NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER vs AMD Radeon RX 580

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER 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 SUPER

• Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 6 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 48% lower typical power consumption: 125 Watt vs 185 Watt
• Around 44% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 12712 vs 8827
• Around 5% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 804 vs 767
• Around 61% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 62641 vs 39028
• Around 61% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 187.131 vs 116.142
• 2.5x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 2548.187 vs 1022.932
• Around 72% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 15.882 vs 9.235
• Around 40% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 117.673 vs 84.034
• Around 48% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 901.388 vs 607.721
• Around 58% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 17812 vs 11281
• Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3717 vs 3695
• Around 58% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 17812 vs 11281
• Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3717 vs 3695
• Around 27% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 1278 vs 1005

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 580

• Around 23% higher texture fill rate: 192.96 GTexel/s vs 157.1 GTexel/s
• Around 64% higher pipelines: 2304 vs 1408
• Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 6 GB

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX 580

PassMark - G3D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	12712 8827
PassMark - G2D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	804 767
Geekbench - OpenCL	GPU 1 GPU 2	62641 39028
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	187.131 116.142
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	2548.187 1022.932
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	15.882 9.235
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	117.673 84.034
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	901.388 607.721
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	17812 11281
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3717 3695
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3351 3349
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	17812 11281
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3717 3695
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3351 3349
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	GPU 1 GPU 2	1278 1005

Compare specifications (specs)