NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Super
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Super
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Super and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

90
Place in performance rating
271
58.74
Value for money (0-100)
35.62
Turing
Architecture
Fermi
TU116
Code name
GF110
Desktop
Type
Desktop
29 October 2019 (2 years ago)
Release date
9 November 2010 (11 years ago)
$229
Launch price (MSRP)
$499
$798 (3.5x MSRP)
Price now
$37 (0.1x MSRP)
27.51
Value for money
2.64
Turing TU116
GPU code name
GF110
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Super and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

1408
Pipelines
512
1530 MHz
Core clock speed
772 MHz
1785 MHz
Boost Clock
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6,600 million
Transistor count
3,000 million
12 nm
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
125 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
244 Watt
157.1
Texture fill rate
49.4 billion/sec
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Floating-point performance
1,581.1 gflops
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Maximum GPU temperature
97 °C
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CUDA cores
512
1408
Pipelines / CUDA cores
512
1785 MHz
Boost clock speed
no data
6,600 million
Number of transistors
3,000 million
125 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
244 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Super and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580.

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
229 mm
Length
10.5" (267 mm) (26.7 cm)
1x 8-pin
Supplementary power connectors
One 6-pin and One 8-pin
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SLI options
+
no data
Bus support
PCI-E 2.0 x 16
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Height
4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)

Memory

Graphics card memory is used to store calculations. Modern software and 3D games require more and faster memory. The higher these parameters, the more productive the chip. The difference in these characteristics NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Super and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 can be seen in this section.

GDDR6
Memory type
GDDR5
6 GB
Maximum RAM amount
1536 MB
192 Bit
Memory bus width
384 Bit
14000 MHz
Memory clock speed
2004 MHz (4008 data rate)
336.0 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
192.4 GB/s
-
Shared memory
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Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Super and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580, the size and number of monitors.

1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
Display Connectors
Mini HDMITwo Dual Link DVI
+
G-SYNC support
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Multi monitor support
+
+
HDCP
no data
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Maximum VGA resolution
2048x1536
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Audio input for HDMI
Internal
+
HDMI
+

Technologies

The difference between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Super and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 is the additional functionality.

no data
3D Vision
+
7.5
CUDA
+
no data
Surround
+
+
Ansel
no data
no data
DSR
+
+
NVENC
no data

API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Super and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 (12_1)
DirectX
12 (11_0)
4.6
OpenGL
4.2
1.2.131
Vulkan
+
6.5
Shader Model
no data
1.2
OpenCL
no data

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Super and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Super or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Super 138 88 73 57 44 24
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Super 147 93.8 86 84.3 58.5 31.5
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Super 298 171 137 94.3 69.3 39
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Super 324.4 162.1 104.8 72.2 46 24.1
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Super 265 143 126 122 73.4 34.4
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580
Legend
5 Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
May Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
30 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 25 frames per second (fps)
40 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 35 frames per second (fps)
60 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 58 frames per second (fps)
May Run Fluently – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards show a smooth frame rate, comfortable for the game.
? Uncertain – Graphics cards testing has shown that a slower card can provide a high and stable frame rate for the same operation.
Uncertain – The work of the video card in the game is still being studied. Interpolation among analogs is not possible.
The value depicts the average frame rate. Hovering over the value, you can get individual results.

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Super

38.06% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (1408 vs 512)

Finer manufacturing process technology (12 nm vs 40 nm)

Less power consumption (125 Watt vs 244 Watt)

More memory bandwidth (336.0 GB/s vs 192.4 GB/s)

G-SYNC support

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580

Cheaper ($37 (0.1x MSRP) vs $798 (3.5x MSRP))

More maximum RAM amount (1536 MB vs 6 GB)

So, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Super or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Super .

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Super versus NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 performance benchmarks comparison

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