amd
Brand4GB GDDR6
Memory1024
Cores143.9 GB/s
BandwidthAMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
nvidia
Brand6GB GDDR5
Memory1408
Cores192.1 GB/s
BandwidthNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
Radeon RX 6500 XT
$199 • Jan 2022
GeForce GTX 1660
$219 • Mar 2019
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660
Specs Comparison
| Specification | AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 |
|---|---|---|
| Memory Size | 4 GB | 6 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | GDDR5 |
| TDP | 107 W | 120 W |
| Core Clock | N/A | N/A |
| Boost Clock | 2815 MHz | 1785 MHz |
| Memory Bandwidth | 143.9 GB/s | 192.1 GB/s |
| Process Size | 6nm | 12nm |
| Architecture | RDNA 2.0 | Turing |
| Shading Units | 1024 | 1408 |
| RT Cores | 16 | N/A |
| TMUs | 64 | 88 |
| ROPs | 32 | 48 |
| Memory Bus | 64-bit | 192-bit |
| Memory Clock | 2248 MHz | 2001 MHz |
| Pixel Rate | 90.08 GPixel/s | 85.68 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 143.9 GTexel/s | 192.1 GTexel/s |
| FP32 Performance | 5.765 GFLOPS | 5.027 GFLOPS |
| L2 Cache | 1.00 MB | 1.50 MB |
| Die Size | 107 mm² | 284 mm² |
| Transistors | 5400 Million | 6600 Million |
| Required PSU | 300 W | 300 W |
| Power Connectors | 1x 6-pin | 1x 8-pin |
| Bus Interface | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| DirectX | 12.2 | 12.1 |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| Foundry | TSMC | TSMC |
Comparison in Synthetic Benchmarks
3DMark Time Spy
Synthetic DirectX 12 benchmark that measures GPU performance in gaming workloads
Graphics Score
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660
Geekbench 6
Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs
OpenCL Score
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660
GFXBench 5.0
Cross-platform 3D graphics benchmark suite that measures GPU performance across different APIs
Aztec Ruins High (FPS)
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660
PassMark G2D
Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations
G2D Mark
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660
Game Benchmarks Comparison (3 benchmarks)
Scars Above
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Wins!
Based on 3 benchmarks across 1 games
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
AMD • 4GB GDDR6
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660
NVIDIA • 6GB GDDR5
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