Graphics card comparison
GeForce GTX 1660 vs Radeon R9 390
Nvidia
GeForce GTX 1660
6144 Mb GDDR5
Released 15 Mar 2019
DESKTOP
VS
AMD
Radeon R9 390
8192 Mb GDDR5
Released 18 Jun 2015
DESKTOP
Summary
Gaming performance index
- GeForce GTX 1660108%
- Radeon R9 390100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider the GeForce GTX 1660
- 8% higher gaming performance.
- This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support.
- Supports PhysX
- Supports G-Sync
- Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
- Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute
- Supports DirectX Raytracing (DXR)
- Supports Deep Learning Super-Sampling (DLSS)
Reasons to consider the Radeon R9 390
- Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute
- Supports FreeSync
- Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
- Supports TrueAudio
- Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications
Our verdict
HWSpot recommends the GeForce GTX 1660
The GeForce GTX 1660 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (3 combinations of games and resolutions).
Specifications
Core configuration
| GeForce GTX 1660 | Radeon R9 390 |
|---|
| GPU Name | TU116 () | Grenada (Grenada PRO) |
| Fab Process | 12 nm | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 284 mm² | 438 mm² |
| Transistors | 6,600 million | 6,200 million |
| Shaders | 1280 | 2560 |
| Compute Units | 20 | 40 |
| Core clock | 1530 MHz | 1000 MHz |
| ROPs | 48 | 64 |
| TMUs | 80 | 160 |
Memory configuration
| GeForce GTX 1660 | Radeon R9 390 |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 192 bit | 512 bit |
| Memory Speed | 2000 MHz
8000 MHz effective | 1500 MHz
6000 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 6144 Mb | 8192 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GTX 1660 | Radeon R9 390 |
|---|
| TDP | 0 watts | 275 watts |
| Release Date | 15 Mar 2019 | 18 Jun 2015 |
Raw performance comparison
Pixel Rate
- GeForce GTX 166085.68 GP/s
- Radeon R9 39064.00 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Texel Rate
- GeForce GTX 1660142.80 GT/s
- Radeon R9 390160.00 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Memory bandwidth
- GeForce GTX 1660192.00 GB/s
- Radeon R9 390384.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Single precision performance
- GeForce GTX 16604570.00 GFLOPs
- Radeon R9 3905120.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Game benchmarks
Deus Ex Mankind Divided
Ultra quality DirectX12 Windows10 x64
- GeForce GTX 166073
- Radeon R9 39072
FPS (higher is better)
Deus Ex Mankind Divided
Ultra quality DirectX12 Windows10 x64
- GeForce GTX 166048
- Radeon R9 39046
FPS (higher is better)
Deus Ex Mankind Divided
Ultra quality DirectX12 Windows10 x64
- GeForce GTX 166025
- Radeon R9 39021
FPS (higher is better)