AMD Radeon RX 5500
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 OEM
AMD Radeon RX 5500
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 OEM

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards AMD Radeon RX 5500 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 OEM. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

152
Place in performance rating
not rated
RDNA 1.0
Architecture
Kepler
Navi 14
Code name
GK104
Desktop
Type
Desktop
7 October 2019 (2 years ago)
Release date
22 August 2012 (9 years ago)
$853
Price now
$481
17.36
Value for money
no data
Navi 14
GPU code name
GK104
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between AMD Radeon RX 5500 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 OEM based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

1408
Pipelines
1152
no data
Core clock speed
823 MHz
1845 MHz
Boost Clock
888 MHz
6,400 million
Transistor count
3,540 million
7 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
110 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
130 Watt
162.4
Texture fill rate
85.25
no data
Floating-point performance
2,046 gflops
1408
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1152
1845 MHz
Boost clock speed
888 MHz
6,400 million
Number of transistors
3,540 million
110 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
130 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the AMD Radeon RX 5500 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 OEM.

PCIe 4.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
180 mm
Length
241 mm
1x 8-pin
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pin

Memory

Graphics card memory is used to store calculations. Modern software and 3D games require more and faster memory. The higher these parameters, the more productive the chip. The difference in these characteristics AMD Radeon RX 5500 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 OEM can be seen in this section.

GDDR6
Memory type
GDDR5
4 GB
Maximum RAM amount
2 GB
128 Bit
Memory bus width
256 Bit
14000 MHz
Memory clock speed
5600 MHz
224.0 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
179.2 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards AMD Radeon RX 5500 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 OEM, the size and number of monitors.

1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
Display Connectors
2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
+
HDMI
+

API support

The difference in supported APIs is AMD Radeon RX 5500 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 OEM. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12.0 (12_1)
DirectX
12 (11_0)
4.6
OpenGL
4.6

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for AMD Radeon RX 5500 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 OEM graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the AMD Radeon RX 5500 or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 OEM good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) AMD Radeon RX 5500
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 OEM
Death Stranding (2020) AMD Radeon RX 5500
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 OEM
F1 2020 (2020) AMD Radeon RX 5500
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 OEM
Gears Tactics (2020) AMD Radeon RX 5500
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 OEM
Doom Eternal (2020) AMD Radeon RX 5500
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 OEM
Legend
5 Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
May Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
30 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 25 frames per second (fps)
40 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 35 frames per second (fps)
60 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 58 frames per second (fps)
May Run Fluently – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards show a smooth frame rate, comfortable for the game.
? Uncertain – Graphics cards testing has shown that a slower card can provide a high and stable frame rate for the same operation.
Uncertain – The work of the video card in the game is still being studied. Interpolation among analogs is not possible.
The value depicts the average frame rate. Hovering over the value, you can get individual results.

Advantages of AMD Radeon RX 5500

38.96% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (1408 vs 1152)

Finer manufacturing process technology (7 nm vs 28 nm)

Less power consumption (110 Watt vs 130 Watt)

More maximum RAM amount (4 GB vs 2 GB)

More memory bandwidth (224.0 GB/s vs 179.2 GB/s)

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 OEM

Cheaper ($481 vs $853)

So, AMD Radeon RX 5500 or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 OEM?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend AMD Radeon RX 5500 .

AMD Radeon RX 5500 versus NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 OEM performance benchmarks comparison

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