GeForce GTX 1660 and Radeon 540X - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GTX 1660 vs Radeon 540X
GeForce GTX 1660
12040
Radeon 540X
1472
GeForce GTX 1660
Radeon 540X
Architecture
Turing (2018−2021)
GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)
GPU code name
Turing TU116
Lexa
Market segment
Desktop
Laptop
Release date
March 2019
August 2019
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 3.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors
1x 8-pin
None
Boost clock speed
1785 MHz
1219 MHz
Core clock speed
1530 MHz
-
Manufacturing process technology
12 nm
14 nm
Number of transistors
6,600 million
2,200 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1408
512
Power consumption (TDP)
120 Watt
50 Watt
Texture fill rate
157.1
33.47
Memory type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount
6 GB
2 GB
Memory bus width
192 Bit
64 Bit
Memory clock speed
8000 MHz
6000 MHz
Memory bandwidth
192.1 GB/s
112.0 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
HDMI
+
+
DirectX
12 (12_1)
12 (12_0)
CUDA
7.5
-
OpenCL
1.2
2.0
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
Shader Model
6.5
6.4
Vulkan
1.2.131
1.2.131