ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 570 8G vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti. Specifications, performance, tests

Comparison of basic technical data of graphics cards ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 570 8G and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti, chip, information processing units.

• Based on
  AMD Radeon RX 570 -
• Execution Units
  32 1536
• GPU Chip
  Polaris 20 XL TU116
• Render Output Units
  32 48
• Shader
  2048 -
• Texture Units
  128 96
• Architecture
  - Turing
• CUDA Cores
  - 1536
• L1 Cache
  - 64 KB
• L2 Cache
  - 1,536 MB

Video memory capacity, type, bus width and bandwidth describe different properties. These values alone do not determine graphics performance.

• Memory Bandwidth
  224 GB/s 288 GB/s
• Memory Bus
  256 bit 192 bit
• Memory Size
  8 GB 6 GB
• Memory Speed (legacy frequency label)
  1750 MHz -
• Memory Type
  GDDR5 GDDR6
• Memory Clock
  - 1500 MHz
• Memory Data Rate
  - 12 Gbps

Published GPU clock frequencies describe different operating modes. Clock speed alone does not determine graphics performance.

• Base Clock
  1178 MHz + 1% 1500 MHz
• Boost Clock
  1254 MHz + 1% 1770 MHz
• Game Clock
  - -
• Overclocking
  Yes -

Graphics card power limits and recommended system power supply describe different specifications.

• Maximum Junction Temperature
  - -
• TDP
  150 W 120 W
• TDP (up)
  200 W -
• Graphics Card Power
  - 120 W
• Maximum GPU Temperature
  - 95 °C
• System Power Supply
  - 450 W (Minimum system power requirement)

Types and sizes of coolers for graphics card cooling system ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 570 8G and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti.

• Cooler-Type
  Air cooling -
• Fan-Type
  Axial -
• Fan 1
  2 x 100 mm -
• Fan 2
  - -
• Noise (Idle)
  - -
• Noise (Load)
  - -

Connectivity and connections.

• DisplayPort Ports
  1 × DisplayPort 1.4 1 × DisplayPort 1.4a
• DVI Ports
  2 × DVI 1 × DVI
• HDCP Version
  2.2 -
• HDMI Ports
  1 × HDMI 2.0b 1 × HDMI 2.1
• Max. Displays
  4 3
• PCIe Interface
  PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
• Power Connectors
  1 x 8-Pin 8-pin
• USB-C Ports
  - -
• VGA Ports
  - -
• Other Display Outputs (unparsed)
  - DP 1.4a; HDMI 2.0b; DL-DVI-D

Technical data that is used to its full potential in computer games.

• DirectX
  12 12.1
• DLSS / FSR
  No -
• LED
  Non addressable LED -
• Max. resolution
  5120 × 2880 3840 × 2160
• Raytracing
  No -
• CUDA
  - 7.5
• OpenCL
  - 3.0
• OpenGL
  - 4.6
• Shader Model
  - 6.7 (6.4)
• Vulkan
  - 1.3

Built-in support for video and image compression standards.

• AV1
  No -
• h264
  Decode / Encode -
• h265 / HEVC
  Decode / Encode -
• VP8
  Decode -
• VP9
  Decode -

The difference in size, weight and slot of the compared devices

• Height
  128 mm 35 mm
• Length
  240 mm 229 mm
• Slot Size
  2 PCIe-Slots Dual-slot
• Weight
  - -
• Width
  40 mm 111 mm

Comparison of interfaces and release dates for GPU NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti and ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 570 8G.

• Documents
  data sheet -
• Launch Price (historical)
  - -
• Part Number
  ROG-STRIX-RX570-8G-GAMING -
• Process Technology
  14 nm 12 nm
• Release date
  Q2/2020 Q1/2019
• Manufacturer specification scope
  - NVIDIA Founders Edition/reference design. Clock specifications apply to gaming use. AIB shipping specifications and complete-system power needs may differ.
• Multi-monitor support
  - Yes

• FP16 (theoretical)
  - 10.87 TFLOPS (2:1)
• FP32 (theoretical)
  - 5.437 TFLOPS
• FP64 (theoretical)
  - 169.9 GFLOPS (1:32)
• Pixel Rate
  - 84.96 GPixel/s
• Texture Rate
  - 169.9 GTexel/s