XFX Radeon RX 590 Fatboy Core Edition 8GB
vs
MSI GeForce GTX 1660 TI ARMOR 6G


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The XFX Radeon RX 590 Fatboy Core Edition 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.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 TI ARMOR 6G is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti (Turing) and has 6 GB GDDR6 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 288 GB/s.

GPU

The XFX Radeon RX 590 Fatboy Core Edition 8GB has the Polaris 30 XT graphics chip installed, which is based on the GCN 4 architecture.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 TI ARMOR 6G is based on the graphics chip TU116-400-A1, which comes from the Turing architecture.
XFX Radeon RX 590 Fatboy Core Edition 8GB GPU MSI GeForce GTX 1660 TI ARMOR 6G
AMD Radeon RX 590 Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
Polaris 30 XT GPU Chip TU116-400-A1
GCN 4 Architecture Turing
36 Streaming Multiprocessors 24
2304 Shader 1536
32 Render Output Units 48
144 Texture Units 96
0 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The graphics memory of the XFX Radeon RX 590 Fatboy Core Edition 8GB clocks at 2.000 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 8.0 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the MSI GeForce GTX 1660 TI ARMOR 6G is 12.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 1.500 GHz.

8 GB Memory Size 6 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR6
2.000 GHz Memory Clock 1.500 GHz
8.0 Gbps Memory Speed 12.0 Gbps
256 GB/s Memory bandwidth 288 GB/s
256 bit Memory Interface 192 bit

Clock Speeds

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

1.469 GHz Base Clock 1.500 GHz
1.565 GHz Boost Clock 1.770 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The XFX Radeon RX 590 Fatboy Core Edition 8GB is powered by 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 225 W.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 TI ARMOR 6G has 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 120 W.

225 W TDP 120 W
-- TDP (up) --
98 °C Tjunction max 95 °C
1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The XFX Radeon RX 590 Fatboy Core Edition 8GB is equipped with a total of 2 Axial main fans.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 TI ARMOR 6G has 2 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

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

Connectivity

Up to 4 screens can be operated with the XFX Radeon RX 590 Fatboy Core Edition 8GB.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 TI ARMOR 6G supports the operation of a maximum of 3 monitors.

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

Featureset

With the XFX Radeon RX 590 Fatboy Core Edition 8GB it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum supported resolution of the MSI GeForce GTX 1660 TI ARMOR 6G is 7680x4320 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12 DirectX 12_1
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 XFX Radeon RX 590 Fatboy Core Edition 8GB is connected to the system via PCIe 3.0 x 16 lanes and requires 3 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 TI ARMOR 6G needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 3.0 x 16 Lanes interface.

270 mm Length 243 mm
124 mm Height 129 mm
53 mm Width 42 mm
3 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight 668 g
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

The XFX Radeon RX 590 Fatboy Core Edition 8GB has been manufactured with a structure width of 14 nanometers since Q3/2019.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 TI ARMOR 6G came on the market in Q1/2019 and will have a structure width of 12 nanometers manufactured.

RX-590P8DLD6 Part-no --
Q3/2019 Release date Q1/2019
279 $ Launch Price 279 $ (Reference)
14 nm Structure size 12 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)

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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