GeForce GTX 1660 Ti vs Radeon R9 295X2

GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
Memory: 6144Mb GDDR6DESKTOP
Release date: 22 Feb 2019
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
Radeon R9 295X2
Memory: 4096Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 29 Apr 2014
Radeon R9 295X2

Summary

Gaming performance index

  • GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
    129%
  • Radeon R9 295X2
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 1660 Ti

29% higher gaming performance.
380 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the Radeon R9 295X2 .
This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support.
Supports PhysX
Supports G-Sync
Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute
Supports DirectX Raytracing (DXR)
Supports Deep Learning Super-Sampling (DLSS)

Reasons to consider Radeon R9 295X2

Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute
Supports FreeSync
Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
Supports TrueAudio
Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications

GeForce GTX 1660 Ti

HWBench recommends GeForce GTX 1660 Ti

The GeForce GTX 1660 Ti is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (6 combinations of games and resolutions).


Specifications

Core Configuration

GeForce GTX 1660 TiRadeon R9 295X2
GPU NameTU116 (TU116-400-A1)vsVesuvius (Vesuvius XT)
Fab Process12 nmvs28 nm
Die Size284 mm²vs438 mm²
Transistors6,600 millionvs6,200 million
Shaders1536vs2816
Compute Units24vs44
Core clock1500 MHzvs1018 MHz
ROPs48vs64
TMUs96vs176

Memory Configuration

GeForce GTX 1660 TiRadeon R9 295X2
Memory TypeGDDR6vsGDDR5
Bus Width192 bitvs512 bit x2
Memory Speed1500 MHz
12000 MHz effective
vs1250 MHz
5000 MHz effective
Memory Size6144 Mbvs4096 Mb

Additional details

GeForce GTX 1660 TiRadeon R9 295X2
TDP120 wattsvs500 watts
Release Date22 Feb 2019vs29 Apr 2014

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
    84.96 GP/s
  • Radeon R9 295X2
    130.40 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
    169.90 GT/s
  • Radeon R9 295X2
    358.40 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
    288.00 GB/s
  • Radeon R9 295X2
    640.00 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
    5437.00 GFLOPs
  • Radeon R9 295X2
    11466.00 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better

Game benchmarks

Grand Theft Auto V

DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA

  • GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
    124
  • Radeon R9 295X2
    124

FPS (higher is better)

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA

  • GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
    91
  • Radeon R9 295X2
    48

FPS (higher is better)

Grand Theft Auto V

DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA

  • GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
    94
  • Radeon R9 295X2
    103

FPS (higher is better)

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA

  • GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
    64
  • Radeon R9 295X2
    39

FPS (higher is better)

Grand Theft Auto V

DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA

  • GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
    47
  • Radeon R9 295X2
    55

FPS (higher is better)

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA

  • GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
    34
  • Radeon R9 295X2
    23

FPS (higher is better)