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.

• Architecture
  Turing -
• CUDA Cores
  1408 -
• Execution Units
  1408 36
• GPU Chip
  TU116 Polaris 20 XT
• L1 Cache
  64 KB -
• L2 Cache
  1.536 MB -
• Render Output Units
  48 32
• Texture Units
  88 144
• Based on
  - AMD Radeon RX 580
• Shader
  - 2304

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

• Memory Bandwidth
  192.1 GB/s 256 GB/s
• Memory Bus
  192 bit 256 bit
• Memory Clock
  2000 MHz -
• Memory Data Rate
  8 Gbps -
• Memory Size
  6 GB 8 GB
• Memory Type
  GDDR5 GDDR5
• Memory Speed (legacy frequency label)
  - 2000 MHz

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

• Base Clock
  1530 MHz 1257 MHz
• Boost Clock
  1785 MHz 1439 MHz + 7%
• Game Clock
  - -
• Overclocking
  - Yes

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

• Graphics Card Power
  120 W -
• Maximum GPU Temperature
  95 °C -
• System Power Supply
  450 W (Minimum system power requirement) -
• TDP
  120 W 185 W
• Maximum Junction Temperature
  - -
• TDP (up)
  - -

Types and sizes of coolers for graphics card cooling system NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 and GIGABYTE AORUS Radeon RX 580 XTR 8G.

• 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 1.4a 3 × DisplayPort 1.4
• DVI Ports
  1 × DVI 1 × DVI
• HDMI Ports
  1 × HDMI 2.0 1 × HDMI 2.0b
• Max. Displays
  3 4
• Other Display Outputs (unparsed)
  DP 1.4a; HDMI 2.0b; DL-DVI-D -
• PCIe Interface
  PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
• Power Connectors
  8-pin 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin
• HDCP Version
  - 2.2
• USB-C Ports
  - -
• VGA Ports
  - -

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

• CUDA
  7.5 -
• DirectX
  12.1 12
• Max. resolution
  3840 × 2160 7680 × 4320
• OpenCL
  3.0 -
• OpenGL
  4.6 -
• Shader Model
  6.7 (6.4) -
• Vulkan
  1.3 -
• DLSS / FSR
  - No
• LED
  - GIGABYTE RGB Fusion
• Raytracing
  - No

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
  35 mm 134 mm
• Length
  229 mm 276 mm
• Slot Size
  Dual-slot 3 PCIe-Slots
• Width
  111 mm 55 mm
• Weight
  - -

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

• 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 -
• Process Technology
  12 nm 14 nm
• Release date
  Q1/2019 Q4/2017
• Documents
  - data sheet
• Launch Price (historical)
  - -
• Part Number
  - GV-RX580XTRAORUS-8GD

• FP16 (theoretical)
  10.05 TFLOPS (2:1) -
• FP32 (theoretical)
  5.027 TFLOPS -
• FP64 (theoretical)
  157.1 GFLOPS (1:32) -
• Pixel Rate
  85.68 GPixel/s -
• Texture Rate
  157.1 GTexel/s -