AMD Radeon RX 6550M vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 6550M 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, 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.

AMD Radeon RX 6550M

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 6550M

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 2 month(s) later
Around 31% higher core clock speed: 2000 MHz vs 1530 MHz
Around 59% higher boost clock speed: 2840 MHz vs 1785 MHz
Around 16% higher texture fill rate: 181.8 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 56% lower typical power consumption: 80 Watt vs 125 Watt

Launch date	4 Jan 2023 vs 29 Oct 2019
Core clock speed	2000 MHz vs 1530 MHz
Boost clock speed	2840 MHz vs 1785 MHz
Texture fill rate	181.8 GTexel/s vs 157.1 GTexel/s
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm vs 12 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	80 Watt vs 125 Watt

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 74% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 806 vs 464
Around 33% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 12752 vs 9604
Around 39% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 62638 vs 45053

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	1408 vs 1024
Maximum memory size	6 GB vs 4 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	806 vs 464
PassMark - G3D Mark	12752 vs 9604
Geekbench - OpenCL	62638 vs 45053

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 6550M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

464

806

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

9604

12752

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

45053

62638

Name	AMD Radeon RX 6550M	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
PassMark - G2D Mark	464	806
PassMark - G3D Mark	9604	12752
Geekbench - OpenCL	45053	62638
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
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		5990

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 6550M	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 2.0	Turing
Code name	Navi 24	TU116
Launch date	4 Jan 2023	29 Oct 2019
Place in performance rating	215	218
Launch price (MSRP)		$229
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2840 MHz	1785 MHz
Compute units	16
Core clock speed	2000 MHz	1530 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm	12 nm
Pipelines	1024	1408
Pixel fill rate	90.88 GPixel/s	85.68 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	181.8 GTexel/s	157.1 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	80 Watt	125 Watt
Transistor count	5400 million	6600 million
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance		157.1 GFLOPS (1:32)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance		10.05 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance		5.027 TFLOPS
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	Portable Device Dependent	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	IGP
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x4	PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 8-pin
Length		9 inches (229 mm)
Recommended system power (PSU)		350 Watt
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	144.0 GB/s	336.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	64 bit	192 bit
Memory clock speed	2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6