Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER vs AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER, vs AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER and AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
Games
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, Vulkan
AI/ML
AI workload testing
Professional Apps
3D modeling, video editing, rendering
Energy Efficiency
Power usage in various scenarios
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
88
53
43
26
174
112
95
69
The Witcher 3
80
63
43
22
174
145
105
58
Counter-Strike 2
131
93
68
28
266
189
133
73
Far Cry 6
71
62
46
23
143
125
105
64
Hogwarts Legacy
44
36
28
13
105
88
65
35
COD Modern Warfare 3
56
44
32
20
142
138
94
63
Ghost of Tsushima
43
34
22
13
104
86
67
41
Cyberpunk 2077
44
39
22
10
107
97
63
28
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
77
71
47
23
177
164
123
64
Avg FPS
1080p High70155
1080p Ultra55127
1440p Ultra3994
4K Ultra2055
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
5672
AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
13814
Time Spy604716983
Solar Bay1926564114
Port Royal15499710
Fire Strike1618339013
Night Raid74430155523
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
67074
AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
107640
Background Blur122.5 frames/s269.5 frames/s
Face Detection68.6 frames/s151 frames/s
Horizon Detection2.56 Gpix/sec3.6 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection3.33 Gpix/sec4.67 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur3.21 Gpix/sec5.27 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.86 Gpix/sec1.08 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching273.3 Gpix/sec395.3 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics8476.3 fps13165.7 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
12712
AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
20209
G2D Mark8041191
DirectX 11103 fps187 fps
DirectX 1249 fps57 fps
GPU Compute5099 Ops/s11099 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
70.2 fps
AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
n/a
Aztec Ruins (Normal)396.1 fpsn/a
Car Chase339.7 fpsn/a
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)304.7 fpsn/a
T-Rex1502.8 fpsn/a
ALU 21607.1 fpsn/a
Driver Overhead 2272.1 fpsn/a
APIOpenGLn/a
OSWindowsn/a
Tessellation1760.2n/a

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender GPU
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
n/a
AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
1574.66

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia AMD
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced October, 29, 2019 June, 4, 2025
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Entry-level Mid-range
Architecture Turing RDNA 4.0
Codename TU116 Navi 44
Price 229 n/a

GPU

GPU Frequency 1530 MHz 1700 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1785 MHz 3130 MHz
Shader Units 1408 2048
TMUs 88 128
ROPs 48 64
Execution Units 22 32
Ray Tracing Cores No 32
Tensor Cores No 64
L1 cache 64 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 1536 KB/core 4000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 4 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 86 Gpix/sec 200 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 157 GTex/s 401 GTex/s
FLOPS 5 TFLOPS 25.6 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 5.0 x16
TGP 125 W 160 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 12 nm 4 nm
Transistor Size 284 mm² 199 mm²
Transistor count 6 billion 29.7 billion
Transistor density 21.13 MTr/mm² 149.25 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 1750 MHz 2518 MHz
Bus 192 bit 128 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 14000 MB/s 20100 MB/s
Memory Size 6 GB 16 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
336 GB/s
AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
320 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12.2
Vulkan 1.3 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA 7.5 No
DisplayPort 1.4a 2.1a
Ray Tracing No Yes
DLSS No No

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT the clear winner in this comparison.

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