Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti vs AMD Radeon RX 5500M

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti, vs AMD Radeon RX 5500M. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti and AMD Radeon RX 5500M
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
91
52
43
25
70
40
30
15
The Witcher 3
87
70
47
26
46
37
22
13
Counter-Strike 2
138
98
71
31
70
51
35
15
Far Cry 6
75
66
47
24
53
43
31
15
Hogwarts Legacy
49
37
27
13
30
26
16
9
COD Modern Warfare 3
56
49
33
23
46
40
28
17
Ghost of Tsushima
45
34
25
13
29
22
17
9
Cyberpunk 2077
47
45
25
12
31
26
15
n/a
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
80
74
49
27
56
45
30
17
Avg FPS
1080p High7448
1080p Ultra5837
1440p Ultra4125
4K Ultra2213
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
5918
AMD Radeon RX 5500M
3816
Time Spy63444300
Solar Bay20462n/a
Port Royal1652n/a
Fire Strike1664312849
Night Raid7611642092
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
72340
AMD Radeon RX 5500M
46415
Background Blur124.8 frames/s89.3 frames/s
Face Detection69.4 frames/s50.3 frames/s
Horizon Detection2.67 Gpix/sec1.91 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection3.48 Gpix/sec2.74 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur3.52 Gpix/sec2.25 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.92 Gpix/sec0.49 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching355.9 Gpix/sec159.9 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics9094.4 fps5898.4 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
12901
AMD Radeon RX 5500M
5791
G2D Mark807412
DirectX 11103 fps35 fps
DirectX 1251 fps28 fps
GPU Compute5253 Ops/s2303 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
71.9 fps
AMD Radeon RX 5500M
50.4 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)404.9 fps289.3 fps
Car Chase369.2 fps262.5 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)324.3 fps221.9 fps
T-Rex1580.9 fps936.7 fps
ALU 21754.8 fps1171.6 fps
Driver Overhead 2257.4 fps153.2 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation1901.61215.9

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia AMD
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced February, 22, 2019 October, 7, 2019
Form Factor PC use Laptop use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Entry-level High-end
Architecture Turing RDNA 1.0
Codename TU116 Navi 14
Price 279 n/a

GPU

GPU Frequency 1500 MHz 1375 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1770 MHz 1645 MHz
Shader Units 1536 1408
TMUs 96 88
ROPs 48 32
Execution Units 24 22
Ray Tracing Cores No No
Tensor Cores No No
L1 cache 64 KB/core n/a
L2 cache 1536 KB/core 2000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 85 Gpix/sec 53 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 170 GTex/s 145 GTex/s
FLOPS 5.4 TFLOPS 4.6 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x8
TGP 120 W 85 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 12 nm 7 nm
Transistor Size 284 mm² 158 mm²
Transistor count 6 billion 6.4 billion
Transistor density 21.13 MTr/mm² 40.51 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 1500 MHz 1750 MHz
Bus 192 bit 128 bit
ECC support No n/a
Effective Memory Speed 12000 MB/s 14000 MB/s
Memory Size 6 GB 4 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
288 GB/s
AMD Radeon RX 5500M
224 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.3 1.2
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA 7.5 n/a
DisplayPort 1.4a 1.4
Ray Tracing No No
DLSS No No

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