AMD Radeon RX 590 GME vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti

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

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 590 GME

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 0 month(s) later
Around 84% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 6839 vs 3718
Around 84% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 6839 vs 3718
6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 20161 vs 3355
6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 20161 vs 3355

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	9 Mar 2020 vs 22 February 2019
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	6839 vs 3718
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	6839 vs 3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	20161 vs 3355
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	20161 vs 3355

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti

Around 19% higher core clock speed: 1500 MHz vs 1257 MHz
Around 28% higher boost clock speed: 1770 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
6x more memory clock speed: 12000 MHz vs 2000 MHz (8 Gbps effective)
Around 21% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 809 vs 667
Around 51% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 12916 vs 8574
3.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 16952 vs 5140
3.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 16952 vs 5140
Around 42% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 6273 vs 4431

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1500 MHz vs 1257 MHz
Boost clock speed	1770 MHz vs 1380 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm vs 14 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	120 Watt vs 175 Watt
Memory clock speed	12000 MHz vs 2000 MHz (8 Gbps effective)
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	809 vs 667
PassMark - G3D Mark	12916 vs 8574
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	16952 vs 5140
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	16952 vs 5140
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	6273 vs 4431

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

667

809

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

8574

12916

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

5140

16952

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

5140

16952

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

6839

3718

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

6839

3718

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

20161

3355

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

20161

3355

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

4431

6273

Name	AMD Radeon RX 590 GME	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
PassMark - G2D Mark	667	809
PassMark - G3D Mark	8574	12916
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	5140	16952
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	5140	16952
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	6839	3718
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	6839	3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	20161	3355
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	20161	3355
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	4431	6273
Geekbench - OpenCL		60900
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		208.608
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		2573.643
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		16.447
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		145.886
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		926.614

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 590 GME	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	Turing
Code name	Polaris 20	TU116
Design	Radeon RX 500 Series
Launch date	9 Mar 2020	22 February 2019
Place in performance rating	210	213
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$279
Price now		$279.99
Value for money (0-100)		67.32
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1380 MHz	1770 MHz
Compute units	36
Core clock speed	1257 MHz	1500 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)	12000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5
Technologies
4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support