GeForce GTX 1660 vs Radeon R9 380

GeForce GTX 1660
Memory: 6144Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 15 Mar 2019
GeForce GTX 1660
Radeon R9 380
Memory: 2048Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 18 Jun 2015
Radeon R9 380

Summary

Gaming performance index

  • GeForce GTX 1660
    208%
  • Radeon R9 380
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 1660

108% 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 Radeon R9 380

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Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications

GeForce GTX 1660

HWBench recommends GeForce GTX 1660

The GeForce GTX 1660 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (6 combinations of games and resolutions).


Specifications

Core Configuration

GeForce GTX 1660Radeon R9 380
GPU NameTU116 ()vsAntigua (Antigua PRO)
Fab Process12 nmvs28 nm
Die Size284 mm²vs366 mm²
Transistors6,600 millionvs5,000 million
Shaders1280vs1792
Compute Units20vs28
Core clock1530 MHzvs970 MHz
ROPs48vs32
TMUs80vs112

Memory Configuration

GeForce GTX 1660Radeon R9 380
Memory TypeGDDR5vsGDDR5
Bus Width192 bitvs256 bit
Memory Speed2000 MHz
8000 MHz effective
vs1375 MHz
5500 MHz effective
Memory Size6144 Mbvs2048 Mb

Additional details

GeForce GTX 1660Radeon R9 380
TDP0 wattsvs190 watts
Release Date15 Mar 2019vs18 Jun 2015

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • GeForce GTX 1660
    85.68 GP/s
  • Radeon R9 380
    31.04 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • GeForce GTX 1660
    142.80 GT/s
  • Radeon R9 380
    108.60 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • GeForce GTX 1660
    192.00 GB/s
  • Radeon R9 380
    176.00 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • GeForce GTX 1660
    4570.00 GFLOPs
  • Radeon R9 380
    3476.00 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better

Game benchmarks

Grand Theft Auto V

DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA

  • GeForce GTX 1660
    117
  • Radeon R9 380
    54

FPS (higher is better)

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA

  • GeForce GTX 1660
    80
  • Radeon R9 380
    37

FPS (higher is better)

Grand Theft Auto V

DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA

  • GeForce GTX 1660
    73
  • Radeon R9 380
    40

FPS (higher is better)

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA

  • GeForce GTX 1660
    55
  • Radeon R9 380
    28

FPS (higher is better)

Grand Theft Auto V

DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA

  • GeForce GTX 1660
    37
  • Radeon R9 380
    16

FPS (higher is better)

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA

  • GeForce GTX 1660
    29
  • Radeon R9 380
    14

FPS (higher is better)