NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 vs AMD Radeon RX 590

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 and AMD Radeon RX 590 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 month(s) later
• Around 4% higher core clock speed: 1530 MHz vs 1469 MHz
• Around 16% higher boost clock speed: 1785 MHz vs 1545 MHz
• Around 46% lower typical power consumption: 120 Watt vs 175 Watt
• Around 24% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 11690 vs 9462
• Around 22% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 57115 vs 46718
• Around 38% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 190.366 vs 137.469
• Around 9% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 13.492 vs 12.352
• Around 16% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 887.857 vs 762.142
• Around 12% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 14998 vs 13383
• Around 12% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 14998 vs 13383
• Around 14% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 5415 vs 4763

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 590

• Around 2% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 796 vs 781
• Around 10% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 2083.862 vs 1892.505
• Around 18% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 139.477 vs 118.54

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX 590

PassMark - G3D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	11690 9462
PassMark - G2D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	781 796
Geekbench - OpenCL	GPU 1 GPU 2	57115 46718
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	190.366 137.469
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1892.505 2083.862
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	13.492 12.352
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	118.54 139.477
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	887.857 762.142
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	14998 13383
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3717 3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3359 3359
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	14998 13383
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3717 3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3359 3359
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	GPU 1 GPU 2	5415 4763

Compare specifications (specs)