NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 vs AMD Radeon R9 390X

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 and AMD Radeon R9 390X 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

• Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 8 month(s) later
• Around 70% higher boost clock speed: 1785 MHz vs 1050 MHz
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 12 nm vs 28 nm
• 2.3x lower typical power consumption: 120 Watt vs 275 Watt
• 7.6x more memory clock speed: 8004 MHz vs 1050 MHz
• Around 24% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 11691 vs 9443
• Around 67% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 190.366 vs 114.288
• Around 23% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 13.492 vs 10.947
• Around 30% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 887.857 vs 683.568
• Around 28% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 14998 vs 11675
• Around 28% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 14998 vs 11675
• Around 28% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 5414 vs 4242

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 390X

• Around 5% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 819 vs 782
• Around 54% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 2911.861 vs 1892.505

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 390X

PassMark - G3D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	11691 9443
PassMark - G2D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	782 819
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	190.366 114.288
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1892.505 2911.861
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	13.492 10.947
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	118.54 118.411
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	887.857 683.568
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	14998 11675
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3717 3706
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3359 3350
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	14998 11675
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3717 3706
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3359 3350
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	GPU 1 GPU 2	5414 4242

Compare specifications (specs)