The RX 580 might be the mid-range flagship of the latest GCN 4.0 set of graphics cards, but their prices keep them out of the reach of most entry-level PC gamers. On the other hand, the RX 570 is closer to being reasonably affordable at a price tag of $ 169. AMD ’s xx70 cards have always been defined by entry-level prices with performance that knocks on the door of mid-range graphics cards – especially when overclocked. After taking the time to fully test the GCN 4.0 graphics card inside the RX 570, we can say without a doubt that it continues the trend.
Spec for spec, this RX 570 leapfrogs its direct predecessor, the RX 470, by boasting 12.7 % more fps. Fortunately, gaming performance was quite impressive. The RX 570 consistently delivers great frame rate increases over the RX 470 and it really justifies an upgrade.
Compared to its NVIDIA 's closest rival, GTX 1060 3GB, the RX 570 was -6.4 % slower. For 1080p Full HD, we were able to play Spider-Man Remastered, Fallout 76, Overwatch 2, Apex Legends, Battlefield V at 60 fps to 71 fps and kept frame rates hovering around 64 fps.
For 1440p Quad HD, we were able to play Valorant at 98 fps to 98 fps and kept frame rates hovering around 98 fps. For 2160p 4K, we were able to play Valorant at 85 fps to 85 fps and kept frame rates hovering around 85 fps.
The good news is, with the release of the GTX 1660 Ti, the GTX 1660 's price is getting more discount. NVIDIA ’s xx60 cards have always been defined by entry-level prices with performance that knocks on the door of mid-range graphics cards – especially when overclocked. After taking the time to fully test the Turing graphics card inside the GTX 1660, we can say without a doubt that it continues the trend.
The GTX 1660 is much more cheaper than the GTX 1060 6GB as it costs $ 220. Compare this to the GTX 1060 6GB, which came originally at a price of $ 254. Meanwhile, the closest equivalent card is the which costs. Spec for spec, this GTX 1660 leapfrogs its direct predecessor, the GTX 1060 6GB, by boasting 28.2 % more fps.
Fortunately, gaming performance was quite impressive. The GTX 1660 consistently delivers great frame rate increases over the GTX 1060 6GB and it really justifies an upgrade. For 1080p Full HD, we were able to play Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II, Need For Speed: Heat, Far Cry 6, Just Cause 4, Resident Evil 4 at 63 fps to 69 fps and kept frame rates hovering around 66 fps.
For 1440p Quad HD, we were able to play Call of Duty: Black Ops 4, Spider-Man Remastered, Death Stranding, F1 2019, Far Cry New Dawn at 62 fps to 66 fps and kept frame rates hovering around 64 fps. For 2160p 4K, we were able to play Overwatch 2, Valorant at 61 fps to 129 fps and kept frame rates hovering around 95 fps.
| RX 570 | GTX 1660 | |
|---|---|---|
| Board Number | C940, D000 | PG165 SKU 0 |
| Length | 9.5 inches 241 mm | 9 inches 229 mm |
| Outputs | 1x DVI1x HDMI3x DisplayPort | 1x DVI 1x HDMI 1x DisplayPort |
| Power Connectors | 1x 6-pin | 1x 8-pin |
| Slot Width | Dual-slot | Dual-slot |
| TDP | 120 W | 120 W |
| RX 570 | GTX 1660 | |
|---|---|---|
| Boost Clock | 1244 MHz | 1785 MHz |
| GPU Clock | 1168 MHz | 1530 MHz |
| Memory Clock | 1750 MHz 7000 MHz effective | 2001 MHz 8004 MHz effective |
| RX 570 | GTX 1660 | |
|---|---|---|
| Bus Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Generation | Polaris (RX 500) | GeForce 16 |
| Launch Price | 169 USD | 219 USD |
| Production | Active | Active |
| Release Date | Apr 18th, 2017 | Mar 14th, 2019 |
| RX 570 | GTX 1660 | |
|---|---|---|
| DirectX | 12.0 (12_0) | 12.0 (12_1) |
| OpenCL | 2 | 1.2 |
| OpenGL | 4.5 | 4.6 |
| Shader Model | 6 | 6.2 |
| Vulkan | 1.1.82 | 1.1.96 |
| RX 570 | GTX 1660 | |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | GCN 4.0 | Turing |
| Die Size | 244 mm² | 284 mm² |
| GPU Name | Polaris 20 | TU116 |
| GPU Variant | Polaris 20 XL (215-0910052) | TU116-300-A1 |
| Process Size | 14 nm | 12 nm |
| Transistors | 5,700 million | 6,600 million |
| RX 570 | GTX 1660 | |
|---|---|---|
| Bandwidth | 224.0 GB/s | 192.1 GB/s |
| Memory Bus | 256 bit | 192 bit |
| Memory Size | 4096 MB | 6144 MB |
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| RX 570 | GTX 1660 | |
|---|---|---|
| ROPs | 32 | 48 |
| Shading Units | 2048 | 1408 |
| TMUs | 128 | 88 |
| RX 570 | GTX 1660 | |
|---|---|---|
| FP16 (half) performance | 5,095 GFLOPS (1:1) | 10,053 GFLOPS (2:1) |
| FP32 (float) performance | 5,095 GFLOPS | 5,027 GFLOPS |
| FP64 (double) performance | 318.5 GFLOPS (1:16) | 157.1 GFLOPS (1:32) |
| Pixel Rate | 39.81 GPixel/s | 85.68 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 159.2 GTexel/s | 157.1 GTexel/s |
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