GeForce GTX 1660 vs HD Graphics 500

Place in the ranking	1151	183
Place by popularity	not in top-100	52
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	48.68
Power efficiency	8.95	17.58
Architecture	Generation 9.0 (2015−2016)	Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code name	Apollo Lake GT1	TU116
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	1 September 2015 (9 years ago)	14 March 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$219

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 cores	96	1408
Core clock speed	200 MHz	1530 MHz
Boost clock speed	650 MHz	1785 MHz
Number of transistors	189 million	6,600 million
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	10 Watt	120 Watt
Texture fill rate	7.800	157.1
Floating-point processing power	0.1248 TFLOPS	5.027 TFLOPS
ROPs	2	48
TMUs	12	88

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	Ring Bus	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	no data	229 mm
Width	no data	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	1x 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 type	DDR3L/LPDDR3/LPDDR4	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	6 GB
Memory bus width	System Shared	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	System Shared	2001 MHz
Memory bandwidth	no data	192.1 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	Portable Device Dependent	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
HDMI	-	+

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Quick Sync

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API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (12_1)	12 (12_1)
Shader Model	6.4	6.5
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	3.0	1.2
Vulkan	1.3	1.2.131
CUDA	-	7.5

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.

HD Graphics 500 0.77

GTX 1660 30.26
+3830%

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.

HD Graphics 500 298

GTX 1660 11674
+3817%

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.

HD Graphics 500 482

GTX 1660 21064
+4270%

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.

HD Graphics 500 363

GTX 1660 14164
+3807%

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.

HD Graphics 500 3007

GTX 1660 81755
+2619%

3DMark Ice Storm GPU

Ice Storm Graphics is an obsolete benchmark, part of 3DMark suite. Ice Storm was used to measure entry level laptops and Windows-based tablets performance. It utilizes DirectX 11 feature level 9 to display a battle between two space fleets near a frozen planet in 1280x720 resolution. Discontinued in January 2020, it is now superseded by 3DMark Night Raid.

HD Graphics 500 24609

GTX 1660 570753
+2219%

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:

Full HD	9 −811%	82 +811%
1440p	1 −4800%	49 +4800%
4K	0−1	27

Cost per frame, $

1080p	no data	2.67
1440p	no data	4.47
4K	no data	8.11

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

3−4

−2267%

71
+2267%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	5−6 −1200%	65−70 +1200%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 −2333%	73 +2333%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −1833%	58 +1833%
Far Cry New Dawn	1−2 −7600%	75−80 +7600%
Hitman 3	5−6 −1280%	69 +1280%
Horizon Zero Dawn	12−14 −2450%	306 +2450%
Red Dead Redemption 2	0−1	112
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	6−7 −1650%	100−110 +1650%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 −632%	227 +632%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	5−6 −2360%	123 +2360%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 −2133%	67 +2133%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −1467%	47 +1467%
Far Cry New Dawn	1−2 −7600%	75−80 +7600%
Hitman 3	5−6 −1240%	67 +1240%
Horizon Zero Dawn	12−14 −2292%	287 +2292%
Red Dead Redemption 2	0−1	79
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	6−7 −1733%	110 +1733%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−11 −540%	60−65 +540%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 −590%	214 +590%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	5−6 −1200%	65−70 +1200%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 −1533%	49 +1533%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −1233%	40 +1233%
Hitman 3	5−6 −1080%	59 +1080%
Horizon Zero Dawn	12−14 −675%	93 +675%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	6−7 −1483%	95 +1483%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−11 −470%	57 +470%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 +6.9%	29 −6.9%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

0−1

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	0−1	55−60
Far Cry New Dawn	1−2 −4500%	45−50 +4500%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	0−1	30−35
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 −2300%	24 +2300%
Far Cry 5	1−2 −3400%	35−40 +3400%
Hitman 3	7−8 −457%	39 +457%
Horizon Zero Dawn	4−5 −1575%	67 +1575%
Watch Dogs: Legion	2−3 −9250%	187 +9250%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

3−4

−1667%

53
+1667%

4K
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn

0−1

24−27

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2 −1800%	18−20 +1800%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	0−1	15
Far Cry 5	0−1	16−18

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

2−3

−1200%

26
+1200%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	59 +0%	59 +0%
Battlefield 5	95−100 +0%	95−100 +0%
Far Cry 5	65−70 +0%	65−70 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	160−170 +0%	160−170 +0%
Metro Exodus	144 +0%	144 +0%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	42 +0%	42 +0%
Battlefield 5	95−100 +0%	95−100 +0%
Far Cry 5	65−70 +0%	65−70 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	160−170 +0%	160−170 +0%
Metro Exodus	113 +0%	113 +0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	37 +0%	37 +0%
Far Cry 5	65−70 +0%	65−70 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	98 +0%	98 +0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	27 +0%	27 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	34 +0%	34 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	170−180 +0%	170−180 +0%
Metro Exodus	59 +0%	59 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	67 +0%	67 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	40−45 +0%	40−45 +0%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	30−33 +0%	30−33 +0%
Hitman 3	21 +0%	21 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	63 +0%	63 +0%
Metro Exodus	44 +0%	44 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	35 +0%	35 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	17 +0%	17 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	10 +0%	10 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	50 +0%	50 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	36 +0%	36 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	12 +0%	12 +0%

This is how HD Graphics 500 and GTX 1660 compete in popular games:

GTX 1660 is 811% faster in 1080p
GTX 1660 is 4800% faster in 1440p

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

in Watch Dogs: Legion, with 1080p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the HD Graphics 500 is 7% faster.
in Watch Dogs: Legion, with 1440p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the GTX 1660 is 9250% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

HD Graphics 500 is ahead in 1 test (2%)
GTX 1660 is ahead in 34 tests (53%)
there's a draw in 29 tests (45%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.77	30.26
Recency	1 September 2015	14 March 2019
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	6 GB
Chip lithography	14 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	10 Watt	120 Watt

HD Graphics 500 has a 33.3% higher maximum VRAM amount, and 1100% lower power consumption.

GTX 1660, on the other hand, has a 3829.9% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 3 years, and a 16.7% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce GTX 1660 is our recommended choice as it beats the HD Graphics 500 in performance tests.

Be aware that HD Graphics 500 is a notebook card while GeForce GTX 1660 is a desktop one.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.