PowerColor Radeon RX Vega 56 Nano Edition
vs
ASUS Dual GeForce GTX 1660 EVO


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The PowerColor Radeon RX Vega 56 Nano Edition 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 ASUS Dual GeForce GTX 1660 EVO is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 (Turing) and has 6 GB GDDR5 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 192 GB/s.

GPU

The PowerColor Radeon RX Vega 56 Nano Edition has the Vega 10 XL graphics chip installed, which is based on the GCN 5 architecture.

The ASUS Dual GeForce GTX 1660 EVO is based on the graphics chip TU116-300-A1, which comes from the Turing architecture.
PowerColor Radeon RX Vega 56 Nano Edition GPU ASUS Dual GeForce GTX 1660 EVO
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 graphics memory of the PowerColor Radeon RX Vega 56 Nano Edition clocks at 0.800 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 1.6 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the ASUS Dual GeForce GTX 1660 EVO is 8.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 2.000 GHz.

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

1.156 GHz Base Clock 1.530 GHz
1.471 GHz Boost Clock 1.815 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock 1.79 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The PowerColor Radeon RX Vega 56 Nano Edition is powered by 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 210 W.

The ASUS Dual GeForce GTX 1660 EVO has 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 120 W.

210 W TDP 120 W
-- TDP (up) --
100 °C Tjunction max 95 °C
1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The PowerColor Radeon RX Vega 56 Nano Edition is equipped with a total of 1 Axial main fans.

The ASUS Dual GeForce GTX 1660 EVO has 2 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

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

Connectivity

Up to 4 screens can be operated with the PowerColor Radeon RX Vega 56 Nano Edition.

The ASUS Dual GeForce GTX 1660 EVO supports the operation of a maximum of 3 monitors.

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

Featureset

With the PowerColor Radeon RX Vega 56 Nano Edition it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum supported resolution of the ASUS Dual GeForce GTX 1660 EVO is 7680x4320 pixels.

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

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.

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

Dimensions

The PowerColor Radeon RX Vega 56 Nano Edition is connected to the system via PCIe 3.0 x 16 lanes and requires 2 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The ASUS Dual GeForce GTX 1660 EVO needs the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 3.0 x 16 Lanes interface.

280 mm Length 242 mm
127 mm Height 130 mm
40 mm Width 53 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

The PowerColor Radeon RX Vega 56 Nano Edition has been manufactured with a structure width of 14 nanometers since Q3/2017.

The ASUS Dual GeForce GTX 1660 EVO came on the market in Q1/2019 and will have a structure width of 12 nanometers manufactured.

AXRX VEGA 56 NANO 8GBHBM2 Part-no DUAL-GTX1660-6G-EVO
Q3/2017 Release date Q1/2019
399 $ (Reference) Launch Price 219 $ (Reference)
14 nm Structure size 12 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 Dual GeForce GTX 1660 EVO ASUS Dual GeForce GTX 1660 EVO
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)

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

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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