AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti 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 - 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 5600 XT

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 10 month(s) later
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 12 nm
  • Around 6% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 13686 vs 12930
  • Around 8% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 880 vs 813
  • Around 6% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 64854 vs 61407
  • Around 38% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 3560.776 vs 2573.643
  • Around 25% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 20.486 vs 16.447
  • Around 2% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 148.938 vs 145.886
  • Around 20% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 1111.648 vs 926.614
  • Around 23% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 7709 vs 6260
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 21 Jan 2020 vs 22 February 2019
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm vs 12 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 13686 vs 12930
PassMark - G2D Mark 880 vs 813
Geekbench - OpenCL 64854 vs 61407
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 3560.776 vs 2573.643
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 20.486 vs 16.447
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 148.938 vs 145.886
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1111.648 vs 926.614
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3719 vs 3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3358 vs 3355
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3719 vs 3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3358 vs 3355
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 7709 vs 6260

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti

  • Around 33% higher core clock speed: 1500 MHz vs 1130 MHz
  • Around 13% higher boost clock speed: 1770 MHz vs 1560 MHz
  • Around 25% lower typical power consumption: 120 Watt vs 150 Watt
  • 8x more memory clock speed: 12000 MHz vs 1500 MHz (12000 MHz effective)
  • Around 24% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 16952 vs 13621
  • Around 24% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 16952 vs 13621
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1500 MHz vs 1130 MHz
Boost clock speed 1770 MHz vs 1560 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 120 Watt vs 150 Watt
Memory clock speed 12000 MHz vs 1500 MHz (12000 MHz effective)
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 208.608 vs 207.909
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 16952 vs 13621
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 16952 vs 13621

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
13686
12930
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
880
813
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
64854
61407
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
207.909
208.608
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3560.776
2573.643
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
20.486
16.447
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
148.938
145.886
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1111.648
926.614
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
13621
16952
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3719
3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3358
3355
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
13621
16952
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3719
3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3358
3355
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
7709
6260
Name AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
PassMark - G3D Mark 13686 12930
PassMark - G2D Mark 880 813
Geekbench - OpenCL 64854 61407
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 207.909 208.608
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 3560.776 2573.643
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 20.486 16.447
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 148.938 145.886
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1111.648 926.614
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 13621 16952
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3719 3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3358 3355
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 13621 16952
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3719 3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3358 3355
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 7709 6260

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti

Essentials

Architecture RDNA 1.0 Turing
Code name Navi 10 XLE TU116
Launch date 21 Jan 2020 22 February 2019
Launch price (MSRP) $279 $279
Place in performance rating 193 200
Type Desktop, Laptop Desktop
Price now $279.99
Value for money (0-100) 67.32

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1560 MHz 1770 MHz
Compute units 36
Core clock speed 1130 MHz 1500 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm 12 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 449.3 GFLOPS
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 14.38 TFLOPS
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 7.188 TFLOPS
Pipelines 2304
Pixel fill rate 99.84 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 224.6 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 150 Watt 120 Watt
Transistor count 10300 million 6,600 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
DisplayPort count 3 1
DisplayPort support
HDMI

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 10.5 inches (267 mm) 229 mm
Recommended system power (PSU) 350 Watt
Supplementary power connectors 1x 8-pin 1x 8-pin
Width Dual-slot

API support

DirectX 12 12.0
OpenCL 2.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
Shader Model 6.5
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 6 GB
Memory bandwidth 288.0 GB/s
Memory bus width 192 bit
Memory clock speed 1500 MHz (12000 MHz effective) 12000 MHz
Memory type GDDR6