Playstation 3 RSX 40nm vs GeForce GTX 1660 Ti

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking157not rated
Place by popularity33not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation44.67no data
Power efficiency19.45no data
ArchitectureTuring (2018−2022)Curie (2003−2013)
GPU code nameTU116RSX-CXD5302
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date22 February 2019 (5 years ago)4 October 2012 (12 years ago)
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 cores1536no data
Core clock speed1500 MHz550 MHz
Boost clock speed1770 MHzno data
Number of transistors6,600 million302 million
Manufacturing process technology12 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)120 Watt35 Watt
Texture fill rate169.913.20
Floating-point processing power5.437 TFLOPSno data
ROPs488
TMUs9624

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 x16IGP
Length229 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 8-pinno data

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 typeGDDR6GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount6 GB256 MB
Memory bus width192 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1500 MHz700 MHz
Memory bandwidth288.0 GB/s22.4 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 DisplayPortNo outputs
HDMI+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)N/A
Shader Model6.5no data
OpenGL4.6ES 1.1
OpenCL1.2N/A
Vulkan1.2.131N/A
CUDA7.5-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 22 February 2019 4 October 2012
Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 256 MB
Chip lithography 12 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 120 Watt 35 Watt

GTX 1660 Ti has an age advantage of 6 years, a 2300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 233.3% more advanced lithography process.

Playstation 3 RSX 40nm, on the other hand, has 242.9% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 1660 Ti and Playstation 3 RSX 40nm. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 1660 Ti is a desktop card while Playstation 3 RSX 40nm is a notebook one.


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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
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