GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER OC 6G
vs
XFX Radeon RX 590 Fatboy 8GB


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER OC 6G is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER (Turing) and has 6 GB GDDR6 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 336 GB/s.

The XFX Radeon RX 590 Fatboy 8GB is based on the AMD Radeon RX 590 (GCN 4) and has 8 GB GDDR5 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 256 GB/s.

GPU

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER OC 6G has the TU116-300-A1 graphics chip installed, which is based on the Turing architecture.

The XFX Radeon RX 590 Fatboy 8GB is based on the graphics chip Polaris 30 XT, which comes from the GCN 4 architecture.
GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER OC 6G GPU XFX Radeon RX 590 Fatboy 8GB
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER 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 graphics memory of the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER OC 6G clocks at 1.750 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 14.0 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the XFX Radeon RX 590 Fatboy 8GB is 8.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 2.000 GHz.

6 GB Memory Size 8 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR5
1.750 GHz Memory Clock 2.000 GHz
14.0 Gbps Memory Speed 8.0 Gbps
336 GB/s Memory bandwidth 256 GB/s
192 bit Memory Interface 256 bit

Clock Speeds

The clock frequency of a graphics card determines the speed in connection with the graphics architecture.

1.530 GHz Base Clock 1.469 GHz
1.830 GHz Boost Clock 1.580 GHz
1.79 GHz Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER OC 6G is powered by 1 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 125 W.

The XFX Radeon RX 590 Fatboy 8GB has 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 225 W.

125 W TDP 225 W
-- TDP (up) --
93 °C Tjunction max 98 °C
1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER OC 6G is equipped with a total of 2 Axial main fans.

The XFX Radeon RX 590 Fatboy 8GB has 2 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 90 mm Fan 1 2 x 100 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

Up to 3 screens can be operated with the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER OC 6G.

The XFX Radeon RX 590 Fatboy 8GB supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.

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

Featureset

With the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER OC 6G it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum supported resolution of the XFX Radeon RX 590 Fatboy 8GB is 7680x4320 pixels.

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

Supported Video Codecs

The support and acceleration of certain video codecs can have a positive impact on the lower energy consumption and less waste heat from the graphics card.

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

Dimensions

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER OC 6G is connected to the system via PCIe 3.0 x 16 lanes and requires 2 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The XFX Radeon RX 590 Fatboy 8GB needs the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 3.0 x 16 Lanes interface.

226 mm Length 270 mm
122 mm Height 124 mm
41 mm Width 53 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
564 g Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER OC 6G has been manufactured with a structure width of 12 nanometers since Q4/2019.

The XFX Radeon RX 590 Fatboy 8GB came on the market in Q3/2019 and will have a structure width of 14 nanometers manufactured.

GV-N166SOC-6GD Part-no RX-590P8DFD6
Q4/2019 Release date Q3/2019
229 $ (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.

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

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)

GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER OC 6G GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER OC 6G
6 GB GDDR6
35 fps (avg)
XFX Radeon RX 590 Fatboy 8GB XFX Radeon RX 590 Fatboy 8GB
8 GB GDDR5
33 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER OC 6G GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER OC 6G
6 GB GDDR6
68 fps (avg)
XFX Radeon RX 590 Fatboy 8GB XFX Radeon RX 590 Fatboy 8GB
8 GB GDDR5
65 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER OC 6G GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER OC 6G
6 GB GDDR6
91 fps (avg)
XFX Radeon RX 590 Fatboy 8GB XFX Radeon RX 590 Fatboy 8GB
8 GB GDDR5
92 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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