NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 vs AMD Radeon R9 M390X

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 and AMD Radeon R9 M390X 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) 10 month(s) later
  • 2.1x more core clock speed: 1530 MHz vs 723 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 12 nm vs 28 nm
  • 3.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 11691 vs 3597
  • Around 80% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 782 vs 435
  • 2.6x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 57151 vs 22044
  • 3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 190.366 vs 64.199
  • Around 47% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1892.505 vs 1284.053
  • 2.3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 13.492 vs 5.881
  • Around 52% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 118.54 vs 78.169
  • 2.8x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 887.857 vs 312.822
  • 2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 14998 vs 6508
  • 2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 14998 vs 6508
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 14 March 2019 vs 5 May 2015
Core clock speed 1530 MHz vs 723 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm vs 28 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 11691 vs 3597
PassMark - G2D Mark 782 vs 435
Geekbench - OpenCL 57151 vs 22044
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 190.366 vs 64.199
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1892.505 vs 1284.053
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 13.492 vs 5.881
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 118.54 vs 78.169
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 887.857 vs 312.822
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 14998 vs 6508
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 14998 vs 6508

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 M390X

  • Around 60% lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 120 Watt
  • 2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 8593 vs 3717
  • 7.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 24690 vs 3359
  • 2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 8593 vs 3717
  • 7.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 24690 vs 3359
Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 75 Watt vs 120 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 8593 vs 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 24690 vs 3359
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 8593 vs 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 24690 vs 3359

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 M390X

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
11691
3597
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
782
435
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
57151
22044
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
190.366
64.199
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1892.505
1284.053
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
13.492
5.881
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
118.54
78.169
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
887.857
312.822
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
14998
6508
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3717
8593
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3359
24690
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
14998
6508
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3717
8593
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3359
24690
Name NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 AMD Radeon R9 M390X
PassMark - G3D Mark 11691 3597
PassMark - G2D Mark 782 435
Geekbench - OpenCL 57151 22044
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 190.366 64.199
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1892.505 1284.053
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 13.492 5.881
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 118.54 78.169
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 887.857 312.822
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 14998 6508
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3717 8593
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3359 24690
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 14998 6508
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3717 8593
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3359 24690
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 5414

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 AMD Radeon R9 M390X

Essentials

Architecture Turing GCN 3.0
Code name TU116 Amethyst
Launch date 14 March 2019 5 May 2015
Launch price (MSRP) $219
Place in performance rating 240 303
Type Desktop Desktop
Design AMD Radeon R9 300 Series

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1785 MHz
Core clock speed 1530 MHz 723 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 120 Watt 75 Watt
Transistor count 6,600 million 5,000 million
Floating-point performance 2,961 gflops
Pipelines 2048
Texture fill rate 92.54 GTexel / s

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort No outputs
DisplayPort count 1
DisplayPort support
HDMI
Eyefinity

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 229 mm
Supplementary power connectors 1x 8-pin None
Bus support PCIe 3.0
Laptop size large

API support

DirectX 12.0 12
OpenGL 4.6 4.4
Mantle
OpenCL Not Listed
Vulkan

Memory

Memory clock speed 8004 MHz
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB
Memory bandwidth 160.0 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 bit
Memory type GDDR5
Shared memory 0

Technologies

AMD Eyefinity
DualGraphics
FreeSync
HD3D
PowerTune
Switchable graphics
ZeroCore