ASUS Dual GeForce GTX 1660 EVO
vs
ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 590 8GB GDDR5


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The ASUS Dual GeForce GTX 1660 EVO has 1408 shader units and these clock a maximum of 1.82 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 5.11 TFLOPS.

The ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 590 8GB GDDR5 has 2304 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.57 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 7.21 TFLOPS.

GPU

The ASUS Dual GeForce GTX 1660 EVO is equipped with a graphics chip of the Turing architecture, which has 22 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 590 8GB GDDR5 is based on the GCN 4 architecture and is equipped with 36 execution units.
ASUS Dual GeForce GTX 1660 EVO GPU ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 590 8GB GDDR5
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Based on AMD Radeon RX 590
TU116-300-A1 GPU Chip Polaris 30 XT
Turing Architecture GCN 4
22 Streaming Multiprocessors 36
1408 Shader 2304
48 Render Output Units 32
88 Texture Units 144
0 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The ASUS Dual GeForce GTX 1660 EVO is equipped with a 6 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory, which is equipped with 2.000 GHz clocks.

The ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 590 8GB GDDR5 has a 8 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory and the memory clock is 2.000GHz.

6 GB Memory Size 8 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR5
2.000 GHz Memory Clock 2.000 GHz
8.0 Gbps Memory Speed 8.0 Gbps
192 GB/s Memory bandwidth 256 GB/s
192 bit Memory Interface 256 bit

Clock Speeds

The ASUS Dual GeForce GTX 1660 EVO has a turbo clock of 1.815 GHz. The turbo frequency of the ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 590 8GB GDDR5 is 1.565 GHz.

1.530 GHz Base Clock 1.469 GHz
1.815 GHz Boost Clock 1.565 GHz
1.79 GHz Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The ASUS Dual GeForce GTX 1660 EVO has 1 x 8-Pin connectors through which it is supplied with power. The manufacturer specifies the maximum operating temperature of the graphics card as 95 °C.

The ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 590 8GB GDDR5 is equipped with a 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 98 °C.

120 W TDP 225 W
-- TDP (up) --
95 °C Tjunction max 98 °C
1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The graphics processor and graphics memory of the ASUS Dual GeForce GTX 1660 EVO are cooled with a Air cooling.

The ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 590 8GB GDDR5 is cooled by a Air cooling.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 90 mm Fan 1 3 x 90 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

The ASUS Dual GeForce GTX 1660 EVO supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.2.

The ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 590 8GB GDDR5 supports HDCP in version 2.2 and all previous versions.

3 Max. Displays 4
2.2 HDCP-Version 2.2
1x HDMI v2.0b HDMI Ports 2x HDMI v2.0b
1x DP v1.4 DP Ports 2x DP v1.4
1 DVI Ports 1
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

The ASUS Dual GeForce GTX 1660 EVO supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_1.

The ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 590 8GB GDDR5 supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_1 DirectX 12
No Raytracing No
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
No LED lighting LED ASUS Aura Sync

Supported Video Codecs

This area lists which video codecs can be decoded or encoded by the graphics cards in hardware. As a result, the power consumption can be reduced due to a lower processor load.

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

Dimensions

The ASUS Dual GeForce GTX 1660 EVO is 53 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 590 8GB GDDR5 is 53 mm and thus requires the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

242 mm Length 298 mm
130 mm Height 134 mm
53 mm Width 53 mm
3 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

Manufactured using the 12 nanometer process, ASUS Dual GeForce GTX 1660 EVO was released in Q1/2019.

The ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 590 8GB GDDR5 published in Q4/2018 is manufactured with a structure width of 14 nanometers.

DUAL-GTX1660-6G-EVO Part-no ROG-STRIX-RX590-8G-GAMING
Q1/2019 Release date Q4/2018
219 $ (Reference) Launch Price 299 $
12 nm Structure size 14 nm
data sheet Documents data sheet

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Benchmark results

3DMark Benchmark (DirectX, Raytracing)

3DMark is a benchmark program that determines the performance of certain components of a computer and then reports the performance as a numerical value.

Time Spy Extreme Graphics score

Port Royal (Raytracing)

The Last of Us Part 1

The Last of Us Part One is a game released by Sony in June 2013 exclusively for the Playstation and released for the PC in early 2023. The benchmark values here were determined at high details.

1920x1080 (1080p)

ASUS Dual GeForce GTX 1660 EVO ASUS Dual GeForce GTX 1660 EVO
6 GB GDDR5
41 fps (avg)

Battlefield 5

Battlefield 5 is a visually stunning game that is ideal as a graphics card benchmark. We test the game with maximum details on Windows 10.

3840x2160 (2160p)

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

Geekbench 6 (OpenCL, Vulkan, Metal)

Geekbench 6 is a cross-platform benchmark for main processors, which also carries out 3 different graphics benchmarks and outputs them in the form of a numerical value.

Geekbench 6 - OpenCL

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan

Geekbench 6 - Metal

FP32 Performance (Single-precision TFLOPS)

The theoretical computing power of the graphics card with single precision (32 bit) in TFLOPS indicates how many trillion FP32 floating point operations the graphics card (GPU) can perform per second.

FP32 (TFLOPS)

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