Radeon RX 6500 XT
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660
Radeon RX 6500 XT
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards Radeon RX 6500 XT and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

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Place in performance rating
106
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Value for money (0-100)
62.49
RDNA 2.0
Architecture
Turing
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Code name
TU116
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Type
Desktop
28 October 2020 (1 year ago)
Release date
14 March 2019 (2 years ago)
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Launch price (MSRP)
$219
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Price now
$698 (3.2x MSRP)
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Value for money
29.60
Navi 24
GPU code name
Turing TU116
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between Radeon RX 6500 XT and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

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Pipelines
1408
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Core clock speed
1530 MHz
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Boost Clock
1785 MHz
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Transistor count
6,600 million
7 nm
Manufacturing process technology
12 nm
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Power consumption (TDP)
120 Watt
160.0
Texture fill rate
157.1
1024
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1408
2500 MHz
Boost clock speed
1785 MHz
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Number of transistors
6,600 million
100 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
120 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the Radeon RX 6500 XT and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660.

PCIe 4.0 x8
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
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Length
229 mm
1x 6-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 Radeon RX 6500 XT and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 can be seen in this section.

GDDR6
Memory type
GDDR5
4 GB
Maximum RAM amount
6 GB
64 Bit
Memory bus width
192 Bit
16 GB/s
Memory clock speed
8000 MHz
128.0 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
192.1 GB/s
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Shared memory
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Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards Radeon RX 6500 XT and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660, the size and number of monitors.

1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
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HDMI
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API support

The difference in supported APIs is Radeon RX 6500 XT and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 Ultimate (12_2)
DirectX
12 (12_1)
4.6
OpenGL
4.6
1.2
Vulkan
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6.6
Shader Model
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2.1
OpenCL
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Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for Radeon RX 6500 XT and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 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 Radeon RX 6500 XT or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) Radeon RX 6500 XT
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 130 82 67 54 40 21
Death Stranding (2020) Radeon RX 6500 XT
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 138 86.7 79.3 77.6 53.3 28.6
F1 2020 (2020) Radeon RX 6500 XT
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 292 160 128 89.8 66.1 37.2
Gears Tactics (2020) Radeon RX 6500 XT
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 297.9 141.7 92 61.9 43 22.8
Doom Eternal (2020) Radeon RX 6500 XT
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 257 138 121 115 71.7 38.2
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 Radeon RX 6500 XT

Finer manufacturing process technology (7 nm vs 12 nm)

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660

54.15% faster in synthetic tests

More maximum RAM amount (6 GB vs 4 GB)

More memory bandwidth (192.1 GB/s vs 128.0 GB/s)

So, Radeon RX 6500 XT or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660?

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

Radeon RX 6500 XT versus NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score Radeon RX 6500 XT
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