NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 vs GIGABYTE AORUS Radeon RX 580 XTR 8G. Specifications, performance, tests

Comparison of basic technical data of graphics cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 and GIGABYTE AORUS Radeon RX 580 XTR 8G, chip, information processing units.

• GPU Chip
  TU116 Polaris 20 XT
• Execution units
  1408 36
• Render Output Units
  48 32
• Texture Units
  88 144

Comparison of the amount of memory on board graphics cards. The more the better.

• Memory Size
  6 GB 8 GB
• Memory Type
  GDDR5 GDDR5
• Memory Speed
  8 Gbps 2 GHz
• Memory Bandwith
  192.1 GB/s 256 GB/s
• Memory Interface
  192 bit 256 bit

Let's compare the memory frequency of graphics cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 and GIGABYTE AORUS Radeon RX 580 XTR 8G. The higher the better.

• Base Clock
  1.53 GHz 1.257 GHz
• Boost Clock
  1.785 GHz 1.439 GHz+ 7 %

Connectors, the number of thermal watts emitted in normal mode and at overclocking.

• TDP
  120 W 185 W

Connectivity and connections.

• Max. Displays
  3 4
• HDMI Ports
  1x HDMI 2.0 1x HDMI v2.0b
• DP Ports
  1x DisplayPort 1.4a 3x DP v1.4
• DVI Ports
  1x DVI 1

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

• Max. resolution
  3840x2160 7680x4320
• DirectX
  12.1 12

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

• Length
  229 mm 276 mm
• Width
  111 mm 55 mm
• Height
  35 mm 134 mm

Comparison of interfaces and release dates for GPU GIGABYTE AORUS Radeon RX 580 XTR 8G and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660.

• GPU Interface
  PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x 16
• Structure size
  12 nm 14 nm
• Release date
  Q1/2019 Q4/2017