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Radeon RX 9070 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 — Specs & Performance Compared

Verdict: The Radeon RX 9070 is ahead of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 on all 5 shared benchmarks on file, by 63% to 487%, including 343% in 3DMark Time Spy (24,306 vs 5,483). On llama2:7b, the Radeon RX 9070 generates 114.5 tokens/s (per KnightLi GPU Benchmark Scoreboard) against 41.4 for the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 (per llama.cpp GitHub CUDA Performance Discussion), best community run on file for each.

Side-by-side GPU comparison of the Radeon RX 9070 and the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660. Released 2025 (Radeon RX 9070), 2019 (NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660). MSRP range: $549 · $219. Specs, synthetic benchmarks, AI inference tok/s, and Amazon availability below; each column header links to that part's benchmark page.

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*Price sourced from Amazon.com. Price and availability subject to change.

Where to buy

A listing for each part; the current price and stock are on the retailer's page.

Specs side-by-side

SpecRadeon RX 9070NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660
vram gb 166
vram type GDDR6GDDR5
tdp w 220120
cuda cores 35841408
rt cores 56—
process nm 4—

Synthetic benchmarks

Each row says whether a higher or a lower number is better (ranks and times are lower-is-better). Scores come from 3DMark, Notebookcheck, StorageReview, Guru3D, TechPowerUp, UL Benchmarks, CpuTronic, Overclocking.com, TopCPU.net, PassMark and AskGeek.io; each row links its sources, and where they differ the cell shows their median. Empty cells mean we don't yet have that benchmark on file for the SKU.

BenchmarkRadeon RX 9070NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660
3DMark Fire Strike (higher is better)
Source: 3DMark, Notebookcheck		 46,934 points12,365 points
3DMark Port Royal (higher is better)
Source: StorageReview		 15,760 points—
3DMark Port Royal (RX 9070 XT reference) (higher is better)
Source: Guru3D		 14,723 points—
3DMark Solar Bay (higher is better)
Source: Notebookcheck		 106,882 points—
3DMark Speed Way (higher is better)
Source: StorageReview, Notebookcheck		 5,826 points—
3DMark Speed Way (RX 9070 XT reference) (higher is better)
Source: TechPowerUp		 6,345 points—
3DMark Steel Nomad (higher is better)
Source: StorageReview, UL Benchmarks, CpuTronic, Notebookcheck, Overclocking.com		 6,150 points1,047 points
3DMark Time Spy (higher is better)
Source: TopCPU.net, CpuTronic, 3DMark		 24,306 points5,483 points
3DMark Time Spy Extreme (higher is better)
Source: 3DMark		 11,702 points—
3DMark Time Spy Extreme (RX 9070 XT reference) (higher is better)
Source: TechPowerUp		 14,591 points—
PassMark G2D Mark (higher is better)
Source: PassMark		 1,266 pts776 pts
PassMark G3D Mark (higher is better)
Source: PassMark, AskGeek.io		 25,397 pts11,618 pts

AI inference (tokens/sec)

Top community-reported tokens-per-second results for popular LLMs whose weights fit the card's memory, each linked to its source. See the per-SKU benchmark page for the full set including quantization and prompt length.

Radeon RX 9070

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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660

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Quick answers

Which is faster, the Radeon RX 9070 or the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660?

The Radeon RX 9070 is ahead of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 on all 5 shared benchmarks on file, by 63% to 487%, including 343% in 3DMark Time Spy (24,306 vs 5,483).

Which is better for running local LLMs?

On llama2:7b, the Radeon RX 9070 generates 114.5 tokens/s (per KnightLi GPU Benchmark Scoreboard) against 41.4 for the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 (per llama.cpp GitHub CUDA Performance Discussion), best community run on file for each.

What did the Radeon RX 9070 and the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 cost at launch?

The Radeon RX 9070 launched at a $549 MSRP and the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 at $219. Street prices drift from launch pricing; the Where to buy section links current listings.

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