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

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q and AMD Radeon RX 580 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 2 year(s) 0 month(s) later
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 12 nm vs 14 nm
  • 3.1x lower typical power consumption: 60 Watt vs 185 Watt
  • Around 31% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 52065 vs 39684
  • Around 69% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 195.93 vs 116.142
  • Around 88% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1919.95 vs 1022.932
  • Around 58% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 14.6 vs 9.235
  • Around 13% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 94.964 vs 84.034
  • Around 9% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 12301 vs 11281
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3718 vs 3695
  • Around 9% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 12301 vs 11281
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3718 vs 3695
  • Around 13% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 4918 vs 4362
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 23 April 2019 vs 18 April 2017
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm vs 14 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 60 Watt vs 185 Watt
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 52065 vs 39684
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 195.93 vs 116.142
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1919.95 vs 1022.932
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 14.6 vs 9.235
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 94.964 vs 84.034
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 12301 vs 11281
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3718 vs 3695
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3358 vs 3349
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 12301 vs 11281
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3718 vs 3695
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3358 vs 3349
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 4918 vs 4362

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 580

  • Around 10% higher core clock speed: 1257 MHz vs 1140 MHz
  • Around 51% higher texture fill rate: 192.96 GTexel/s vs 128.2 GTexel/s
  • Around 50% higher pipelines: 2304 vs 1536
  • Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 6 GB
  • 5.3x more memory clock speed: 8000 MHz vs 1500 MHz (12000 MHz effective)
  • Around 3% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 8856 vs 8604
  • 2.1x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 768 vs 363
  • Around 23% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 607.721 vs 492.867
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1257 MHz vs 1140 MHz
Boost clock speed 1340 MHz vs 1335 MHz
Texture fill rate 192.96 GTexel/s vs 128.2 GTexel/s
Pipelines 2304 vs 1536
Maximum memory size 8 GB vs 6 GB
Memory clock speed 8000 MHz vs 1500 MHz (12000 MHz effective)
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 8856 vs 8604
PassMark - G2D Mark 768 vs 363
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 607.721 vs 492.867

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
8604
8856
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
363
768
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
52065
39684
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
195.93
116.142
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1919.95
1022.932
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
14.6
9.235
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
94.964
84.034
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
492.867
607.721
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
12301
11281
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3718
3695
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3358
3349
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
12301
11281
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3718
3695
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3358
3349
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
4918
4362
Name NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q AMD Radeon RX 580
PassMark - G3D Mark 8604 8856
PassMark - G2D Mark 363 768
Geekbench - OpenCL 52065 39684
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 195.93 116.142
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1919.95 1022.932
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 14.6 9.235
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 94.964 84.034
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 492.867 607.721
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 12301 11281
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3718 3695
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3358 3349
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 12301 11281
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3718 3695
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3358 3349
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 4918 4362

Compare specifications (specs)

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

Essentials

Architecture Turing GCN 4.0
Code name TU116 Polaris 20
Launch date 23 April 2019 18 April 2017
Place in performance rating 338 339
Type Laptop Desktop
Design Radeon RX 500 Series
GCN generation 4th Gen
Launch price (MSRP) $229
Price now $169.99
Value for money (0-100) 76.21

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1335 MHz 1340 MHz
Core clock speed 1140 MHz 1257 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 42.88 GP/s
Texture fill rate 128.2 GTexel/s 192.96 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 60 Watt 185 Watt
Transistor count 6600 million 5,700 million
Compute units 36
Floating-point performance 6.2 TFLOPs
Render output units 32
Stream Processors 2304
Texture Units 144

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Laptop size medium sized
Bridgeless CrossFire
Length 241 mm
Recommended system power (PSU) 500 Watt
Supplementary power connectors 1x 8-pin

API support

DirectX 12.1 12
OpenCL 1.2 2.0
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 GB/s
Memory bus width 192 bit 256 bit
Memory clock speed 1500 MHz (12000 MHz effective) 8000 MHz
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR5

Technologies

4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
AMD Eyefinity
AMD Radeon™ Chill
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
AppAcceleration
CrossFire
FreeSync
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support
LiquidVR
PowerTune
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Code Engine (VCE)
Virtual Super Resolution (VSR)
VR Ready