AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER

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

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT and Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
Games
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, Vulkan
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
79
45
34
20
88
53
43
26
The Witcher 3
58
44
27
15
80
63
43
22
Counter-Strike 2
87
64
45
19
131
93
68
28
Far Cry 6
63
50
37
19
71
62
46
23
Hogwarts Legacy
36
26
21
11
44
36
28
13
COD Modern Warfare 3
50
43
28
15
56
44
32
20
Ghost of Tsushima
33
28
17
9
43
34
22
13
Cyberpunk 2077
33
29
15
n/a
44
39
22
10
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
65
57
31
19
77
71
47
23
Avg FPS
1080p High5670
1080p Ultra4355
1440p Ultra2839
4K Ultra1520
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT
4432
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
5672
Time Spy48576047
Solar Bayn/a19265
Port Royaln/a1549
Fire Strike1438216183
Night Raid6014974430
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT
43831
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
67074
Background Blur93.3 frames/s122.5 frames/s
Face Detection48.3 frames/s68.6 frames/s
Horizon Detection1.68 Gpix/sec2.56 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection2.43 Gpix/sec3.33 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur1.99 Gpix/sec3.21 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.48 Gpix/sec0.86 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching144.1 Gpix/sec273.3 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics5990 fps8476.3 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT
9104
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
12712
G2D Mark775804
DirectX 1156 fps103 fps
DirectX 1240 fps49 fps
GPU Compute4520 Ops/s5099 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT
59.5 fps
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
70.2 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)353.5 fps396.1 fps
Car Chasen/a339.7 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)n/a304.7 fps
T-Rexn/a1502.8 fps
ALU 2n/a1607.1 fps
Driver Overhead 2n/a272.1 fps
APIVulkanOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellationn/a1760.2

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced December, 12, 2019 October, 29, 2019
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range Entry-level
Architecture RDNA 1.0 Turing
Codename Navi 14 TU116
Price 169 229

GPU

GPU Frequency 1607 MHz 1530 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1845 MHz 1785 MHz
Shader Units 1408 1408
TMUs 88 88
ROPs 32 48
Execution Units n/a 22
Ray Tracing Cores No No
Tensor Cores No No
L1 cache n/a 64 KB/core
L2 cache 2000 KB/core 1536 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 59 Gpix/sec 86 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 162 GTex/s 157 GTex/s
FLOPS 5.2 TFLOPS 5 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x8 PCIe 3.0 x16
TGP 130 W 125 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 7 nm 12 nm
Transistor Size 158 mm² 284 mm²
Transistor count 6 billion 6 billion
Transistor density 37.97 MTr/mm² 21.13 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 1750 MHz 1750 MHz
Bus 128 bit 192 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 14000 MB/s 14000 MB/s
Memory Size 4 GB 6 GB
Max Throughput
AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT
224 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
336 GB/s

API

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

Results

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