NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660
VS
AMD Radeon RX 6600
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660
VS
AMD Radeon RX 6600

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 and AMD Radeon RX 6600. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

106
Place in performance rating
84
62.49
Value for money (0-100)
no data
Turing
Architecture
Navi / RDNA2
TU116
Code name
no data
Desktop
Type
no data
14 March 2019 (2 years ago)
Release date
13 October 2021 (less than a year ago)
$219
Launch price (MSRP)
$329
$698 (3.2x MSRP)
Price now
$765 (2.3x MSRP)
29.60
Value for money
30.21
Turing TU116
GPU code name
Navi 23
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 and AMD Radeon RX 6600 based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

1408
Pipelines
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1530 MHz
Core clock speed
2044 MHz
1785 MHz
Boost Clock
no data
6,600 million
Transistor count
no data
12 nm
Manufacturing process technology
7 nm
120 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
no data
157.1
Texture fill rate
279.0
1408
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1792
1785 MHz
Boost clock speed
2491 MHz
6,600 million
Number of transistors
11,060 million
120 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
132 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 and AMD Radeon RX 6600.

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 4.0 x8
229 mm
Length
190 mm
1x 8-pin
Supplementary power connectors
1x 8-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 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 and AMD Radeon RX 6600 can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR6
6 GB
Maximum RAM amount
8 GB
192 Bit
Memory bus width
128 Bit
8000 MHz
Memory clock speed
14500 MHz
192.1 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
224.0 GB/s
-
Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 and AMD Radeon RX 6600, the size and number of monitors.

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

API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 and AMD Radeon RX 6600. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 (12_1)
DirectX
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4.6
OpenGL
no data

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 and AMD Radeon RX 6600 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 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 or AMD Radeon RX 6600 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 130 82 67 54 40 21
AMD Radeon RX 6600
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 138 86.7 79.3 77.6 53.3 28.6
AMD Radeon RX 6600
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 292 160 128 89.8 66.1 37.2
AMD Radeon RX 6600
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 297.9 141.7 92 61.9 43 22.8
AMD Radeon RX 6600
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 257 138 121 115 71.7 38.2
AMD Radeon RX 6600
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 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660

3.47% faster in synthetic tests

Cheaper ($698 (3.2x MSRP) vs $765 (2.3x MSRP))

Advantages of AMD Radeon RX 6600

Finer manufacturing process technology (7 nm vs 12 nm)

More maximum RAM amount (8 GB vs 6 GB)

More memory bandwidth (224.0 GB/s vs 192.1 GB/s)

So, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 or AMD Radeon RX 6600?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 .

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 versus AMD Radeon RX 6600 performance benchmarks comparison

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