AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 2 month(s) later
Around 51% higher core clock speed: 2310 MHz vs 1530 MHz
Around 58% higher boost clock speed: 2815 MHz vs 1785 MHz
Around 15% higher texture fill rate: 180.2 GTexel/s vs 157.1 GTexel/s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 6 nm vs 12 nm
Around 17% lower typical power consumption: 107 Watt vs 125 Watt
Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 812 vs 804

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	19 Jan 2022 vs 29 Oct 2019
Core clock speed	2310 MHz vs 1530 MHz
Boost clock speed	2815 MHz vs 1785 MHz
Texture fill rate	180.2 GTexel/s vs 157.1 GTexel/s
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm vs 12 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	107 Watt vs 125 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	812 vs 804

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER

Around 38% higher pipelines: 1408 vs 1024
Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 6 GB vs 4 GB
Around 33% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 12712 vs 9583
Around 29% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 62641 vs 48727
5.4x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 1278 vs 235

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	1408 vs 1024
Maximum memory size	6 GB vs 4 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	12712 vs 9583
Geekbench - OpenCL	62641 vs 48727
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1278 vs 235

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

812

804

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

9583

12712

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

48727

62641

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

235

1278

Name	AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
PassMark - G2D Mark	812	804
PassMark - G3D Mark	9583	12712
Geekbench - OpenCL	48727	62641
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	235	1278
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		187.131
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		2548.187
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		15.882
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		117.673
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		901.388
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		17812
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3351
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		17812
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3351

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 2.0	Turing
Code name	Navi 24	TU116
Launch date	19 Jan 2022	29 Oct 2019
Place in performance rating	216	223
Launch price (MSRP)		$229
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2815 MHz	1785 MHz
Compute units	16
Core clock speed	2310 MHz	1530 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm	12 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	360.3 GFLOPS (1:16)	157.1 GFLOPS (1:32)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	11.53 TFLOPS (2:1)	10.05 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	5.765 TFLOPS	5.027 TFLOPS
Pipelines	1024	1408
Pixel fill rate	90.08 GPixel/s	85.68 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	180.2 GTexel/s	157.1 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	107 Watt	125 Watt
Transistor count	5400 million	6600 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI 2.1, 1x DisplayPort 1.4a	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x4	PCIe 3.0 x16
Recommended system power (PSU)	300 Watt	350 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	1x 8-pin
Length		9 inches (229 mm)
Width		Dual-slot
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12.1
OpenCL	2.2	1.2
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.7	6.4
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	6 GB
Memory bandwidth	143.9 GB/s	336.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	64 bit	192 bit
Memory clock speed	2248 MHz, 18 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6