0
12_1
Raytracing
No
No
DLSS / FSR
Yes
Yes
LED
Addressable LED
No LED lighting
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With the GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 G1 Gaming 8G it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.
The maximum supported resolution of the Gainward GeForce GTX 1660 Ghost is 7680x4320 pixels.
Supported Video Codecs
Supported Video Codecs
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 G1 Gaming 8G
Gainward GeForce GTX 1660 Ghost
h264
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
VP8
No
Decode
VP9
No
Decode
AV1
No
No
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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.
Dimensions
Dimensions
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 G1 Gaming 8G
Gainward GeForce GTX 1660 Ghost
Length
232 mm
235 mm
Height
116 mm
115 mm
Width
40 mm
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Width (Slots)
2 Slots
2 Slots
SFF-Ready
No
No
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The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 G1 Gaming 8G is connected to the system via PCIe 3.0 x 16 lanes and requires 2 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.
The Gainward GeForce GTX 1660 Ghost needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 3.0 x 16 Lanes interface.
3DMark is a benchmark program that determines the performance of certain components of a computer and then reports the performance as a numerical value.
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.
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.
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.
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