NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER vs AMD Radeon RX 570

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER and AMD Radeon RX 570 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 SUPER

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 6 month(s) later
  • Around 65% higher core clock speed: 1530 MHz vs 926-1168 MHz
  • Around 48% higher boost clock speed: 1785 MHz vs 1206-1244 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 12 nm vs 14 nm
  • Around 20% lower typical power consumption: 125 Watt vs 150 Watt
  • Around 82% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 12712 vs 6967
  • Around 28% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 804 vs 626
  • Around 73% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 62641 vs 36107
  • Around 77% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 187.131 vs 105.688
  • 2.4x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 2548.187 vs 1083.926
  • Around 92% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 15.882 vs 8.251
  • Around 49% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 117.673 vs 79.029
  • Around 73% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 901.388 vs 520.089
  • Around 94% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 17812 vs 9172
  • Around 3% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3717 vs 3624
  • Around 94% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 17812 vs 9172
  • Around 3% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3717 vs 3624
  • Around 45% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 1278 vs 880
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 29 Oct 2019 vs 18 April 2017
Core clock speed 1530 MHz vs 926-1168 MHz
Boost clock speed 1785 MHz vs 1206-1244 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm vs 14 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 125 Watt vs 150 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 12712 vs 6967
PassMark - G2D Mark 804 vs 626
Geekbench - OpenCL 62641 vs 36107
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 187.131 vs 105.688
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 2548.187 vs 1083.926
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 15.882 vs 8.251
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 117.673 vs 79.029
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 901.388 vs 520.089
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 17812 vs 9172
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3717 vs 3624
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3351 vs 3346
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 17812 vs 9172
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3717 vs 3624
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3351 vs 3346
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1278 vs 880

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 570

  • Around 1% higher texture fill rate: 159.23 GTexel/s vs 157.1 GTexel/s
  • Around 45% higher pipelines: 2048 vs 1408
  • Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 6 GB
Texture fill rate 159.23 GTexel/s vs 157.1 GTexel/s
Pipelines 2048 vs 1408
Maximum memory size 8 GB vs 6 GB

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX 570

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
12712
6967
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
804
626
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
62641
36107
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
187.131
105.688
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2548.187
1083.926
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
15.882
8.251
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
117.673
79.029
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
901.388
520.089
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
17812
9172
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3717
3624
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3351
3346
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
17812
9172
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3717
3624
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3351
3346
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
1278
880
Name NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER AMD Radeon RX 570
PassMark - G3D Mark 12712 6967
PassMark - G2D Mark 804 626
Geekbench - OpenCL 62641 36107
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 187.131 105.688
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 2548.187 1083.926
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 15.882 8.251
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 117.673 79.029
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 901.388 520.089
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 17812 9172
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3717 3624
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3351 3346
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 17812 9172
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3717 3624
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3351 3346
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1278 880

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER AMD Radeon RX 570

Essentials

Architecture Turing GCN 4.0
Code name TU116 Polaris 20
Launch date 29 Oct 2019 18 April 2017
Launch price (MSRP) $229 $169
Place in performance rating 223 405
Type Desktop Desktop, Laptop
Design Radeon RX 500 Series
GCN generation 4th Gen
Price now $149.99
Value for money (0-100) 59.00

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1785 MHz 1206-1244 MHz
Core clock speed 1530 MHz 926-1168 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm 14 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 157.1 GFLOPS (1:32)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 10.05 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 5.027 TFLOPS
Pipelines 1408 2048
Pixel fill rate 85.68 GPixel/s 39.81 GP/s
Texture fill rate 157.1 GTexel/s 159.23 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 125 Watt 150 Watt
Transistor count 6600 million 5,700 million
Floating-point performance 5.1 TFLOPs
Render output units 32
Stream Processors 2048
Texture Units 128

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort 1x DVI, 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
Length 9 inches (229 mm) 241 mm
Recommended system power (PSU) 350 Watt 450 Watt
Supplementary power connectors 1x 8-pin 1x 6-pin
Width Dual-slot
Bridgeless CrossFire

API support

DirectX 12.1 12.0 (12_0)
OpenCL 1.2 2.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
Shader Model 6.4
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 8 GB
Memory bandwidth 336.0 GB/s 224 GB/s
Memory bus width 192 bit 256 bit
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR5
Memory clock speed 7000 MHz

Technologies

4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
AMD Eyefinity
AMD Radeon™ Chill
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
CrossFire
FreeSync
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support
PowerTune
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Virtual Super Resolution (VSR)