Gainward GeForce GTX 1660 Ghost OC
vs
GIGABYTE AORUS Radeon RX 580 8G


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The Gainward GeForce GTX 1660 Ghost OC has 1408 shader units and these clock a maximum of 1.83 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 5.16 TFLOPS.

The GIGABYTE AORUS Radeon RX 580 8G has 2304 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.38 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 5.77 TFLOPS.

GPU

The Gainward GeForce GTX 1660 Ghost OC is equipped with a graphics chip of the Turing architecture, which has 22 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card GIGABYTE AORUS Radeon RX 580 8G is based on the GCN 4 architecture and is equipped with 36 execution units.
Gainward GeForce GTX 1660 Ghost OC GPU GIGABYTE AORUS Radeon RX 580 8G
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Based on AMD Radeon RX 580 (36 CU)
TU116-300-A1 GPU Chip Polaris 20 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 Gainward GeForce GTX 1660 Ghost OC is equipped with a 6 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory, which is equipped with 2.000 GHz clocks.

The GIGABYTE AORUS Radeon RX 580 8G 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 Gainward GeForce GTX 1660 Ghost OC has a turbo clock of 1.830 GHz. The turbo frequency of the GIGABYTE AORUS Radeon RX 580 8G is 1.380 GHz.

1.530 GHz Base Clock 1.257 GHz
1.830 GHz Boost Clock 1.380 GHz
1.79 GHz Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The Gainward GeForce GTX 1660 Ghost OC 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 GIGABYTE AORUS Radeon RX 580 8G is equipped with a 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 90 °C.

120 W TDP 185 W
-- TDP (up) --
95 °C Tjunction max 90 °C
1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The graphics processor and graphics memory of the Gainward GeForce GTX 1660 Ghost OC are cooled with a Air cooling.

The GIGABYTE AORUS Radeon RX 580 8G is cooled by a Air cooling.

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

Connectivity

The Gainward GeForce GTX 1660 Ghost OC supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.2.

The GIGABYTE AORUS Radeon RX 580 8G 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 1x HDMI v2.0b
1x DP v1.4 DP Ports 3x DP v1.4
1 DVI Ports 1
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

The Gainward GeForce GTX 1660 Ghost OC supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_1.

The GIGABYTE AORUS Radeon RX 580 8G 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 GIGABYTE RGB Fusion

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 Gainward GeForce GTX 1660 Ghost OC is -- wide and therefore needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the GIGABYTE AORUS Radeon RX 580 8G is -- and thus requires the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

235 mm Length 232 mm
115 mm Height 121 mm
-- Width 36 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

Manufactured using the 12 nanometer process, Gainward GeForce GTX 1660 Ghost OC was released in Q1/2019.

The GIGABYTE AORUS Radeon RX 580 8G published in Q4/2017 is manufactured with a structure width of 14 nanometers.

NE51660S18J9-1161X Part-no GV-RX580AORUS-8GD
Q1/2019 Release date Q4/2017
219 $ (Reference) Launch Price 229 $
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)

Gainward GeForce GTX 1660 Ghost OC Gainward GeForce GTX 1660 Ghost OC
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)

Gainward GeForce GTX 1660 Ghost OC Gainward GeForce GTX 1660 Ghost OC
6 GB GDDR5
31 fps (avg)
GIGABYTE AORUS Radeon RX 580 8G GIGABYTE AORUS Radeon RX 580 8G
8 GB GDDR5
31 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

Gainward GeForce GTX 1660 Ghost OC Gainward GeForce GTX 1660 Ghost OC
6 GB GDDR5
56 fps (avg)
GIGABYTE AORUS Radeon RX 580 8G GIGABYTE AORUS Radeon RX 580 8G
8 GB GDDR5
60 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

Gainward GeForce GTX 1660 Ghost OC Gainward GeForce GTX 1660 Ghost OC
6 GB GDDR5
79 fps (avg)
GIGABYTE AORUS Radeon RX 580 8G GIGABYTE AORUS Radeon RX 580 8G
8 GB GDDR5
86 fps (avg)

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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