AMD Radeon RX 590 GME vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 590 GME and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER 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 SUPER

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 590 GME

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 month(s) later
Around 26% higher texture fill rate: 198.7 GTexel/s vs 157.1 GTexel/s
Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 6 GB
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 3351
6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 20161 vs 3351

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	9 Mar 2020 vs 29 Oct 2019
Texture fill rate	198.7 GTexel/s vs 157.1 GTexel/s
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 6 GB
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 3351
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	20161 vs 3351

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER

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 40% lower typical power consumption: 125 Watt vs 175 Watt
Around 20% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 806 vs 670
Around 49% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 12755 vs 8580
3.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 17812 vs 5140
3.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 17812 vs 5140
Around 35% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 5987 vs 4432

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)	125 Watt vs 175 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	806 vs 670
PassMark - G3D Mark	12755 vs 8580
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	17812 vs 5140
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	17812 vs 5140
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	5987 vs 4432

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

670

806

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

8580

12755

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

5140

17812

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

5140

17812

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

3351

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

20161

3351

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

4432

5987

Name	AMD Radeon RX 590 GME	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
PassMark - G2D Mark	670	806
PassMark - G3D Mark	8580	12755
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	5140	17812
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	5140	17812
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	6839	3717
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	6839	3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	20161	3351
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	20161	3351
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	4432	5987
Geekbench - OpenCL		62661
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		187.131
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		2548.187
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		15.882
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		117.673
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		901.388

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 590 GME	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	Turing
Code name	Polaris 20	TU116
Design	Radeon RX 500 Series
Launch date	9 Mar 2020	29 Oct 2019
Place in performance rating	210	217
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$229
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)	157.1 GFLOPS (1:32)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	6.359 TFLOPS (1:1)	10.05 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	6.359 TFLOPS	5.027 TFLOPS
Pixel fill rate	44.16 GPixel/s	85.68 GPixel/s
Render output units	32
Stream Processors	2304
Texture fill rate	198.7 GTexel/s	157.1 GTexel/s
Texture Units	144
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	175 Watt	125 Watt
Transistor count	5700 million	6600 million
Pipelines		1408
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	241 mm (9.5 inches)	9 inches (229 mm)
Recommended system power (PSU)	450 Watt	350 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	1x 8-pin
Width	Dual-slot	Dual-slot
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	12.1
OpenCL	2.0	1.2
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.4	6.4
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	6 GB
Memory bandwidth	256 GB/s	336.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	256 bit	192 bit
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz (8 Gbps effective)
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR6
Technologies
4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support