NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q vs AMD Radeon Pro 580

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q and AMD Radeon Pro 580 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, 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), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 10 month(s) later
  • Around 4% higher core clock speed: 1140 MHz vs 1100 MHz
  • Around 11% higher boost clock speed: 1335 MHz vs 1200 MHz
  • 664.2x more texture fill rate: 128.2 GTexel/s vs 193.0 GTexel / s
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 12 nm vs 14 nm
  • 2.5x lower typical power consumption: 60 Watt vs 150 Watt
  • Around 11% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 8622 vs 7753
  • Around 34% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 53834 vs 40079
  • Around 79% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 195.93 vs 109.521
  • Around 59% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1919.95 vs 1206.829
  • Around 48% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 14.6 vs 9.88
  • Around 22% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 12301 vs 10113
  • Around 28% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3718 vs 2900
  • Around 22% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 12301 vs 10113
  • Around 28% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3718 vs 2900
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 23 April 2019 vs 5 June 2017
Core clock speed 1140 MHz vs 1100 MHz
Boost clock speed 1335 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Texture fill rate 128.2 GTexel/s vs 193.0 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm vs 14 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 60 Watt vs 150 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 8622 vs 7753
Geekbench - OpenCL 53834 vs 40079
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 195.93 vs 109.521
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1919.95 vs 1206.829
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 14.6 vs 9.88
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 12301 vs 10113
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3718 vs 2900
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3358 vs 3353
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 12301 vs 10113
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3718 vs 2900
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3358 vs 3353

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro 580

  • Around 50% higher pipelines: 2304 vs 1536
  • Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 6 GB
  • 4.5x more memory clock speed: 6780 MHz vs 1500 MHz (12000 MHz effective)
  • 2.6x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 943 vs 364
  • Around 24% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 117.944 vs 94.964
  • Around 4% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 511.984 vs 492.867
Specifications (specs)
Pipelines 2304 vs 1536
Maximum memory size 8 GB vs 6 GB
Memory clock speed 6780 MHz vs 1500 MHz (12000 MHz effective)
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 943 vs 364
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 117.944 vs 94.964
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 511.984 vs 492.867

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q
GPU 2: AMD Radeon Pro 580

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
8622
7753
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
364
943
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
53834
40079
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
195.93
109.521
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1919.95
1206.829
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
14.6
9.88
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
94.964
117.944
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
492.867
511.984
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
12301
10113
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3718
2900
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3358
3353
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
12301
10113
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3718
2900
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3358
3353
Name NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q AMD Radeon Pro 580
PassMark - G3D Mark 8622 7753
PassMark - G2D Mark 364 943
Geekbench - OpenCL 53834 40079
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 195.93 109.521
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1919.95 1206.829
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 14.6 9.88
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 94.964 117.944
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 492.867 511.984
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 12301 10113
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3718 2900
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3358 3353
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 12301 10113
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3718 2900
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3358 3353
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 4912

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q AMD Radeon Pro 580

Essentials

Architecture Turing GCN 4.0
Code name TU116 Polaris 20
Launch date 23 April 2019 5 June 2017
Place in performance rating 333 311
Type Laptop Workstation

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1335 MHz 1200 MHz
Core clock speed 1140 MHz 1100 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm 14 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 128.2 GFLOPS
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 8.202 TFLOPS
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 4.101 TFLOPS
Pipelines 1536 2304
Pixel fill rate 64.08 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 128.2 GTexel/s 193.0 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 60 Watt 150 Watt
Transistor count 6600 million 5,700 million
Floating-point performance 6,175 gflops

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Laptop size medium sized
Length 241 mm
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 12.1 12.0 (12_0)
OpenCL 1.2
OpenGL 4.6 4.5
Shader Model 6.4
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 8 GB
Memory bandwidth 288.0 GB/s 256.0 GB / s
Memory bus width 192 bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1500 MHz (12000 MHz effective) 6780 MHz
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR5