AMD Radeon RX 5600M vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 5600M and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 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, 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, 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 5600M

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 9 month(s) later
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 12 nm
  • Around 50% higher memory clock speed: 12000 MHz vs 8004 MHz
  • 2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 8904 vs 3717
  • 2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 7694 vs 3359
  • 2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 8904 vs 3717
  • 2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 7694 vs 3359
  • Around 9% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 5888 vs 5414
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 7 Jan 2020 vs 14 March 2019
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm vs 12 nm
Memory clock speed 12000 MHz vs 8004 MHz
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 57191 vs 57152
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 8904 vs 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 7694 vs 3359
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 8904 vs 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 7694 vs 3359
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 5888 vs 5414

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660

  • Around 41% higher boost clock speed: 1785 MHz vs 1265 MHz
  • Around 25% lower typical power consumption: 120 Watt vs 150 Watt
  • Around 35% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 11691 vs 8669
  • Around 59% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 782 vs 492
  • Around 35% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 14998 vs 11117
  • Around 35% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 14998 vs 11117
Specifications (specs)
Boost clock speed 1785 MHz vs 1265 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 120 Watt vs 150 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 11691 vs 8669
PassMark - G2D Mark 782 vs 492
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 14998 vs 11117
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 14998 vs 11117

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
8669
11691
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
492
782
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
57191
57152
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
11117
14998
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
8904
3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
7694
3359
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
11117
14998
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
8904
3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
7694
3359
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
5888
5414
Name AMD Radeon RX 5600M NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660
PassMark - G3D Mark 8669 11691
PassMark - G2D Mark 492 782
Geekbench - OpenCL 57191 57152
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 11117 14998
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 8904 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 7694 3359
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 11117 14998
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 8904 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 7694 3359
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 5888 5414
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 190.366
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1892.505
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 13.492
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 118.54
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 887.857

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon RX 5600M NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660

Essentials

Architecture RDNA Turing
Code name Navi 10 TU116
Launch date 7 Jan 2020 14 March 2019
Place in performance rating 210 241
Type Laptop Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $219

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1265 MHz 1785 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm 12 nm
Pipelines 2304
Texture fill rate 182.2 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 150 Watt 120 Watt
Transistor count 10300 million 6,600 million
Core clock speed 1530 MHz

Video outputs and ports

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

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Laptop size medium sized
Supplementary power connectors None 1x 8-pin
Length 229 mm

API support

DirectX 12 12.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
Shader Model 6.4

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 6 GB
Memory bandwidth 288.0 GB/s
Memory bus width 192 bit
Memory clock speed 12000 MHz 8004 MHz
Memory type GDDR6