nvidia
Brand6GB GDDR5
Memory1408
Cores192.1 GB/s
BandwidthNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660
VS
amd
Brand8GB GDDR6
Memory2560
Cores448 GB/s
BandwidthAMD Radeon RX 5700 XT
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660
6GB GDDR5 120W $219 Mar 2019
GeForce GTX 1660
$219 • Mar 2019
VS
Radeon RX 5700 XT
$399 • Jul 2019
AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT
8GB GDDR6 225W $399 Jul 2019
Specs Comparison
| Specification | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 | AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT |
|---|---|---|
| Memory Size | 6 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR6 |
| TDP | 120 W | 225 W |
| Core Clock | N/A | N/A |
| Boost Clock | 1785 MHz | 1905 MHz |
| Memory Bandwidth | 192.1 GB/s | 448 GB/s |
| Process Size | 12nm | 7nm |
| Architecture | Turing | RDNA 1.0 |
| Shading Units | 1408 | 2560 |
| RT Cores | N/A | N/A |
| TMUs | 88 | 160 |
| ROPs | 48 | 64 |
| Memory Bus | 192-bit | 256-bit |
| Memory Clock | 2001 MHz | 1750 MHz |
| Pixel Rate | 85.68 GPixel/s | 121.9 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 192.1 GTexel/s | 448 GTexel/s |
| FP32 Performance | 5.027 GFLOPS | 9.754 GFLOPS |
| L2 Cache | 1.50 MB | 4.00 MB |
| Die Size | 284 mm² | 251 mm² |
| Transistors | 6600 Million | 10300 Million |
| Required PSU | 300 W | 550 W |
| Power Connectors | 1x 8-pin | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin |
| Bus Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| DirectX | 12.1 | 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
5094
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660
8594 (+69%)
AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT
Geekbench 6
Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs
OpenCL Score
60105
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660
81739 (+36%)
AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT
GFXBench 5.0
Cross-platform 3D graphics benchmark suite that measures GPU performance across different APIs
Aztec Ruins High (FPS)
65.4 FPS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660
117.9 FPS (+80%)
AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT
PassMark G2D
Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations
G2D Mark
11656
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660
16398 (+41%)
AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT
Game Benchmarks Comparison (150 benchmarks)
It Takes Two
7.9 2021 • Action, Adventure Hazelight Studios
1080p
| ultra
Radeon RX 5700 XT (+63%)
AVG 130 FPS
MIN 110 FPS
GeForce GTX 1660
AVG 80 FPS
MIN 66 FPS
1440p
| ultra
Radeon RX 5700 XT (+55%)
AVG 85 FPS
MIN 74 FPS
GeForce GTX 1660
AVG 55 FPS
MIN 42 FPS
2160p
| ultra
Radeon RX 5700 XT (+43%)
AVG 43 FPS
MIN 35 FPS
GeForce GTX 1660
AVG 30 FPS
MIN 23 FPS
Winner
Loser
Baldur's Gate 3
7.3 2023 • Adventure, RPG, Strategy Larian Studios
1080p
| ultra
Radeon RX 5700 XT (+55%)
AVG 102 FPS
MIN 95 FPS
GeForce GTX 1660
AVG 66 FPS
MIN 61 FPS
1440p
| ultra
Radeon RX 5700 XT (+50%)
AVG 69 FPS
MIN 64 FPS
GeForce GTX 1660
AVG 46 FPS
MIN 41 FPS
2160p
| ultra
Radeon RX 5700 XT (+52%)
AVG 38 FPS
MIN 34 FPS
GeForce GTX 1660
AVG 25 FPS
MIN 22 FPS
Winner
Loser
Arcadegeddon
7 2023 • Action, Adventure IllFonic
1080p
| ultra
Radeon RX 5700 XT (+48%)
AVG 89 FPS
MIN 77 FPS
GeForce GTX 1660
AVG 60 FPS
MIN 53 FPS
1440p
| ultra
Radeon RX 5700 XT (+42%)
AVG 51 FPS
MIN 44 FPS
GeForce GTX 1660
AVG 36 FPS
MIN 31 FPS
2160p
| ultra
Radeon RX 5700 XT (+40%)
AVG 21 FPS
MIN 19 FPS
GeForce GTX 1660
AVG 15 FPS
MIN 13 FPS
Winner
Loser
Land of War - The Beginning
7.5 2021 • Action, Adventure MS GAMES
1080p
| ultra
Radeon RX 5700 XT (+81%)
AVG 96 FPS
MIN 87 FPS
GeForce GTX 1660
AVG 53 FPS
MIN 46 FPS
1440p
| ultra
Radeon RX 5700 XT (+88%)
AVG 64 FPS
MIN 55 FPS
GeForce GTX 1660
AVG 34 FPS
MIN 27 FPS
2160p
| ultra
Radeon RX 5700 XT (+67%)
AVG 30 FPS
MIN 27 FPS
GeForce GTX 1660
AVG 18 FPS
MIN 14 FPS
Winner
Loser
Sniper Ghost Warrior Contracts 2
7.7 2021 • Action CI Games
1080p
| ultra
Radeon RX 5700 XT (+70%)
AVG 139 FPS
MIN 99 FPS
GeForce GTX 1660
AVG 82 FPS
MIN 65 FPS
1440p
| ultra
Radeon RX 5700 XT (+77%)
AVG 94 FPS
MIN 86 FPS
GeForce GTX 1660
AVG 53 FPS
MIN 45 FPS
2160p
| ultra
Radeon RX 5700 XT (+81%)
AVG 47 FPS
MIN 42 FPS
GeForce GTX 1660
AVG 26 FPS
MIN 23 FPS
Winner
Loser
Necromunda: Hired Gun
7.3 2021 • Action, Adventure Streum On Studio
1080p
| ultra
Radeon RX 5700 XT (+46%)
AVG 83 FPS
MIN 75 FPS
GeForce GTX 1660
AVG 57 FPS
MIN 53 FPS
1440p
| ultra
Radeon RX 5700 XT (+49%)
AVG 55 FPS
MIN 50 FPS
GeForce GTX 1660
AVG 37 FPS
MIN 33 FPS
2160p
| ultra
Radeon RX 5700 XT (+41%)
AVG 24 FPS
MIN 20 FPS
GeForce GTX 1660
AVG 17 FPS
MIN 14 FPS
Winner
Loser
No more benchmarks available for this comparison
AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT Wins!
Based on 150 benchmarks across 48 games
43
Avg FPS
GeForce GTX 1660
VS
+66.2%
71
Avg FPS
Radeon RX 5700 XT
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660
NVIDIA • 6GB GDDR5
0
Wins
43
Avg FPS
36
Min FPS
0%
Win Rate
AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT
AMD • 8GB GDDR6
150
Wins
71
Avg FPS
59
Min FPS
100%
Win Rate
Most Compared GPUs
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