AMD Radeon RX 580 vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti

Compared 2 processors: AMD Radeon RX 580, vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon RX 580 and Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
Games
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, Vulkan
AI/ML
AI workload testing
Professional Apps
3D modeling, video editing, rendering
Energy Efficiency
Power usage in various scenarios
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
76
38
33
15
91
52
43
25
The Witcher 3
52
40
23
13
87
70
47
26
Counter-Strike 2
78
56
37
16
138
98
71
31
Far Cry 6
58
49
34
17
75
66
47
24
Hogwarts Legacy
33
23
20
10
49
37
27
13
COD Modern Warfare 3
47
41
27
15
56
49
33
23
Ghost of Tsushima
33
24
16
9
45
34
25
13
Cyberpunk 2077
30
27
13
n/a
47
45
25
12
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
60
51
31
18
80
74
49
27
Avg FPS
1080p High5274
1080p Ultra3958
1440p Ultra2641
4K Ultra1322
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 580
4176
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
5918
Time Spy43536344
Solar Bayn/a20462
Port Royal5271652
Fire Strike1497916643
Night Raid5687676116
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 580
40514
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
72340
Background Blur59.5 frames/s124.8 frames/s
Face Detection33.8 frames/s69.4 frames/s
Horizon Detection1.56 Gpix/sec2.67 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection3.1 Gpix/sec3.48 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur2.92 Gpix/sec3.52 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.33 Gpix/sec0.92 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching161.8 Gpix/sec355.9 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics5395.1 fps9094.4 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 580
8831
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
12901
G2D Mark767807
DirectX 1160 fps103 fps
DirectX 1243 fps51 fps
GPU Compute3529 Ops/s5253 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 580
n/a
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
71.9 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)n/a404.9 fps
Car Chasen/a369.2 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)n/a324.3 fps
T-Rexn/a1580.9 fps
ALU 2n/a1754.8 fps
Driver Overhead 2n/a257.4 fps
APIn/aOpenGL
OSn/aWindows
Tessellationn/a1901.6

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced April, 18, 2017 February, 22, 2019
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end Entry-level
Architecture GCN 4.0 Turing
Codename Polaris 20 TU116
Price 229 279

GPU

GPU Frequency 1257 MHz 1500 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1340 MHz 1770 MHz
Shader Units 2304 1536
TMUs 144 96
ROPs 32 48
Execution Units n/a 24
Ray Tracing Cores No No
Tensor Cores No No
L1 cache 16 KB/core 64 KB/core
L2 cache 2000 KB/core 1536 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 43 Gpix/sec 85 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 193 GTex/s 170 GTex/s
FLOPS 6.2 TFLOPS 5.4 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
TGP 185 W 120 W
Process GlobalFoundries TSMC
Process tech. 14 nm 12 nm
Transistor Size 232 mm² 284 mm²
Transistor count 5 billion 6 billion
Transistor density 21.55 MTr/mm² 21.13 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR5 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 2000 MHz 1500 MHz
Bus 256 bit 192 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 8000 MB/s 12000 MB/s
Memory Size 8 GB 6 GB
Max Throughput
AMD Radeon RX 580
256 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
288 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.3 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA n/a 7.5
DisplayPort 1.4a 1.4a
Ray Tracing No No
DLSS No No

Results

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