NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q vs AMD Radeon R9 390

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q and AMD Radeon R9 390 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 - 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 3 year(s) 10 month(s) later
  • Around 34% higher boost clock speed: 1335 MHz vs 1000 MHz
  • 801.3x more texture fill rate: 128.2 GTexel/s vs 160.0 GTexel / s
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 12 nm vs 28 nm
  • 4.6x lower typical power consumption: 60 Watt vs 275 Watt
  • Around 50% higher memory clock speed: 1500 MHz (12000 MHz effective) vs 1000 MHz
  • Around 19% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 52263 vs 43778
  • Around 63% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 195.93 vs 120.267
  • Around 32% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 14.6 vs 11.097
  • Around 18% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 12301 vs 10445
  • Around 18% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 12301 vs 10445
  • 5.1x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 4903 vs 955
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 23 April 2019 vs 18 June 2015
Boost clock speed 1335 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Texture fill rate 128.2 GTexel/s vs 160.0 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 60 Watt vs 275 Watt
Memory clock speed 1500 MHz (12000 MHz effective) vs 1000 MHz
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 52263 vs 43778
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 195.93 vs 120.267
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 14.6 vs 11.097
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 12301 vs 10445
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3718 vs 3708
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3358 vs 3353
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 12301 vs 10445
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3718 vs 3708
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3358 vs 3353
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 4903 vs 955

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 390

  • Around 67% higher pipelines: 2560 vs 1536
  • Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 6 GB
  • Around 3% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 8876 vs 8609
  • 2.2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 791 vs 360
  • Around 65% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 3164.164 vs 1919.95
  • Around 23% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 116.473 vs 94.964
  • Around 23% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 607.381 vs 492.867
Specifications (specs)
Pipelines 2560 vs 1536
Maximum memory size 8 GB vs 6 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 8876 vs 8609
PassMark - G2D Mark 791 vs 360
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 3164.164 vs 1919.95
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 116.473 vs 94.964
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 607.381 vs 492.867

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 390

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
8609
8876
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
360
791
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
52263
43778
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
195.93
120.267
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1919.95
3164.164
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
14.6
11.097
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
94.964
116.473
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
492.867
607.381
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
12301
10445
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3718
3708
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3358
3353
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
12301
10445
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3718
3708
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3358
3353
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
4903
955
Name NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q AMD Radeon R9 390
PassMark - G3D Mark 8609 8876
PassMark - G2D Mark 360 791
Geekbench - OpenCL 52263 43778
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 195.93 120.267
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1919.95 3164.164
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 14.6 11.097
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 94.964 116.473
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 492.867 607.381
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 12301 10445
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3718 3708
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3358 3353
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 12301 10445
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3718 3708
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3358 3353
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 4903 955

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q AMD Radeon R9 390

Essentials

Architecture Turing GCN 2.0
Code name TU116 Grenada
Launch date 23 April 2019 18 June 2015
Place in performance rating 315 312
Type Laptop Desktop
Design AMD Radeon R9 300 Series
Launch price (MSRP) $329

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1335 MHz 1000 MHz
Core clock speed 1140 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm 28 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 2560
Pixel fill rate 64.08 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 128.2 GTexel/s 160.0 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 60 Watt 275 Watt
Transistor count 6600 million 6,200 million
Compute units 40
Floating-point performance 5,120 gflops
Stream Processors 2560

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
Number of Eyefinity displays 6
VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Laptop size medium sized
Bridgeless CrossFire
Bus support PCIe 3.0
Length 275 mm
Supplementary power connectors 1 x 6-pin, 1 x 8-pin

API support

DirectX 12.1 12
OpenCL 1.2 2.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.5
Shader Model 6.4
Vulkan
Mantle

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 8 GB
Memory bandwidth 288.0 GB/s 384 GB/s
Memory bus width 192 bit 512 bit
Memory clock speed 1500 MHz (12000 MHz effective) 1000 MHz
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR5
High bandwidth memory (HBM)

Technologies

AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync
HD3D
HDMI 4K Support
LiquidVR
PowerTune
TrueAudio
Video Code Engine (VCE)
Virtual Super Resolution (VSR)
ZeroCore