AMD Radeon RX 6550M vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 6550M 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 - 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 Ti

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 6550M

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 10 month(s) later
Around 33% higher core clock speed: 2000 MHz vs 1500 MHz
Around 60% higher boost clock speed: 2840 MHz vs 1770 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 6 nm vs 12 nm
Around 50% lower typical power consumption: 80 Watt vs 120 Watt

Launch date	4 Jan 2023 vs 22 February 2019
Core clock speed	2000 MHz vs 1500 MHz
Boost clock speed	2840 MHz vs 1770 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm vs 12 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	80 Watt vs 120 Watt

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti

5.3x more memory clock speed: 12000 MHz vs 2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective
Around 74% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 809 vs 464
Around 34% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 12916 vs 9604
Around 35% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 60847 vs 45053

Specifications (specs)
Memory clock speed	12000 MHz vs 2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	809 vs 464
PassMark - G3D Mark	12916 vs 9604
Geekbench - OpenCL	60847 vs 45053

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

464

809

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

9604

12916

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

45053

60847

Name	AMD Radeon RX 6550M	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
PassMark - G2D Mark	464	809
PassMark - G3D Mark	9604	12916
Geekbench - OpenCL	45053	60847
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		208.608
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		2573.643
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		16.447
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		145.886
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		926.614
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		16952
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3355
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		16952
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3355
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		6273

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 6550M	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 2.0	Turing
Code name	Navi 24	TU116
Launch date	4 Jan 2023	22 February 2019
Place in performance rating	215	213
Launch price (MSRP)		$279
Price now		$279.99
Type		Desktop
Value for money (0-100)		67.32
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2840 MHz	1770 MHz
Compute units	16
Core clock speed	2000 MHz	1500 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm	12 nm
Pipelines	1024
Pixel fill rate	90.88 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	181.8 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	80 Watt	120 Watt
Transistor count	5400 million	6,600 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	Portable Device Dependent	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
DisplayPort count		1
DisplayPort support
HDMI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	IGP
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x4	PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 8-pin
Length		229 mm
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12.0
OpenCL	2.2
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	144.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	64 bit
Memory clock speed	2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective	12000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6