Radeon RX 590 VS GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
We are comparing the Radeon RX 590 ( AMD ) head-to-head with the GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER ( NVIDIA ) . You’ll get the key pros and cons of each graphics card, in-depth specs, and gaming benchmarks.
Note: This comparison of Radeon RX 590 vs. GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER is based on Comparigon's analysis and is for informational purposes only.
Last Updated: August 21, 2026
Overall Comparison
KEY DIFFERENCES OF Radeon RX 590 AND GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
Here’s how Radeon RX 590 and GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER stack up against each other in their most impactful areas. Use these bullets to see at a glance which graphics card excels where.
Reasons to consider the Radeon RX 590
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42% higher FP32 Compute (7.12 TFLOPS vs 5.03 TFLOPS)
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33% more VRAM (8GB vs 6GB)
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33% higher Memory Bus Width (256 Bit vs 192 Bit)
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Newer HDMI Version (2.0b)
Reasons to consider the GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
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33% higher 4K Ultra FPS (20 vs 15)
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39% higher 1440p Ultra FPS (39 vs 28)
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28% higher 1080p Ultra FPS (55 vs 43)
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16% higher Boost Clock (1785 MHz vs 1545 MHz)
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27% higher 3DMark Time Spy score (6045 vs 4778)
SPECIFICATION TABLE COMPARISON OF Radeon RX 590 AND GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
Below is the detailed specification table comparing Radeon RX 590 and GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER.
Note: Highlighted specs mean that GPU wins that spec row.
If neither side is highlighted, it is a tie or there is not enough data for both specs.
| Specification | Radeon RX 590 | GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER |
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General Info
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| GPU Name: | Radeon RX 590 | GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER |
| GPU Type: | Discrete | Discrete |
| Codename: | Polaris 30 | TU116 |
| Vendor: | AMD | NVIDIA |
| Foundry: | GlobalFoundries | TSMC |
| Architecture: | GCN 4.0 | Turing |
| Generation: | Polaris (RX 500) | GeForce 16 |
| Release Date: | November 15, 2018 | October 29, 2019 |
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Board Design
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| Bus Interface: | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| PCIe Version: | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| PCIe Lanes: | 16 | 16 |
| Process Size: | 12 nm | 12 nm |
| Transistors: | 5.7 billion | 6.6 billion |
| Density: | — | 23.2 MTr/mm² |
| Die Size: | 232 mm² | 284 mm² |
| Board Length: | — | 229 mm |
| Board Width: | — | 35 mm |
| Board Height: | — | 111 mm |
| Total Graphics Power (TGP): | 175 W | 125 W |
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Graphics Processor
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| Compute Units: | 36 | 22 |
| Shading Units: | 2304 | 1408 |
| Texture Mapping Units (TMUs): | 144 | 88 |
| Render Output Units (ROPs): | 32 | 48 |
| Base Clock: | 1469 MHz | 1530 MHz |
| Boost Clock: | 1545 MHz | 1785 MHz |
| L1 Cache: | 16 KB (per CU) | 64 KB (per SM) |
| L2 Cache: | 2 MB | 1536 KB |
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Raw Performance
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| Pixel Fill Rate: | 49.44 GPixel/s | 85.68 GPixel/s |
| Texture Fill Rate: | 222.5 GTexel/s | 157.1 GTexel/s |
| FP32 Performance: | 7.119 TFLOPs | 5.027 TFLOPs |
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Memory
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| Memory Type: | GDDR5 | GDDR6 |
| Memory Size: | 8 GB | 6 GB |
| Memory Bus Width: | 256-bit | 192-bit |
| Memory Clock: | 2000 MHz | 1750 MHz |
| Effective Memory Speed: | 8000 Mbps | 14000 Mbps |
| Bandwidth: | 256 GB/s | 336 GB/s |
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APIs
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| DirectX: | 12 | 12.1 |
| Vulkan: | 1.3 | 1.4 |
