NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 VS AMD Radeon RX 580
nvidia
Brand6GB GDDR5
Memory1408
Cores192.1 GB/s
BandwidthGeForce GTX 1660
VS
amd
Brand8GB GDDR5
Memory2304
Cores256 GB/s
BandwidthRadeon RX 580
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660
6GB GDDR5 120W N/A Mar 2019
GeForce GTX 1660
$219 • Mar 2019
VS
Radeon RX 580
$229 • Apr 2017
AMD Radeon RX 580
8GB GDDR5 185W N/A Apr 2017
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Specs Comparison
| Specification | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 | AMD Radeon RX 580 |
|---|---|---|
| Memory Size | 6 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| TDP | 120 W | 185 W |
| Core Clock | N/A | N/A |
| Boost Clock | 1785 MHz | 1340 MHz |
| Memory Bandwidth | 192.1 GB/s | 256 GB/s |
| Process Size | 12nm | 14nm |
| Architecture | Turing | GCN 4.0 |
| Shading Units | 1408 | 2304 |
| RT Cores | N/A | N/A |
| TMUs | 88 | 144 |
| ROPs | 48 | 32 |
| Memory Bus | 192-bit | 256-bit |
| Memory Clock | 2001 MHz | 2000 MHz |
| Pixel Rate | 85.68 GPixel/s | 42.88 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 192.1 GTexel/s | 256 GTexel/s |
| FP32 Performance | 5.027 GFLOPS | 6.175 GFLOPS |
| L2 Cache | 1.50 MB | 2.00 MB |
| Die Size | 284 mm² | 232 mm² |
| Transistors | 6600 Million | 5700 Million |
| Required PSU | 300 W | 450 W |
| Power Connectors | 1x 8-pin | 1x 8-pin |
| Bus Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| DirectX | 12.1 | 12 |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| Foundry | TSMC | GlobalFoundries |
Comparison in Synthetic Benchmarks
3DMark Time Spy
Synthetic DirectX 12 benchmark that measures GPU performance in gaming workloads
Graphics Score
5094 (+22%)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660
4176
AMD Radeon RX 580
Geekbench 6
Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs
OpenCL Score
60105 (+48%)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660
40514
AMD Radeon RX 580
GFXBench 5.0
Cross-platform 3D graphics benchmark suite that measures GPU performance across different APIs
Aztec Ruins High (FPS)
65.4 FPS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660
FPS
AMD Radeon RX 580
PassMark G2D
Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations
G2D Mark
11656 (+32%)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660
8835
AMD Radeon RX 580
Game Benchmarks Comparison (203 benchmarks)
DEATH STRANDING 2: ON THE BEACH
8 2026 • Action, Adventure KOJIMA PRODUCTIONS, Nixxes Software
1080p
| high
GeForce GTX 1660 (+40%)
AVG 28 FPS
MIN 26 FPS
Radeon RX 580
AVG 20 FPS
MIN 18 FPS
1440p
| high
GeForce GTX 1660 (+33%)
AVG 20 FPS
MIN 19 FPS
Radeon RX 580
AVG 15 FPS
MIN 13 FPS
2160p
| high
Radeon RX 580 (+13%)
AVG 9 FPS
MIN 7 FPS
GeForce GTX 1660
AVG 8 FPS
MIN 6 FPS
1080p
| high
| fsr balanced
GeForce GTX 1660 (+87%)
AVG 43 FPS
MIN 38 FPS
Radeon RX 580
AVG 23 FPS
MIN 21 FPS
1440p
| high
| fsr balanced
GeForce GTX 1660 (+61%)
AVG 29 FPS
MIN 27 FPS
Radeon RX 580
AVG 18 FPS
MIN 15 FPS
2160p
| high
| fsr balanced
GeForce GTX 1660 (+33%)
AVG 12 FPS
MIN 10 FPS
Radeon RX 580
AVG 9 FPS
MIN 8 FPS
Winner
Loser
Resident Evil Requiem
8.7 2026 • Action, Adventure CAPCOM Co., Ltd.
1080p
| high
Radeon RX 580 (+4%)
AVG 29 FPS
MIN 25 FPS
GeForce GTX 1660
AVG 28 FPS
MIN 24 FPS
1440p
| high
Radeon RX 580 (+5%)
AVG 21 FPS
MIN 19 FPS
GeForce GTX 1660
AVG 20 FPS
MIN 18 FPS
Winner
Loser
Scars Above
7.9 2023 • Action, Adventure Mad Head Games
1080p
| ultra
| Patch: v1.1
GeForce GTX 1660 (+35%)
AVG 84 FPS
MIN 75 FPS
Radeon RX 580
AVG 62 FPS
MIN 54 FPS
1440p
| ultra
| Patch: v1.1
GeForce GTX 1660 (+38%)
AVG 55 FPS
MIN 50 FPS
Radeon RX 580
AVG 40 FPS
MIN 34 FPS
2160p
| ultra
| Patch: v1.1
GeForce GTX 1660 (+35%)
AVG 27 FPS
MIN 25 FPS
Radeon RX 580
AVG 20 FPS
MIN 16 FPS
Winner
Loser
The Forgotten City
8.5 2021 • Adventure, Indie, RPG Modern Storyteller
1080p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1660 (+30%)
AVG 82 FPS
MIN 71 FPS
Radeon RX 580
AVG 63 FPS
MIN 53 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1660 (+35%)
AVG 58 FPS
MIN 50 FPS
Radeon RX 580
AVG 43 FPS
MIN 37 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1660 (+32%)
AVG 29 FPS
MIN 25 FPS
Radeon RX 580
AVG 22 FPS
MIN 19 FPS
Winner
Loser
The Ascent
8 2021 • Action, Adventure, Indie, RPG Neon Giant
1080p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1660 (+34%)
AVG 79 FPS
MIN 70 FPS
Radeon RX 580
AVG 59 FPS
MIN 52 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1660 (+21%)
AVG 47 FPS
MIN 41 FPS
Radeon RX 580
AVG 39 FPS
MIN 34 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1660 (+33%)
AVG 20 FPS
MIN 18 FPS
Radeon RX 580
AVG 15 FPS
MIN 14 FPS
Winner
Loser
Total War ROME REMASTERED
7.5 2021 • Strategy Creative Assembly, Feral Interactive
1080p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1660 (+31%)
AVG 46 FPS
MIN 38 FPS
Radeon RX 580
AVG 35 FPS
MIN 31 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1660 (+23%)
AVG 37 FPS
MIN 33 FPS
Radeon RX 580
AVG 30 FPS
MIN 26 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1660 (+14%)
AVG 25 FPS
MIN 22 FPS
Radeon RX 580
AVG 22 FPS
MIN 20 FPS
Winner
Loser
No more benchmarks available for this comparison
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Wins!
Based on 203 benchmarks across 65 games
44
Avg FPS
GeForce GTX 1660
VS
+18.8%
37
Avg FPS
Radeon RX 580
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660
NVIDIA • 6GB GDDR5
166
Wins
44
Avg FPS
37
Min FPS
82%
Win Rate
AMD Radeon RX 580
AMD • 8GB GDDR5
29
Wins
37
Avg FPS
31
Min FPS
14%
Win Rate
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