AMD Radeon RX 590 VS NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
amd
Brand8GB GDDR5
Memory2304
Cores256 GB/s
BandwidthRadeon RX 590
VS
nvidia
Brand6GB GDDR6
Memory1408
Cores336 GB/s
BandwidthGeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
AMD Radeon RX 590
8GB GDDR5 175W N/A Nov 2018
Radeon RX 590
$279 • Nov 2018
VS
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
$229 • Oct 2019
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
6GB GDDR6 125W N/A Oct 2019
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Specs Comparison
| Specification | AMD Radeon RX 590 | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER |
|---|---|---|
| Memory Size | 8 GB | 6 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR6 |
| TDP | 175 W | 125 W |
| Core Clock | N/A | N/A |
| Boost Clock | 1545 MHz | 1785 MHz |
| Memory Bandwidth | 256 GB/s | 336 GB/s |
| Process Size | 12nm | 12nm |
| Architecture | GCN 4.0 | Turing |
| Shading Units | 2304 | 1408 |
| RT Cores | N/A | N/A |
| TMUs | 144 | 88 |
| ROPs | 32 | 48 |
| Memory Bus | 256-bit | 192-bit |
| Memory Clock | 2000 MHz | 1750 MHz |
| Pixel Rate | 49.44 GPixel/s | 85.68 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 256 GTexel/s | 336 GTexel/s |
| FP32 Performance | 7.119 GFLOPS | 5.027 GFLOPS |
| L2 Cache | 2.00 MB | 1.50 MB |
| Die Size | 232 mm² | 284 mm² |
| Transistors | 5700 Million | 6600 Million |
| Required PSU | 450 W | 300 W |
| Power Connectors | 1x 8-pin | 1x 8-pin |
| Bus Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| DirectX | 12 | 12.1 |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| Foundry | GlobalFoundries | TSMC |
Comparison in Synthetic Benchmarks
3DMark Time Spy
Synthetic DirectX 12 benchmark that measures GPU performance in gaming workloads
Graphics Score
4611
AMD Radeon RX 590
5672 (+23%)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
Geekbench 6
Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs
OpenCL Score
45783
AMD Radeon RX 590
67074 (+47%)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
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
70.2 FPS (+15%)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
PassMark G2D
Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations
G2D Mark
9375
AMD Radeon RX 590
12712 (+36%)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
Game Benchmarks Comparison (168 benchmarks)
King's Bounty II
8 2021 • Adventure, RPG, Strategy Fulqrum Games
1080p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER (+34%)
AVG 90 FPS
MIN 77 FPS
Radeon RX 590
AVG 67 FPS
MIN 60 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER (+39%)
AVG 64 FPS
MIN 56 FPS
Radeon RX 590
AVG 46 FPS
MIN 40 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER (+33%)
AVG 32 FPS
MIN 29 FPS
Radeon RX 590
AVG 24 FPS
MIN 22 FPS
Winner
Loser
HUMANKIND
8.3 2021 • Strategy AMPLITUDE Studios
1080p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER (+38%)
AVG 66 FPS
MIN 59 FPS
Radeon RX 590
AVG 48 FPS
MIN 41 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER (+31%)
AVG 51 FPS
MIN 45 FPS
Radeon RX 590
AVG 39 FPS
MIN 34 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER (+17%)
AVG 27 FPS
MIN 24 FPS
Radeon RX 590
AVG 23 FPS
MIN 19 FPS
Winner
Loser
The Forgotten City
8.5 2021 • Adventure, Indie, RPG Modern Storyteller
1080p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER (+27%)
AVG 89 FPS
MIN 77 FPS
Radeon RX 590
AVG 70 FPS
MIN 59 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER (+35%)
AVG 65 FPS
MIN 56 FPS
Radeon RX 590
AVG 48 FPS
MIN 41 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER (+38%)
AVG 33 FPS
MIN 28 FPS
Radeon RX 590
AVG 24 FPS
MIN 21 FPS
Winner
Loser
The Ascent
8 2021 • Action, Adventure, Indie, RPG Neon Giant
1080p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER (+32%)
AVG 86 FPS
MIN 76 FPS
Radeon RX 590
AVG 65 FPS
MIN 58 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER (+21%)
AVG 52 FPS
MIN 45 FPS
Radeon RX 590
AVG 43 FPS
MIN 38 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER (+35%)
AVG 23 FPS
MIN 20 FPS
Radeon RX 590
AVG 17 FPS
MIN 16 FPS
Winner
Loser
Total War ROME REMASTERED
7.5 2021 • Strategy Creative Assembly, Feral Interactive
1080p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER (+33%)
AVG 52 FPS
MIN 43 FPS
Radeon RX 590
AVG 39 FPS
MIN 34 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER (+27%)
AVG 42 FPS
MIN 37 FPS
Radeon RX 590
AVG 33 FPS
MIN 29 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER (+17%)
AVG 28 FPS
MIN 25 FPS
Radeon RX 590
AVG 24 FPS
MIN 22 FPS
Winner
Loser
Demon Skin
8.2 2021 • Action, Adventure, Indie, RPG Ludus future
1080p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER (+30%)
AVG 82 FPS
MIN 76 FPS
Radeon RX 590
AVG 63 FPS
MIN 59 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER (+32%)
AVG 50 FPS
MIN 48 FPS
Radeon RX 590
AVG 38 FPS
MIN 36 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER (+26%)
AVG 24 FPS
MIN 22 FPS
Radeon RX 590
AVG 19 FPS
MIN 18 FPS
Winner
Loser
No more benchmarks available for this comparison
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER Wins!
Based on 168 benchmarks across 55 games
41
Avg FPS
Radeon RX 590
VS
+18%
48
Avg FPS
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
AMD Radeon RX 590
AMD • 8GB GDDR5
16
Wins
41
Avg FPS
35
Min FPS
10%
Win Rate
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
NVIDIA • 6GB GDDR6
143
Wins
48
Avg FPS
41
Min FPS
85%
Win Rate
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