RTX A500 Mobile vs GeForce GTX 1660 Mobile
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | 309 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | no data | 20.39 |
| Architecture | Turing (2018−2022) | Ampere (2020−2024) |
| GPU code name | TU116B | GA107S |
| Market segment | Laptop | Mobile workstation |
| Release date | 15 May 2019 (5 years ago) | 22 March 2022 (2 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $229 | no data |
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 cores | 1280 | 2048 |
| Core clock speed | 1455 MHz | 832 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1590 MHz | 1537 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 6,600 million | no data |
| Manufacturing process technology | 12 nm | 8 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | no data | 60 Watt (20 - 60 Watt TGP) |
| Texture fill rate | 127.2 | 98.37 |
| Floating-point processing power | 4.07 TFLOPS | 6.296 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 48 | 48 |
| TMUs | 80 | 64 |
| Tensor Cores | no data | 64 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | no data | 16 |
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).
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
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 type | GDDR6 | GDDR6 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 6 GB | 4 GB |
| Memory bus width | 192 Bit | 64 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 2000 MHz | 1500 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 384.0 GB/s | 96 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 Connectors | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort | No outputs |
| HDMI | + | - |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (12_1) | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | 6.5 | 6.6 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | 1.2.140 | 1.3 |
| CUDA | 7.5 | 8.6 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 15 May 2019 | 22 March 2022 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 6 GB | 4 GB |
| Chip lithography | 12 nm | 8 nm |
GTX 1660 Mobile has a 50% higher maximum VRAM amount.
RTX A500 Mobile, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years, and a 50% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 1660 Mobile and RTX A500 Mobile. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that GeForce GTX 1660 Mobile is a notebook graphics card while RTX A500 Mobile is a mobile workstation one.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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