AMD Radeon RX 590 GME vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 590 GME and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

AMD Radeon RX 590 GME

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 590 GME

Videocard is newer: launch date 0 year(s) 11 month(s) later
Around 84% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 6839 vs 3717
Around 84% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 6839 vs 3717
6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 20161 vs 3359
6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 20161 vs 3359

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	9 Mar 2020 vs 14 March 2019
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	6839 vs 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	6839 vs 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	20161 vs 3359
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	20161 vs 3359

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660

Around 22% higher core clock speed: 1530 MHz vs 1257 MHz
Around 29% higher boost clock speed: 1785 MHz vs 1380 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 12 nm vs 14 nm
Around 46% lower typical power consumption: 120 Watt vs 175 Watt
4x more memory clock speed: 8004 MHz vs 2000 MHz (8 Gbps effective)
Around 13% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 776 vs 687
Around 38% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 11659 vs 8457
2.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 14998 vs 5140
2.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 14998 vs 5140
Around 6% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 1065 vs 1001

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1530 MHz vs 1257 MHz
Boost clock speed	1785 MHz vs 1380 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm vs 14 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	120 Watt vs 175 Watt
Memory clock speed	8004 MHz vs 2000 MHz (8 Gbps effective)
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	776 vs 687
PassMark - G3D Mark	11659 vs 8457
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	14998 vs 5140
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	14998 vs 5140
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1065 vs 1001

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 590 GME
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

687

776

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

8457

11659

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

5140

14998

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

5140

14998

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

6839

3717

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

6839

3717

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

20161

3359

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

20161

3359

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

1001

1065

Name	AMD Radeon RX 590 GME	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660
PassMark - G2D Mark	687	776
PassMark - G3D Mark	8457	11659
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	5140	14998
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	5140	14998
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	6839	3717
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	6839	3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	20161	3359
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	20161	3359
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1001	1065
Geekbench - OpenCL		58014
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		189.842
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		1902.867
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		13.408
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		116.183
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		875.838

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 590 GME	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	Turing
Code name	Polaris 20	TU116
Design	Radeon RX 500 Series
Launch date	9 Mar 2020	14 March 2019
Place in performance rating	228	258
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$219
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1380 MHz	1785 MHz
Compute units	36
Core clock speed	1257 MHz	1530 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	12 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	397.4 GFLOPS (1:16)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	6.359 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	6.359 TFLOPS
Pixel fill rate	44.16 GPixel/s
Render output units	32
Stream Processors	2304
Texture fill rate	198.7 GTexel/s
Texture Units	144
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	175 Watt	120 Watt
Transistor count	5700 million	6,600 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA
DisplayPort count		1
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	241 mm (9.5 inches)	229 mm
Recommended system power (PSU)	450 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	1x 8-pin
Width	Dual-slot
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	12.0
OpenCL	2.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.4
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	256 GB/s
Memory bus width	256 bit
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz (8 Gbps effective)	8004 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5
Technologies
4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support