Radeon RX 580X Mobile vs GeForce GTX 1660 Super

General info

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in performance ranking	153	not rated
Place by popularity	3	not in top-100
Value for money	28.55	no data
Architecture	Turing (2018−2021)	Polaris (2016−2019)
GPU code name	Turing TU116	Polaris
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Release date	29 October 2019 (4 years old)	10 January 2019 (5 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)	$229	no data
Current price	$277 (1.2x MSRP)	$410

Technical specs

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	1408	2304
Core clock speed	1530 MHz	no data
Boost clock speed	1785 MHz	1340 MHz
Number of transistors	6,600 million	5,700 million
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	125 Watt	65-110 Watt
Texture fill rate	157.1	155.1

Size and compatibility

Information on GeForce GTX 1660 Super and Radeon RX 580X Mobile compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop size	no data	large
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	MXM-B (3.0)
Length	229 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	no data

Memory

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	8 GB
Memory bus width	192 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	14000 MHz	8000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	336.0 GB/s	256.0 GB/s
Shared memory	-	-

Video outputs and ports

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	No outputs
HDMI	+	no data
HDCP	+	no data
G-SYNC support	+	no data

Technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

NVENC	+	no data
Ansel	+	no data

API support

List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	12 (12_1)	12 (12_0)
Shader Model	6.5	6.4
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	2.0
Vulkan	1.2.131	1.2.131
CUDA	7.5	no data

Advantages and disadvantages

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Recency	29 October 2019	10 January 2019
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	8 GB
Chip lithography	12 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	125 Watt	65 Watt

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