| OpenGL: | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL: | 2.1 | 3.0 |
| CUDA: | — | 7.5 |
| DisplayPort: | 1.4a | 1.4a |
| HDMI: | 2.0b | 2.0 |
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Gaming FPS
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| 1080p Ultra (FPS): | 43 | 55 |
| 1440p Ultra (FPS): | 28 | 39 |
| 4K Ultra (FPS): | 15 | 20 |
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Benchmarks
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3D Mark
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| Steel Nomad Lite | 4611 | 5670 |
| Time Spy | 4778 | 6045 |
| Solar Bay | — | 19268 |
| Port Royal | — | 1547 |
| Fire Strike | 16526 | 16187 |
| Wild Life Extreme | 9731 | 12327 |
| Night Raid | 62042 | 74636 |
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GeekBench 6 OpenCL
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| Compute Score | 45783 | 67074 |
| Background Blur | 69 img/sec | 122.5 img/sec |
| Face Detection | 38.2 img/sec | 68.6 img/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 1.75 Gpixels/sec | 2.56 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge Detection | 3.31 Gpixels/sec | 3.33 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian Blur | 3.31 Gpixels/sec | 3.21 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature Matching | 0.38 Gpixels/sec | 0.86 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo Matching | 180.5 Gpixels/sec | 273.3 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle Physics | 6238 | 8476.3 |
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Passmark Graphics
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| G3D Mark | 9300 | 12684 |
| G2D Mark | 790 | 807 |
| DirectX 11 | 65 | 104 |
| DirectX 12 | 45 | 50 |
| GPU Compute | 3766 | 5050 |
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GFXBench 5
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| Aztec Ruins High (4K) | 61.20 | 70.20 |
| Aztec Ruins Normal | 345.40 | 396.10 |
| Car Chase | 328.10 | 340.70 |
| Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p) | 275.60 | 304.70 |
| T-Rex | 1275.20 | 1502.80 |
| Tessellation | 1012.60 | 1760.20 |
| ALU 2 | 1417.70 | 1607.10 |
| Driver Overhead 2 | 266.80 | 272.10 |
| API | OpenGL | OpenGL |
| OS | Windows | Windows |
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Blender (Rendering)
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| Blender Score | 488 | 783 |
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GeekBench 6 ML
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| Single Precision | 9064 | 10238 |
| Half Precision | 9971 | 8153 |
| Quantized | 6293 | 7392 |
| Image Classification | 3307 | 4278 |
| Image Segmentation | 4895 | 5856 |
| Image Super Resolution | 9072 | 9561 |
| Face Detection | 12467 | 9830 |
| Pose Estimation | 43468 | 36109 |
| Text Classification | 1547 | 1858 |
| Machine Translation | 2504 | 3286 |
| Object Detection | 3746 | 5151 |
| Depth Estimation | 15075 | 18021 |
| Style Transfer | 96813 | 73708 |
| Framework | ONNX | ONNX |
| Backend | DirectML | DirectML |
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FurMark
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| 1080p Vulkan | 3726 | 4601 |
| 1440p Vulkan | 2530 | 2909 |
| 2160p Vulkan | 1248 | 1405 |
| 1080p OpenGL | 3815 | 4621 |
| 1440p OpenGL | 2596 | 3306 |
| 2160p OpenGL | 1377 | 1647 |
Tip: ▲ indicates a higher-is-better spec advantage, while ▼ indicates a lower-is-better advantage.
PERFORMANCE CHART COMPARISON OF Radeon RX 590 AND GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
The charts below visualize how Radeon RX 590 and GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER stack up in key performance metrics.
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Release Timeline of Radeon RX 590 and GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
Radeon RX 590 was released 11 months, 14 days earlier than GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER.
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Domain Score Summary
Note: Scores (0 to 100) are generated by Comparigon’s scoring algorithm and are intended as a high-level guide. They may not map 1-to-1 with the individual spec-by-spec comparisons shown in the table.
Our Verdict
In conclusion, the GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER edges out overall compared to the Radeon RX 590. It comes out ahead across every comparable key area.
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