GeForce GTX 490 vs GTX 1660 Ti

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking160not rated
Place by popularity31not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation44.24no data
Power efficiency19.13no data
ArchitectureTuring (2018−2022)Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code nameTU116GF100
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date22 February 2019 (5 years ago)no data
Launch price (MSRP)$279 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores1536480
Core clock speed1500 MHz608 MHz
Boost clock speed1770 MHzno data
Number of transistors6,600 million3,100 million
Manufacturing process technology12 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)120 Watt365 Watt
Texture fill rate169.936.48
Floating-point processing power5.437 TFLOPS1.166 TFLOPS
ROPs4848
TMUs9660

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).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 2.0 x16
Length229 mm279 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 8-pin2x 8-pin

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 GB1536 MB
Memory bus width192 Bit384 Bit
Memory clock speed1500 MHz854 MHz
Memory bandwidth288.0 GB/s164.0 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 DisplayPort3x DVI, 1x mini-DisplayPort
HDMI+-

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
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.21.1
Vulkan1.2.131N/A
CUDA7.52.0

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 1536 MB
Chip lithography 12 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 120 Watt 365 Watt

GTX 1660 Ti has a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 233.3% more advanced lithography process, and 204.2% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 1660 Ti and GeForce GTX 490. We've got no test results to judge.


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