NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660
VS
AMD Radeon RX 580
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660
VS
AMD Radeon RX 580

General info

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

106
Place in performance rating
149
62.49
Value for money (0-100)
71.43
Turing
Architecture
Polaris
TU116
Code name
Polaris 20
Desktop
Type
Desktop
14 March 2019 (2 years ago)
Release date
18 April 2017 (4 years ago)
$219
Launch price (MSRP)
$229
$698 (3.2x MSRP)
Price now
$566 (2.5x MSRP)
29.60
Value for money
23.02
Turing TU116
GPU code name
Polaris 20
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

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

1408
Pipelines
2304
1530 MHz
Core clock speed
1257 MHz
1785 MHz
Boost Clock
1340 MHz
6,600 million
Transistor count
5,700 million
12 nm
Manufacturing process technology
14 nm
120 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
185 Watt
157.1
Texture fill rate
193.0
no data
Floating-point performance
6,175 gflops
1408
Pipelines / CUDA cores
2304
1785 MHz
Boost clock speed
1340 MHz
6,600 million
Number of transistors
5,700 million
120 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
185 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

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

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
229 mm
Length
241 mm
1x 8-pin
Supplementary power connectors
1x 8-pin

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 and AMD Radeon RX 580 can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR5
6 GB
Maximum RAM amount
8 GB
192 Bit
Memory bus width
256 Bit
8000 MHz
Memory clock speed
8000 MHz
192.1 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
256.0 GB/s
-
Shared memory
no data

Video outputs and ports

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

1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
Display Connectors
1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
+
HDMI
+

API support

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

12 (12_1)
DirectX
12 (12_0)
4.6
OpenGL
4.6

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 and AMD Radeon RX 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 or AMD Radeon RX 580 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 130 82 67 54 40 21
AMD Radeon RX 580
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 138 86.7 79.3 77.6 53.3 28.6
AMD Radeon RX 580
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 292 160 128 89.8 66.1 37.2
AMD Radeon RX 580
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 297.9 141.7 92 61.9 43 22.8
AMD Radeon RX 580
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 257 138 121 115 71.7 38.2
AMD Radeon RX 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

10.58% faster in synthetic tests

Finer manufacturing process technology (12 nm vs 14 nm)

Less power consumption (120 Watt vs 185 Watt)

Advantages of AMD Radeon RX 580

Cheaper ($566 (2.5x MSRP) vs $698 (3.2x MSRP))

More pipelines (2304 vs 1408)

More maximum RAM amount (8 GB vs 6 GB)

More memory bandwidth (256.0 GB/s vs 192.1 GB/s)

So, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 or AMD Radeon RX 580?

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

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 versus AMD Radeon RX 580 performance benchmarks comparison

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