NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Super vs AMD Radeon RX 540

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Super $229
AMD Radeon RX 540
1408 Shaders
6GB GDDR6
1785MHz
512 Shaders
2GB GDDR5
1219MHz
FP32
5.03 TFLOPS
FP32
1.25 TFLOPS
FP16
10.05 TFLOPS
FP16
1.25 TFLOPS
Form Factor
PCIe Card
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Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.0-Slots
TDP
125W
TDP
Unknown
Power Connectors
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1x 8-Pin
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GB5 OpenCL 60,815
20%
GB5 OpenCL N/A
0%
GB5 CUDA 65,080
27%
GB5 CUDA N/A
0%
GB5 Metal N/A
0%
GB5 Metal N/A
0%
GB5 Vulkan 55,900
27%
GB5 Vulkan N/A
0%
OCT 2020.1 130
17%
OCT 2020.1 N/A
0%
OCT Metal N/A
0%
OCT Metal N/A
0%
Manufacturer
NVIDIA
Manufacturer
AMD
Chip Designer
NVIDIA
Chip Designer
AMD
Architecture
Turing
Architecture
GCN 4
Family
GeForce 16
Family
Radeon RX 500
Codename
NV168
TU116
Variant
TU116-300-A1
Codename
Lexa
Polaris 12
Variant
Polaris 12 XL
Market Segment
Desktop
Market Segment
Desktop
Release Date
10/29/2019
Release Date
4/18/2017
Foundry
TSMC
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Foundry
GlobalFoundries
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Fabrication Node
12FFN
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Fabrication Node
14LPP
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Die Size
284 mm²
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Die Size
103 mm²
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Transistor Count
6.6 Billion
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Transistor Count
2.2 Billion
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Transistor Density
23.24M/mm²
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Transistor Density
21.36M/mm²
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Form
PCIe Card
Form
PCIe Card
Shading Units
1408 Shaders
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Shading Units
512 Shaders
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Texture Mapping Units
88 TMUs
Texture Mapping Units
32 TMUs
Render Output Units
48 ROPs
Render Output Units
16 ROPs
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Streaming Multiprocessors
22 SMs
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Compute Units
8 CUs
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Graphics Processing Clusters
3 GPCs
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1530MHz Base
1785MHz
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1124MHz Base
1219MHz
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FP16
10.05 TFLOPS
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FP16
1.25 TFLOPS
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FP32
5.03 TFLOPS
FP32
1.25 TFLOPS
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-
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FP64
0.16 TFLOPS
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FP64
0.08 TFLOPS
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Pixel Fillrate
85.68 GPixel/s
Pixel Fillrate
19.504 GPixel/s
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Texture Fillrate
157.08 GTexel/s
Texture Fillrate
39.008 GTexel/s
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L1
32KB/SM Tex
64KB/SM
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L1
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16KB/CU
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L2
1.5MB Shared
L2
512KB Shared
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6GB
GDDR6
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2GB
GDDR5
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Bus Width
192Bit
Bus Width
128Bit
Clock
1750MHz
Transfer Rate
14GT/s
Bandwidth
336GB/s
Clock
1500MHz
Transfer Rate
6GT/s
Bandwidth
96GB/s
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TDP
125W
TDP
Unknown
Temp
95°C Max
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1x DVI-D Dual-Link
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1x DisplayPort 1.4
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1x HDMI 2.0
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1x DVI-D Dual-Link
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1x DisplayPort 1.4
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1x HDMI 2.0
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Max Resolution
7680x4320
Max Resolution
5120x2880
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
Variable Refresh Rate
G-Sync
FreeSync
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Variable Refresh Rate
-
FreeSync
-
Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Supported
Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Not Supported
Multi Monitor Support
3
Multi Monitor Support
3
Content Protection
HDCP 2.2
Content Protection
HDCP 2.2
Model
NVENC 7
Model
VCE 3.4
Codec
-
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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Codec
-
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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Model
NVDEC 4
Model
UVD 6.3
Codec
MPEG-1
MPEG-2
MPEG-4
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VC-1
VP8
VP9
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
-
-
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Codec
MPEG-1
MPEG-2
MPEG-4
JPEG
VC-1
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-
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
-
-
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Direct X
12
Direct 3D
12_1
Direct X
12
Direct 3D
12_0
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
3.0
Vulkan
1.2
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
2.1
Vulkan
1.3
Shader Model
6.6
CUDA
7.5
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PureVideo HD
VP10
VDPAU
Feature Set J
Shader Model
6.7
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GFX
8
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Not a Card
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1x Fan
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1x Fan
Power Connectors
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1x 8-Pin
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PCIe Version
3.0
PCIe Lanes
16
Slots Required
2.0
PCIe Version
3.0
PCIe Lanes
8
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Multi GPU Support
Supported
Type
CrossFire XDMA
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Height
110 mm (4.33 in)
Width
145 mm (5.71 in)
Depth
37 mm (1.46 in)
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