GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER vs Radeon R9 390X

GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
Memory: 6144Mb GDDR6DESKTOP
Release date: 29 Oct 2019
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
Radeon R9 390X
Memory: 8192Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 18 Jun 2015
Radeon R9 390X

Summary

Gaming performance index

  • GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
    100%
  • Radeon R9 390X
    76%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER

23% higher gaming performance.
150 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the Radeon R9 390X .
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
Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Pascal), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications

Reasons to consider Radeon R9 390X

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Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications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

HWBench recommends GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER

The GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (13 combinations of games and resolutions).


Specifications

Core Configuration

GeForce GTX 1660 SUPERRadeon R9 390X
GPU NameTU116 (TU116-300-A1)vsGrenada (Grenada XT)
Fab Process12 nmvs28 nm
Die Size284 mm²vs438 mm²
Transistors6,600 millionvs6,200 million
Shaders1408vs2816
Compute Units22vs44
Core clock1530 MHzvs1050 MHz
ROPs48vs64
TMUs88vs176

Memory Configuration

GeForce GTX 1660 SUPERRadeon R9 390X
Memory TypeGDDR6vsGDDR5
Bus Width192 bitvs512 bit
Memory Speed1750 MHz
14000 MHz effective
vs1500 MHz
6000 MHz effective
Memory Size6144 Mbvs8192 Mb

Additional details

GeForce GTX 1660 SUPERRadeon R9 390X
TDP125 wattsvs275 watts
Release Date29 Oct 2019vs18 Jun 2015

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
    85.68 GP/s
  • Radeon R9 390X
    67.20 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
    157.10 GT/s
  • Radeon R9 390X
    184.80 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
    336.00 GB/s
  • Radeon R9 390X
    384.00 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
    5020.00 GFLOPs
  • Radeon R9 390X
    5914.00 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better

Game benchmarks

Battlefield V

Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10x64

  • GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
    90
  • Radeon R9 390X
    75

FPS (higher is better)

Death Stranding

Very High Quality TAA, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64

  • GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
    102
  • Radeon R9 390X
    80

FPS (higher is better)

Metro Exodus

Ultra Detail,16:1 AF, DirectX12, Windows 10x64

  • GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
    46
  • Radeon R9 390X
    35

FPS (higher is better)

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64

  • GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
    80
  • Radeon R9 390X
    56

FPS (higher is better)

Battlefield V

Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10x64

  • GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
    68
  • Radeon R9 390X
    56

FPS (higher is better)

Death Stranding

Very High Quality TAA, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64

  • GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
    70
  • Radeon R9 390X
    59

FPS (higher is better)

Metro Exodus

Ultra Detail,16:1 AF, DirectX12, Windows 10x64

  • GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
    35
  • Radeon R9 390X
    29

FPS (higher is better)

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64

  • GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
    51
  • Radeon R9 390X
    38

FPS (higher is better)

Battlefield V

Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10x64

  • GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
    32
  • Radeon R9 390X
    33

FPS (higher is better)

Death Stranding

Very High Quality TAA, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64

  • GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
    38
  • Radeon R9 390X
    33

FPS (higher is better)

Metro Exodus

Ultra Detail,16:1 AF, DirectX12, Windows 10x64

  • GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
    21
  • Radeon R9 390X
    19

FPS (higher is better)

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64

  • GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
    25
  • Radeon R9 390X
    20

FPS (higher is better)

Strange Brigade

Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Async Compute ,Windows 10x64

  • GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
    42
  • Radeon R9 390X
    -1

FPS (higher is better)