GeForce GTX 470 vs GTX 1660 Ti

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce GTX 1660 Ti and GeForce GTX 470, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

GTX 1660 Ti
2019
6 GB GDDR6, 120 Watt
33.47
+316%

GTX 1660 Ti outperforms GTX 470 by a whopping 316% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking157511
Place by popularity33not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation44.921.28
Power efficiency19.322.59
ArchitectureTuring (2018−2022)Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code nameTU116GF100
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date22 February 2019 (5 years ago)26 March 2010 (14 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$279 $349

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

GTX 1660 Ti has 3409% better value for money than GTX 470.

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores1536448
Core clock speed1500 MHz607 MHz
Boost clock speed1770 MHzno data
Number of transistors6,600 million3,100 million
Manufacturing process technology12 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)120 Watt215 Watt
Maximum GPU temperatureno data105 °C
Texture fill rate169.934.05
Floating-point processing power5.437 TFLOPS1.089 TFLOPS
ROPs4840
TMUs9656

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Bus supportno data16x PCI-E 2.0
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 2.0 x16
Length229 mm241 mm
Heightno data4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 8-pin2x 6-pin
SLI options-+

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR6GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount6 GB1280 MB
Memory bus width192 Bit320 Bit
Memory clock speed1500 MHz1674 MHz (3348 data rate)
Memory bandwidth288.0 GB/s133.9 GB/s
Shared memory--

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPortTwo Dual Link DVIMini HDMI
Multi monitor supportno data+
HDMI++
Maximum VGA resolutionno data2048x1536
Audio input for HDMIno dataInternal

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (12_1)12 (11_0)
Shader Model6.55.1
OpenGL4.64.2
OpenCL1.21.1
Vulkan1.2.131N/A
CUDA7.5+

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

GTX 1660 Ti 33.47
+316%
GTX 470 8.05

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

GTX 1660 Ti 12916
+316%
GTX 470 3106

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

GTX 1660 Ti 22892
+427%
GTX 470 4342

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

GTX 1660 Ti 61217
+265%
GTX 470 16753

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

GTX 1660 Ti 16024
+481%
GTX 470 2758

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

GTX 1660 Ti 93095
+261%
GTX 470 25757

GeekBench 5 OpenCL

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses OpenCL API by Khronos Group.

GTX 1660 Ti 60913
+457%
GTX 470 10940

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

900p220−230
+300%
55
−300%
Full HD102
+61.9%
63
−61.9%
1200p220−230
+315%
53
−315%
1440p60
+329%
14−16
−329%
4K40
+344%
9−10
−344%

Cost per frame, $

1080p2.745.54
1440p4.6524.93
4K6.9838.78

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 78
+500%
12−14
−500%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 86
+330%
20−22
−330%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 74
+573%
10−12
−573%
Battlefield 5 130
+442%
24−27
−442%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 95
+494%
16−18
−494%
Cyberpunk 2077 71
+446%
12−14
−446%
Far Cry 5 104
+478%
18−20
−478%
Far Cry New Dawn 112
+387%
21−24
−387%
Forza Horizon 4 231
+328%
50−55
−328%
Hitman 3 70−75
+338%
16−18
−338%
Horizon Zero Dawn 140−150
+215%
45−50
−215%
Metro Exodus 134
+458%
24−27
−458%
Red Dead Redemption 2 119
+441%
21−24
−441%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 171
+533%
27−30
−533%
Watch Dogs: Legion 120−130
+111%
55−60
−111%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 122
+510%
20−22
−510%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 55
+400%
10−12
−400%
Battlefield 5 121
+404%
24−27
−404%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 85
+431%
16−18
−431%
Cyberpunk 2077 57
+338%
12−14
−338%
Far Cry 5 82
+356%
18−20
−356%
Far Cry New Dawn 79
+243%
21−24
−243%
Forza Horizon 4 218
+304%
50−55
−304%
Hitman 3 70−75
+338%
16−18
−338%
Horizon Zero Dawn 140−150
+215%
45−50
−215%
Metro Exodus 114
+375%
24−27
−375%
Red Dead Redemption 2 89
+305%
21−24
−305%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 127
+370%
27−30
−370%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 70−75
+204%
21−24
−204%
Watch Dogs: Legion 120−130
+111%
55−60
−111%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 53
+165%
20−22
−165%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 50
+355%
10−12
−355%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 70
+338%
16−18
−338%
Cyberpunk 2077 46
+254%
12−14
−254%
Far Cry 5 61
+239%
18−20
−239%
Forza Horizon 4 97
+79.6%
50−55
−79.6%
Hitman 3 70−75
+338%
16−18
−338%
Horizon Zero Dawn 102
+122%
45−50
−122%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 110
+307%
27−30
−307%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 62
+170%
21−24
−170%
Watch Dogs: Legion 120−130
+111%
55−60
−111%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 97
+341%
21−24
−341%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 75
+369%
16−18
−369%
Far Cry New Dawn 54
+350%
12−14
−350%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 41
+413%
8−9
−413%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 36
+800%
4−5
−800%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 52
+550%
8−9
−550%
Cyberpunk 2077 27
+575%
4−5
−575%
Far Cry 5 41
+356%
9−10
−356%
Forza Horizon 4 202
+552%
30−35
−552%
Hitman 3 40−45
+282%
10−12
−282%
Horizon Zero Dawn 75
+341%
16−18
−341%
Metro Exodus 65
+550%
10−11
−550%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 78
+1014%
7−8
−1014%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 45−50
+557%
7−8
−557%
Watch Dogs: Legion 170−180
+241%
50−55
−241%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 65
+364%
14−16
−364%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 36
+414%
7−8
−414%
Far Cry New Dawn 29
+383%
6−7
−383%
Hitman 3 27−30
+575%
4−5
−575%
Horizon Zero Dawn 160−170
+462%
27−30
−462%
Metro Exodus 46
+667%
6−7
−667%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 43
+760%
5−6
−760%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 25
+400%
5−6
−400%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 19
+533%
3−4
−533%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 25
+525%
4−5
−525%
Cyberpunk 2077 11
+1000%
1−2
−1000%
Far Cry 5 20
+400%
4−5
−400%
Forza Horizon 4 51
+467%
9−10
−467%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 43
+1333%
3−4
−1333%
Watch Dogs: Legion 16−18
+433%
3−4
−433%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 44
+450%
8−9
−450%

This is how GTX 1660 Ti and GTX 470 compete in popular games:

  • GTX 1660 Ti is 300% faster in 900p
  • GTX 1660 Ti is 62% faster in 1080p
  • GTX 1660 Ti is 315% faster in 1200p
  • GTX 1660 Ti is 329% faster in 1440p
  • GTX 1660 Ti is 344% faster in 4K

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

  • in Shadow of the Tomb Raider, with 4K resolution and the Ultra Preset, the GTX 1660 Ti is 1333% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Without exception, GTX 1660 Ti surpassed GTX 470 in all 72 of our tests.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 33.47 8.05
Recency 22 February 2019 26 March 2010
Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 1280 MB
Chip lithography 12 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 120 Watt 215 Watt

GTX 1660 Ti has a 315.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 8 years, a 380% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 233.3% more advanced lithography process, and 79.2% lower power consumption.

The GeForce GTX 1660 Ti is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTX 470 in performance tests.


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