GeForce GTX 1660 Ti mobile vs Radeon R9 390X

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing GeForce GTX 1660 Ti mobile and Radeon R9 390X. Here you can take a closer look at graphics cards specs, such as core clock speed, memory type and size, display connectors, etc. The price, overall benchmark and gaming performances are usually defining factors when it comes to choosing between GeForce GTX 1660 Ti mobile and Radeon R9 390X. Make sure that the graphics card has compatible dimensions and will properly fit in your new or current computer case. Also these graphics cards may have different system power recommendations, so take that into consideration and upgrade your PSU if necessary.

GeForce GTX 1660 Ti mobile is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: GeForce GTX 1660 Ti mobile is only used in laptop graphics. It has lower GPU clock speed compared to the desktop variant, which results in lower power consumption, but also 10-30% lower gaming performance. Check available laptop models with GeForce GTX 1660 Ti mobile here:

Main Specs

  GeForce GTX 1660 Ti mobile Radeon R9 390X
Power consumption (TDP) 275 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1 x 6-pin, 1 x 8-pin
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 6 GB
Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
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  • Both video cards are using PCIe 3.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
  • GeForce GTX 1660 Ti mobile is used in Laptops, and Radeon R9 390X - in Desktops.
  • GeForce GTX 1660 Ti mobile is build with Turing architecture, and Radeon R9 390X - with GCN.
  • GeForce GTX 1660 Ti mobile is manufactured by 12 nm process technology, and Radeon R9 390X - by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of GeForce GTX 1660 Ti mobile is 10950 MHz higher, than Radeon R9 390X.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 50−55 50−55
ultra / 1080p 35−40 30−35
QHD / 1440p 27−30 24−27
4K / 2160p 16−18 14−16
low / 720p 80−85 75−80
medium / 1080p 60−65 55−60
The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 1660 Ti mobile in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 6% more, than Radeon R9 390X.

Full Specs

  GeForce GTX 1660 Ti mobile Radeon R9 390X
Architecture Turing GCN
Code name N18E-G0 Grenada XT
Type Laptop Desktop
Release date 23 April 2019 16 June 2015
Pipelines 1536 2816
Core clock speed 1455 MHz
Boost Clock 1590 MHz 1050 MHz
Transistor count 6,600 million 6,200 million
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 152.6 184.8
Floating-point performance 5,914 gflops
Length 275 mm
Memory bus width 192 Bit 512 Bit
Memory clock speed 12000 MHz 1050 MHz
Memory bandwidth 288.0 GB/s 384 GB/s
Shared memory - -
DirectX 12 (12_1)
Shader Model 6.5 6.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 2.0
Vulkan 1.2.131 +
CUDA 7.5
FreeSync +
Bus support PCIe 3.0
HDMI +
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 684 Mh/s
Laptop size medium sized
Eyefinity +
PowerTune +
TrueAudio +
Mantle +
Design reference
Bridgeless CrossFire +
Number of Eyefinity displays 6
DisplayPort support +
CrossFire +
VCE +
DDMA audio +
Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto) 27.5 Mh/s
High bandwidth memory (HBM) -
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