NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660
vs
AMD Radeon RX 460 (16CU)


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 and the AMD Radeon RX 460 (16CU), we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 and has 1408 texture shaders and 22 execution units.

AMD Radeon RX 460 (16CU) is based on AMD Radeon RX 460 (16CU), which has 1024 shaders and 16 execution units.
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 GPU AMD Radeon RX 460 (16CU)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Based on AMD Radeon RX 460 (16CU)
TU116-300-A1 GPU Chip Baffin XT
Turing Architecture Baffin
22 Streaming Multiprocessors 16
1408 Shader 1024
48 Render Output Units 16
88 Texture Units 64
0 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 has 6 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR5 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 192 GB/s.

The AMD Radeon RX 460 (16CU) can access 2 GB GDDR5 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 112 GB/s.

6 GB Memory Size 2 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR5
2.000 GHz Memory Clock 1.750 GHz
8.0 Gbps Memory Speed 7.0 Gbps
192 GB/s Memory bandwidth 112 GB/s
192 bit Memory Interface 128 bit

Clock Speeds

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 clocks in the base with up to 1.530 GHz. The base frequency of the AMD Radeon RX 460 (16CU) is 1.090 GHz.

1.530 GHz Base Clock 1.090 GHz
1.785 GHz Boost Clock 1.200 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 is 120 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 8-Pin connector.

The AMD Radeon RX 460 (16CU) has a TDP of 75 W and is supplied with the required energy via PCIe power connectors.

120 W TDP 75 W
-- TDP (up) --
95 °C Tjunction max 95 °C
1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power

Cooler & Fans

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 has a total of 0 Axial fans.

The AMD Radeon RX 460 (16CU) has 1 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
-- Fan 1 1 x 90 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
dB Noise (Idle) dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

In the connectivity category, we recorded the number of ports on a graphics card. A total of 3 screens can be connected to the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660.

The AMD Radeon RX 460 (16CU) supports a maximum of 3 screens.

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

Featureset

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the AMD Radeon RX 460 (16CU) is 7680x4320 pixels.

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

Supported Video Codecs

The support and acceleration of certain video codecs directly in the graphics card reduces the load when playing or creating videos.

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

Dimensions

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 is 145 mm long, 111 mm high and -- wide.

The AMD Radeon RX 460 (16CU) is -- long, -- high and -- wide.

145 mm Length --
111 mm Height --
-- Width --
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) --
-- Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 8

Additional data

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 was released in Q1/2019 at a price of 219 $ (Reference).

The AMD Radeon RX 460 (16CU) was introduced in Q1/2017 at a price of 139 $ (Reference).

-- Part-no --
Q1/2019 Release date Q1/2017
219 $ (Reference) Launch Price 139 $ (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)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 NVIDIA 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)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660
6 GB GDDR5
30 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660
6 GB GDDR5
55 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 NVIDIA 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

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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