GeForce GTX 1660 vs Radeon R9 290X
Summary
GeForce GTX 1660
135%
Radeon R9 290X
100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 1660 |
| 35% 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 290X |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
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).
Core Configuration
| GeForce GTX 1660 | | Radeon R9 290X | |
|---|
| GPU Name | TU116 () | vs | Hawaii (Hawaii XT) |
| Fab Process | 12 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 284 mm² | vs | 438 mm² |
| Transistors | 6,600 million | vs | 6,200 million |
| Shaders | 1280 | vs | 2816 |
| Compute Units | 20 | vs | 44 |
| Core clock | 1530 MHz | vs | 1000 MHz |
| ROPs | 48 | vs | 64 |
| TMUs | 80 | vs | 176 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce GTX 1660 | | Radeon R9 290X | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 192 bit | vs | 512 bit |
| Memory Speed | 2000 MHz
8000 MHz effective | vs | 1250 MHz
5000 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 6144 Mb | vs | 4096 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GTX 1660 | | Radeon R9 290X | |
|---|
| TDP | 0 watts | vs | 290 watts |
| Release Date | 15 Mar 2019 | vs | 24 Oct 2013 |
GeForce GTX 1660
85.68 GP/s
Radeon R9 290X
64.00 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 1660
142.80 GT/s
Radeon R9 290X
176.00 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 1660
192.00 GB/s
Radeon R9 290X
320.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce GTX 1660
4570.00 GFLOPs
Radeon R9 290X
5632.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
GeForce GTX 1660
117
Radeon R9 290X
83
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
GeForce GTX 1660
80
Radeon R9 290X
49
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
GeForce GTX 1660
73
Radeon R9 290X
58
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
GeForce GTX 1660
55
Radeon R9 290X
39
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
GeForce GTX 1660
37
Radeon R9 290X
31
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
GeForce GTX 1660
29
Radeon R9 290X
24
FPS (higher is better)