Comparision Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 590 Special Edition vs Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1660 Gaming
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Top specs and features
- Passmark score
- 3DMark Cloud Gate GPU benchmark score
- 3DMark Fire Strike Score
- 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics test score
- 3DMark 11 Performance GPU benchmark score
Passmark score
3DMark Cloud Gate GPU benchmark score
3DMark Fire Strike Score
3DMark Fire Strike Graphics test score
3DMark 11 Performance GPU benchmark score
Description
The Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 590 Special Edition video card is based on the Polaris architecture. Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1660 Gaming on the Turing architecture. The first has 5700 million transistors. The second is 6600 million. Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 590 Special Edition has a transistor size of 12 nm versus 12.
The base clock speed of the first video card is 1469 MHz versus 1530 MHz for the second.
Let's move on to memory. Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 590 Special Edition has 8 GB. Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1660 Gaming has 8 GB installed. The bandwidth of the first video card is 268.8 Gb/s versus 192 Gb/s of the second.
FLOPS of Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 590 Special Edition is 7.05. At Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1660 Gaming 4.91.
Goes to tests in benchmarks. In the Passmark benchmark, Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 590 Special Edition scored 9349 points. And here is the second card 11268 points. In 3DMark, the first model scored 16346 points. Second 13300 points.
In terms of interfaces. The first video card is connected using PCIe 3.0 x16. The second is PCIe 3.0 x16. Video card Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 590 Special Edition has Directx version 12. Video card Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1660 Gaming -- Directx version - 12.
Regarding cooling, Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 590 Special Edition has 175W heat dissipation requirements versus 120W for Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1660 Gaming.
Why Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1660 Gaming is better than Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 590 Special Edition
- 3DMark Cloud Gate GPU benchmark score 84408 против 74677 , more on 13%
- 3DMark Fire Strike Score 14029 против 12202 , more on 15%
- 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics test score 16346 против 13300 , more on 23%
- 3DMark 11 Performance GPU benchmark score 22713 против 20079 , more on 13%
Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 590 Special Edition vs Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1660 Gaming: highlights
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FAQ
How does the Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 590 Special Edition processor perform in benchmarks?
Passmark Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 590 Special Edition scored 9349 points. The second video card scored 11268 points in Passmark.
What FLOPS do video cards have?
FLOPS Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 590 Special Edition is 7.05 TFLOPS. But the second video card has FLOPS equal to 4.91 TFLOPS.
What power consumption?
Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 590 Special Edition 175 Watt. Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1660 Gaming 120 Watt.
How fast are Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 590 Special Edition and Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1660 Gaming?
Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 590 Special Edition operates at 1469 MHz. In this case, the maximum frequency reaches 1560 MHz. The clock base frequency of Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1660 Gaming reaches 1530 MHz. In turbo mode it reaches 1785 MHz.
What kind of memory do graphics cards have?
Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 590 Special Edition supports GDDR5. Installed 8 GB of RAM. Throughput reaches 268.8 GB/s. Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1660 Gaming works with GDDR5. The second one has 6 GB of RAM installed. Its bandwidth is 268.8 GB/s.
How many HDMI connectors do they have?
Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 590 Special Edition has 2 HDMI outputs. Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1660 Gaming is equipped with 1 HDMI outputs.
What power connectors are used?
Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 590 Special Edition uses There is no data. Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1660 Gaming is equipped with There is no data HDMI outputs.
What architecture are video cards based on?
Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 590 Special Edition is built on Polaris. Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1660 Gaming uses the Turing architecture.
What graphics processor is being used?
Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 590 Special Edition is equipped with Polaris 30. Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1660 Gaming is set to Turing TU116.
How many PCIe lanes
The first graphics card has 16 PCIe lanes. And the PCIe version is 3. Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1660 Gaming 16 PCIe lanes. PCIe version 3.
How many transistors?
Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 590 Special Edition has 5700 million transistors. Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1660 Gaming has 6600 million transistors