Component comparison
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti vs RTX A500
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti vs RTX A500 — detailed GPU comparison: performance, gaming FPS, specifications.
Advantages
A
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
- + VRAM (GB) (+2 GB)
- + Bandwidth (GB/s) (+176 GB/s)
- + Memory bus (bit) (+128 bit)
- + TGP / TDP (W) (+20 W)
- + TMUs (+32)
- + ROPs (+16)
- + Energy efficiency (+4.6)
- + PassMark (overall) (+6080)
- + Normalized score (+47.9)
B
RTX A500
- + Release year (+2)
- + Memory clock (MHz) (+250 MHz)
- + Lithography (nm) (-4 nm)
- + CUDA cores (+512)
- + FP32 performance (TFLOPS) (+3.15 TFLOPS)
Detailed spec comparison
| Spec |
Component A
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
|
Component B
RTX A500
|
|---|---|---|
| Release year | 2019 | 2021 (+2) |
| VRAM (GB) | 6 GB (+2 GB) | 4 GB |
| Memory type | GDDR6 | GDDR6 |
| Memory clock (MHz) | 1500 MHz | 1750 MHz (+250 MHz) |
| Bandwidth (GB/s) | 288 GB/s (+176 GB/s) | 112 GB/s |
| Memory bus (bit) | 192 bit (+128 bit) | 64 bit |
| TGP / TDP (W) | 80 W (+20 W) | 60 W |
| Lithography (nm) | 12 nm | 8 nm (-4 nm) |
| Transistors (M) | 6,600M | — |
| Die size (mm²) | 284 mm² | — |
| Base clock (MHz) | — | — |
| Boost clock (MHz) | — | 1537 MHz |
| CUDA cores | 1,536 | 2,048 (+512) |
| TMUs | 96 (+32) | 64 |
| ROPs | 48 (+16) | 32 |
| RT cores | — | 16 |
| Tensor cores | — | 64 |
| FP32 performance (TFLOPS) | 4.10 TFLOPS | 7.25 TFLOPS (+3.15 TFLOPS) |
| Pixel fill rate (GPixel/s) | 84.96 GPixel/s | — |
| Texture fill rate (GTexel/s) | 169.90 GTexel/s | — |
| Energy efficiency | 24.9 (+4.6) | 20.2 |
| PassMark (overall) | 12,618 (+6080) | 6,538 |
| 3DMark Time Spy | 5,659 | — |
| 3DMark Fire Strike | 14,818 | — |
| Geekbench OpenCL | 60,911 | — |
| Geekbench Vulkan | 58,130 | — |
| Normalized score | 63.7 (+47.9) | 15.8 |
Only in component B
DLSS
ReBAR
In both
CUDA
FPS in games (1080p)
| Game | GeForce GTX 1660 Ti | RTX A500 | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|
| CS:GO | 240 FPS | 240 FPS | ≈ |
| GTA V | 140 FPS | 140 FPS | ≈ |
| Overwatch | 240 FPS | 240 FPS | ≈ |
| PUBG | 140 FPS | 140 FPS | ≈ |
Specs from public sources (PassMark, Geekbench). FPS measured at 1080p medium settings.
Based on the comparison:
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti wins 9 of the comparable criteria.
The choice depends on your use case.
🤔 How to choose
Universal advice for any use case.
- Reliability vs price: reliability (median 50) ↔ price (median 385.1).
- Weight vs CPU: mobility (median 48) ↔ overall performance (median 49.8).
- Upgradeability vs battery: upgradability (median 50) ↔ battery life (median 2.8).