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).

 

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 670
  • Around 50% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 12914 vs 8600
  • 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 670
PassMark - G3D Mark 12914 vs 8600
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
670
809
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
8600
12914
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 670 809
PassMark - G3D Mark 8600 12914
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 61063
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 211 214
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