AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti (Laptop)

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti (Laptop) 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 - 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 6800 XT

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 6 month(s) later
  • Around 25% higher core clock speed: 1825 MHz vs 1455 MHz
  • Around 42% higher boost clock speed: 2250 MHz vs 1590 MHz
  • 3x more pipelines: 4608 vs 1536
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 12 nm
  • 2.7x more maximum memory size: 16 GB vs 6144 MB
  • 2.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 25118 vs 10205
  • 2.1x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1020 vs 487
  • 3.5x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 19416 vs 5570
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 28 Oct 2020 vs 23 April 2019
Core clock speed 1825 MHz vs 1455 MHz
Boost clock speed 2250 MHz vs 1590 MHz
Pipelines 4608 vs 1536
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm vs 12 nm
Maximum memory size 16 GB vs 6144 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 25118 vs 10205
PassMark - G2D Mark 1020 vs 487
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 16849 vs 16828
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 16849 vs 16828
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 19416 vs 5570

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti (Laptop)

  • 6x more memory clock speed: 12000 MHz vs 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective)
  • 4.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 15109 vs 3720
  • 2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 8054 vs 3374
  • 4.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 15109 vs 3720
  • 2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 8054 vs 3374
Specifications (specs)
Memory clock speed 12000 MHz vs 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective)
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 15109 vs 3720
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 8054 vs 3374
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 15109 vs 3720
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 8054 vs 3374

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti (Laptop)

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
25118
10205
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1020
487
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
16849
16828
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3720
15109
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3374
8054
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
16849
16828
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3720
15109
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3374
8054
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
19416
5570
Name AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti (Laptop)
PassMark - G3D Mark 25118 10205
PassMark - G2D Mark 1020 487
Geekbench - OpenCL 150050
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 578.52
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 52.561
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 291.971
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 2700.97
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 16849 16828
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3720 15109
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3374 8054
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 16849 16828
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3720 15109
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3374 8054
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 19416 5570

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti (Laptop)

Essentials

Architecture RDNA 2.0 Turing
Code name Navi 21 N18E-G0
Launch date 28 Oct 2020 23 April 2019
Launch price (MSRP) $649
Place in performance rating 62 117
Type Desktop Laptop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 2250 MHz 1590 MHz
Compute units 72
Core clock speed 1825 MHz 1455 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm 12 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 1296 GFLOPS (1:16)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 41.47 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 20.74 TFLOPS
Pipelines 4608 1536
Pixel fill rate 288.0 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 648.0 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 300 Watt
Transistor count 26800 million 6600 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Height 50 mm (2 inches)
Interface PCIe 4.0 x16
Length 267 mm (10.5 inches)
Recommended system power (PSU) 700 Watt
Supplementary power connectors 2x 8-pin
Width 120 mm (4.7 inches)
Laptop size medium sized

API support

DirectX 12.2 12.1
OpenCL 2.1
OpenGL 4.6
Shader Model 6.5
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 16 GB 6144 MB
Memory bandwidth 512.0 GB/s
Memory bus width 256 bit 192 bit
Memory clock speed 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective) 12000 MHz
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR6