SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 560 2G G5 14CU
vs
PNY GeForce GTX 1660 6GB Blower


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 560 2G G5 14CU has 896 shader units and these clock a maximum of 1.23 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 2.20 TFLOPS.

The PNY GeForce GTX 1660 6GB Blower 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 SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 560 2G G5 14CU is equipped with a graphics chip of the GCN 4 architecture, which has 14 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card PNY GeForce GTX 1660 6GB Blower is based on the Turing architecture and is equipped with 22 execution units.
SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 560 2G G5 14CU GPU PNY GeForce GTX 1660 6GB Blower
AMD Radeon RX 560 (14 CU) Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660
Polaris 21 XL GPU Chip TU116-300-A1
GCN 4 Architecture Turing
14 Streaming Multiprocessors 22
896 Shader 1408
16 Render Output Units 48
56 Texture Units 88
0 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 560 2G G5 14CU is equipped with a 2 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory, which is equipped with 1.500 GHz clocks.

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

2 GB Memory Size 6 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR5
1.500 GHz Memory Clock 2.000 GHz
6.0 Gbps Memory Speed 8.0 Gbps
96 GB/s Memory bandwidth 192 GB/s
128 bit Memory Interface 192 bit

Clock Speeds

The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 560 2G G5 14CU has a turbo clock of 1.226 GHz. The turbo frequency of the PNY GeForce GTX 1660 6GB Blower is 1.785 GHz.

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

Thermal Design

The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 560 2G G5 14CU has 1 x 6-Pin connectors through which it is supplied with power. The manufacturer specifies the maximum operating temperature of the graphics card as 97 °C.

The PNY GeForce GTX 1660 6GB Blower 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.

90 W TDP 120 W
-- TDP (up) --
97 °C Tjunction max 95 °C
1 x 6-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The graphics processor and graphics memory of the SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 560 2G G5 14CU are cooled with a Air cooling.

The PNY GeForce GTX 1660 6GB Blower is cooled by a Air cooling.

Axial Fan-Type Radial
1 x 90 mm Fan 1 1 x 70 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 560 2G G5 14CU supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.2.

The PNY GeForce GTX 1660 6GB Blower supports HDCP in version 2.2 and all previous versions.

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

Featureset

The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 560 2G G5 14CU supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12.

The PNY GeForce GTX 1660 6GB Blower supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_1.

5120x2880 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12 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 VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 560 2G G5 14CU is 36 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the PNY GeForce GTX 1660 6GB Blower is 36 mm and thus requires the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

210 mm Length 255 mm
112 mm Height 125 mm
36 mm Width 40 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 8 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

Manufactured using the 14 nanometer process, SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 560 2G G5 14CU was released in Q3/2017.

The PNY GeForce GTX 1660 6GB Blower published in Q1/2019 is manufactured with a structure width of 12 nanometers.

11267-19 Part-no VCG16606BLMPB
Q3/2017 Release date Q1/2019
99 $ (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)

PNY GeForce GTX 1660 6GB Blower PNY GeForce GTX 1660 6GB Blower
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)

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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