NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 vs AMD Radeon RX 580
Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 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
- Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 10 month(s) later
- Around 22% higher core clock speed: 1530 MHz vs 1257 MHz
- Around 33% higher boost clock speed: 1785 MHz vs 1340 MHz
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 12 nm vs 14 nm
- Around 54% lower typical power consumption: 120 Watt vs 185 Watt
- Around 32% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 11659 vs 8827
- Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 776 vs 767
- Around 49% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 58014 vs 39028
- Around 63% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 189.842 vs 116.142
- Around 86% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1902.867 vs 1022.932
- Around 45% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 13.408 vs 9.235
- Around 38% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 116.183 vs 84.034
- Around 44% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 875.838 vs 607.721
- Around 33% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 14998 vs 11281
- Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3717 vs 3695
- Around 33% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 14998 vs 11281
- Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3717 vs 3695
- Around 6% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 1065 vs 1005
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Launch date | 14 March 2019 vs 18 April 2017 |
| Core clock speed | 1530 MHz vs 1257 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1785 MHz vs 1340 MHz |
| Manufacturing process technology | 12 nm vs 14 nm |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 120 Watt vs 185 Watt |
| Memory clock speed | 8004 MHz vs 8000 MHz |
| Benchmarks | |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 11659 vs 8827 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 776 vs 767 |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 58014 vs 39028 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 189.842 vs 116.142 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 1902.867 vs 1022.932 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 13.408 vs 9.235 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 116.183 vs 84.034 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 875.838 vs 607.721 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 14998 vs 11281 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3717 vs 3695 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3359 vs 3349 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 14998 vs 11281 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3717 vs 3695 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3359 vs 3349 |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 1065 vs 1005 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX 580
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| Name | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 | AMD Radeon RX 580 |
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| PassMark - G3D Mark | 11659 | 8827 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 776 | 767 |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 58014 | 39028 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 189.842 | 116.142 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 1902.867 | 1022.932 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 13.408 | 9.235 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 116.183 | 84.034 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 875.838 | 607.721 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 14998 | 11281 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3717 | 3695 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3359 | 3349 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 14998 | 11281 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3717 | 3695 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3359 | 3349 |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 1065 | 1005 |
Compare specifications (specs)
| NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 | AMD Radeon RX 580 | |
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| Architecture | Turing | GCN 4.0 |
| Code name | TU116 | Polaris 20 |
| Launch date | 14 March 2019 | 18 April 2017 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $219 | $229 |
| Place in performance rating | 258 | 341 |
| Type | Desktop | Desktop |
| Design | Radeon RX 500 Series | |
| GCN generation | 4th Gen | |
| Price now | $169.99 | |
| Value for money (0-100) | 76.21 | |
Technical info |
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| Boost clock speed | 1785 MHz | 1340 MHz |
| Core clock speed | 1530 MHz | 1257 MHz |
| Manufacturing process technology | 12 nm | 14 nm |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 120 Watt | 185 Watt |
| Transistor count | 6,600 million | 5,700 million |
| Compute units | 36 | |
| Floating-point performance | 6.2 TFLOPs | |
| Pipelines | 2304 | |
| Pixel fill rate | 42.88 GP/s | |
| Render output units | 32 | |
| Stream Processors | 2304 | |
| Texture fill rate | 192.96 GTexel/s | |
| Texture Units | 144 | |
Video outputs and ports |
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| Display Connectors | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort | 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort |
| DisplayPort count | 1 | |
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Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Length | 229 mm | 241 mm |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 8-pin | 1x 8-pin |
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| Recommended system power (PSU) | 500 Watt | |
API support |
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| DirectX | 12.0 | 12 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.5 |
| OpenCL | 2.0 | |
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Memory |
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| Memory clock speed | 8004 MHz | 8000 MHz |
| Maximum RAM amount | 8 GB | |
| Memory bandwidth | 256 GB/s | |
| Memory bus width | 256 bit | |
| Memory type | GDDR5 | |
Technologies |
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| AMD Eyefinity | ||
| AMD Radeon™ Chill | ||
| AMD Radeon™ ReLive | ||
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| CrossFire | ||
| FreeSync | ||
| H265/HEVC Decode | ||
| H265/HEVC Encode | ||
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| LiquidVR | ||
| PowerTune | ||
| TrueAudio | ||
| Unified Video Decoder (UVD) | ||
| Video Code Engine (VCE) | ||
| Virtual Super Resolution (VSR) | ||
| VR Ready | ||
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