AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT

• Videocard is newer: launch date 7 month(s) later
• Around 41% higher core clock speed: 1607 MHz vs 1140 MHz
• Around 38% higher boost clock speed: 1845 MHz vs 1335 MHz
• Around 27% higher texture fill rate: 162.4 GTexel/s vs 128.2 GTexel/s
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 12 nm
• 9.3x more memory clock speed: 14000 MHz vs 1500 MHz (12000 MHz effective)
• Around 6% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 9104 vs 8609
• 2.2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 775 vs 360
• Around 5% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 2024.814 vs 1919.95
• Around 32% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 125.474 vs 94.964
• Around 51% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 742.778 vs 492.867

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q

• Around 9% higher pipelines: 1536 vs 1408
• 2.2x lower typical power consumption: 60 Watt vs 130 Watt
• Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 6 GB vs 4 GB
• Around 17% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 52263 vs 44527
• Around 53% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 195.93 vs 128.135
• Around 10% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 14.6 vs 13.328
• Around 11% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 12301 vs 11075
• Around 11% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 12301 vs 11075
• 4.8x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 4903 vs 1032

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q

PassMark - G3D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	9104 8609
PassMark - G2D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	775 360
Geekbench - OpenCL	GPU 1 GPU 2	44527 52263
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	128.135 195.93
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	2024.814 1919.95
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	13.328 14.6
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	125.474 94.964
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	742.778 492.867
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	11075 12301
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3722 3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3367 3358
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	11075 12301
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3722 3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3367 3358
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	GPU 1 GPU 2	1032 4903

Compare specifications (specs)