Radeon RX 570X vs GeForce GTX 1660 Ti

Place in performance ranking	147	599
Place by popularity	37	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	25.84	2.02
Architecture	Turing (2018−2021)	GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)
GPU code name	Turing TU116	Polaris 20
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	22 February 2019 (5 years ago)	11 April 2018 (6 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$279	no data
Current price	$284 (1x MSRP)	$186

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

GTX 1660 Ti has 1179% better value for money than RX 570X.

Detailed specifications

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	1536	2048
Core clock speed	1500 MHz	1168 MHz
Boost clock speed	1770 MHz	1244 MHz
Number of transistors	6,600 million	5,700 million
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	120 Watt	120 Watt
Texture fill rate	169.9	159.2
Floating-point performance	no data	5,095 gflops

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	229 mm	241 mm
Width	2-slot	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	1x 6-pin

VRAM capacity and type

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	12000 MHz	7000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	288.0 GB/s	224.0 GB/s
Shared memory	-	no data

Connectivity and outputs

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	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
HDMI	+	+

API compatibility

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

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

GTX 1660 Ti 33.47
+572%

RX 570X 4.98

GeForce GTX 1660 Ti outperforms Radeon RX 570X by 572% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

GTX 1660 Ti 12926
+572%

RX 570X 1923

GeForce GTX 1660 Ti outperforms Radeon RX 570X by 572% in Passmark.

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD	104 +643%	14−16 −643%
1440p	57 +613%	8−9 −613%
4K	38 +660%	5−6 −660%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

500−550

+541%

78
−541%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	550−600 +540%	86 −540%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	450−500 +508%	74 −508%
Battlefield 5	850−900 +554%	130 −554%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	600−650 +532%	95 −532%
Cyberpunk 2077	450−500 +534%	71 −534%
Far Cry 5	650−700 +525%	104 −525%
Far Cry New Dawn	750−800 +570%	112 −570%
Forza Horizon 4	850−900 +549%	131 −549%
Hitman 3	450−500 +552%	65−70 −552%
Horizon Zero Dawn	1200−1250 +567%	180 −567%
Metro Exodus	900−950 +572%	134 −572%
Red Dead Redemption 2	750−800 +530%	119 −530%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	1000−1050 +541%	156 −541%
Watch Dogs: Legion	550−600 +532%	85−90 −532%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	450−500 +525%	72 −525%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	350−400 +536%	55 −536%
Battlefield 5	800−850 +561%	121 −561%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	550−600 +547%	85 −547%
Cyberpunk 2077	350−400 +514%	57 −514%
Far Cry 5	550−600 +571%	82 −571%
Far Cry New Dawn	500−550 +533%	79 −533%
Forza Horizon 4	1450−1500 +565%	218 −565%
Hitman 3	450−500 +552%	65−70 −552%
Horizon Zero Dawn	900−950 +572%	130−140 −572%
Metro Exodus	650−700 +531%	103 −531%
Red Dead Redemption 2	650−700 +531%	103 −531%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	850−900 +569%	127 −569%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	750−800 +547%	116 −547%
Watch Dogs: Legion	550−600 +532%	85−90 −532%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	350−400 +560%	53 −560%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	300−310 +500%	50 −500%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	450−500 +543%	70 −543%
Cyberpunk 2077	300−310 +552%	46 −552%
Far Cry 5	400−450 +556%	61 −556%
Forza Horizon 4	650−700 +570%	97 −570%
Horizon Zero Dawn	650−700 +537%	102 −537%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	700−750 +536%	110 −536%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	400−450 +545%	62 −545%
Watch Dogs: Legion	550−600 +532%	85−90 −532%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

650−700

+570%

97
−570%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	500−550 +567%	75 −567%
Far Cry New Dawn	550−600 +571%	82 −571%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	270−280 +559%	41 −559%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	240−250 +567%	36 −567%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	350−400 +536%	55 −536%
Cyberpunk 2077	180−190 +567%	27 −567%
Far Cry 5	450−500 +572%	67 −572%
Forza Horizon 4	500−550 +549%	77 −549%
Hitman 3	280−290 +567%	40−45 −567%
Horizon Zero Dawn	500−550 +567%	75 −567%
Metro Exodus	400−450 +515%	65 −515%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	500−550 +541%	78 −541%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	300−310 +552%	45−50 −552%
Watch Dogs: Legion	180−190 +543%	27−30 −543%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

400−450

+515%

65
−515%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	240−250 +567%	36 −567%
Far Cry New Dawn	190−200 +555%	29 −555%
Hitman 3	180−190 +567%	27−30 −567%
Horizon Zero Dawn	270−280 +559%	40−45 −559%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	170−180 +554%	26 −554%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	280−290 +551%	43 −551%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	160−170 +540%	25 −540%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	120−130 +532%	19 −532%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	160−170 +540%	25 −540%
Cyberpunk 2077	70−75 +536%	11 −536%
Far Cry 5	130−140 +550%	20 −550%
Forza Horizon 4	300−310 +488%	51 −488%
Horizon Zero Dawn	280−290 +567%	42 −567%
Metro Exodus	230−240 +557%	35 −557%
Watch Dogs: Legion	100−105 +525%	16−18 −525%