AMD Radeon RX 590 VS NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660

AMD Radeon RX 590

amd

Brand

8GB GDDR5

Memory

2304

Cores

256 GB/s

Bandwidth

Radeon RX 590

N/A Nov 2018 View Details
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660

nvidia

Brand

6GB GDDR5

Memory

1408

Cores

192.1 GB/s

Bandwidth

GeForce GTX 1660

N/A Mar 2019 View Details
AMD Radeon RX 590

Radeon RX 590

$279 • Nov 2018

VS

GeForce GTX 1660

$219 • Mar 2019

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660
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Specs Comparison

SpecificationAMD Radeon RX 590NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660
8 GB 6 GB
GDDR5GDDR5
175 W120 W
N/AN/A
1545 MHz1785 MHz
256 GB/s 192.1 GB/s
12nm12nm
GCN 4.0Turing
2304 1408
N/AN/A
144 88
3248
256-bit 192-bit
2000 MHz2001 MHz
49.44 GPixel/s85.68 GPixel/s
256 GTexel/s 192.1 GTexel/s
7.119 GFLOPS 5.027 GFLOPS
2.00 MB 1.50 MB
232 mm²284 mm²
5700 Million6600 Million
450 W300 W
1x 8-pin1x 8-pin
PCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
1212.1
1.31.3
4.64.6
GlobalFoundriesTSMC

Comparison in Synthetic Benchmarks

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3DMark

3DMark Time Spy

Synthetic DirectX 12 benchmark that measures GPU performance in gaming workloads

Graphics Score

4611

AMD Radeon RX 590

5094 (+10%)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660

Geekbench Background
Geekbench

Geekbench 6

Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs

OpenCL Score

45783

AMD Radeon RX 590

60105 (+31%)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660

GFXBench Background
GFXBench

GFXBench 5.0

Cross-platform 3D graphics benchmark suite that measures GPU performance across different APIs

Aztec Ruins High (FPS)

61.2 FPS

AMD Radeon RX 590

65.4 FPS (+7%)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660

Passmark Background
Passmark

PassMark G2D

Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations

G2D Mark

9375

AMD Radeon RX 590

11656 (+24%)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660

Game Benchmarks Comparison (195 benchmarks)

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Scars Above

Scars Above

7.9 2023 Action, Adventure

1080p
| ultra
| Patch: v1.1

GeForce GTX 1660 (+24%)
AVG 84 FPS
MIN 75 FPS
Radeon RX 590
AVG 68 FPS
MIN 59 FPS
1440p
| ultra
| Patch: v1.1

GeForce GTX 1660 (+25%)
AVG 55 FPS
MIN 50 FPS
Radeon RX 590
AVG 44 FPS
MIN 37 FPS
2160p
| ultra
| Patch: v1.1

GeForce GTX 1660 (+23%)
AVG 27 FPS
MIN 25 FPS
Radeon RX 590
AVG 22 FPS
MIN 18 FPS
Winner
Loser
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The Forgotten City

The Forgotten City

8.5 2021 Adventure, Indie, RPG

1080p
| ultra

GeForce GTX 1660 (+17%)
AVG 82 FPS
MIN 71 FPS
Radeon RX 590
AVG 70 FPS
MIN 59 FPS
1440p
| ultra

GeForce GTX 1660 (+21%)
AVG 58 FPS
MIN 50 FPS
Radeon RX 590
AVG 48 FPS
MIN 41 FPS
2160p
| ultra

GeForce GTX 1660 (+21%)
AVG 29 FPS
MIN 25 FPS
Radeon RX 590
AVG 24 FPS
MIN 21 FPS
Winner
Loser
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The Ascent

The Ascent

8 2021 Action, Adventure, Indie, RPG

1080p
| ultra

GeForce GTX 1660 (+22%)
AVG 79 FPS
MIN 70 FPS
Radeon RX 590
AVG 65 FPS
MIN 58 FPS
1440p
| ultra

GeForce GTX 1660 (+9%)
AVG 47 FPS
MIN 41 FPS
Radeon RX 590
AVG 43 FPS
MIN 38 FPS
2160p
| ultra

GeForce GTX 1660 (+18%)
AVG 20 FPS
MIN 18 FPS
Radeon RX 590
AVG 17 FPS
MIN 16 FPS
Winner
Loser
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Total War ROME REMASTERED

Total War ROME REMASTERED

7.5 2021 Strategy

1080p
| ultra

GeForce GTX 1660 (+18%)
AVG 46 FPS
MIN 38 FPS
Radeon RX 590
AVG 39 FPS
MIN 34 FPS
1440p
| ultra

GeForce GTX 1660 (+12%)
AVG 37 FPS
MIN 33 FPS
Radeon RX 590
AVG 33 FPS
MIN 29 FPS
2160p
| ultra

GeForce GTX 1660 (+4%)
AVG 25 FPS
MIN 22 FPS
Radeon RX 590
AVG 24 FPS
MIN 22 FPS
Winner
Loser
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Demon Skin

Demon Skin

8.2 2021 Action, Adventure, Indie, RPG

1080p
| ultra

GeForce GTX 1660 (+16%)
AVG 73 FPS
MIN 68 FPS
Radeon RX 590
AVG 63 FPS
MIN 59 FPS
1440p
| ultra

GeForce GTX 1660 (+18%)
AVG 45 FPS
MIN 42 FPS
Radeon RX 590
AVG 38 FPS
MIN 36 FPS
2160p
| ultra

GeForce GTX 1660 (+11%)
AVG 21 FPS
MIN 20 FPS
Radeon RX 590
AVG 19 FPS
MIN 18 FPS
Winner
Loser
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Mount & Blade II Bannerlord

Mount & Blade II Bannerlord

8.5 2022 Action, Indie, RPG, Simulation, Strategy

1080p
| ultra

Radeon RX 590 (+17%)
AVG 90 FPS
MIN 72 FPS
GeForce GTX 1660
AVG 77 FPS
MIN 67 FPS
1440p
| ultra

Radeon RX 590 (+11%)
AVG 62 FPS
MIN 48 FPS
GeForce GTX 1660
AVG 56 FPS
MIN 46 FPS
2160p
| ultra

GeForce GTX 1660 (+7%)
AVG 32 FPS
MIN 25 FPS
Radeon RX 590
AVG 30 FPS
MIN 24 FPS
Winner
Loser

No more benchmarks available for this comparison

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Wins!

Based on 195 benchmarks across 63 games

42
Avg FPS
Radeon RX 590
VS
+6.4%
44
Avg FPS
GeForce GTX 1660
AMD Radeon RX 590

AMD Radeon RX 590

AMD • 8GB GDDR5

60
Wins
42
Avg FPS
35
Min FPS
31%
Win Rate
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660

NVIDIA • 6GB GDDR5

123
Wins
44
Avg FPS
38
Min FPS
63%
Win Rate

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