AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660

Compared 2 processors: AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT, vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT and Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660
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
112
59
47
28
81
46
37
22
The Witcher 3
94
75
49
29
72
59
42
21
Counter-Strike 2
158
108
73
35
122
86
59
24
Far Cry 6
90
73
55
26
65
57
42
21
Hogwarts Legacy
53
43
31
17
41
34
24
12
COD Modern Warfare 3
76
67
45
29
50
42
30
19
Ghost of Tsushima
61
44
34
15
36
29
22
10
Cyberpunk 2077
55
51
28
13
41
36
22
n/a
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
103
88
57
29
68
62
43
21
Avg FPS
1080p High8964
1080p Ultra6850
1440p Ultra4736
4K Ultra2518
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT
7012
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660
5094
Time Spy76335443
Solar Bayn/a18090
Port Royaln/a1457
Fire Strike2231014194
Night Raid8663066156
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT
66629
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660
60105
Background Blur123.2 frames/s107.7 frames/s
Face Detection71.4 frames/s58.6 frames/s
Horizon Detection2.85 Gpix/sec2.07 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection4.1 Gpix/sec2.61 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur3.48 Gpix/sec3 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.62 Gpix/sec0.77 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching253.9 Gpix/sec301.7 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics7670.6 fps8078.5 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT
13492
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660
11660
G2D Mark870776
DirectX 1196 fps79 fps
DirectX 1252 fps48 fps
GPU Compute6338 Ops/s5157 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT
92.1 fps
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660
65.4 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)533 fps355.8 fps
Car Chase465.4 fps317.5 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)387.4 fps282.1 fps
T-Rex1882.8 fps1281.3 fps
ALU 22438.2 fps1549.9 fps
Driver Overhead 2198.3 fps258.3 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation2278.91714.8

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 21, 2020 March, 14, 2019
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range Entry-level
Architecture RDNA 1.0 Turing
Codename Navi 10 TU116
Price 279 219

GPU

GPU Frequency 1130 MHz 1530 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1560 MHz 1785 MHz
Shader Units 2304 1408
TMUs 144 88
ROPs 64 48
Execution Units n/a 22
Ray Tracing Cores No No
Tensor Cores No No
L1 cache n/a 64 KB/core
L2 cache 3000 KB/core 1536 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 100 Gpix/sec 86 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 225 GTex/s 157 GTex/s
FLOPS 7.2 TFLOPS 5 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
TGP 150 W 120 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 7 nm 12 nm
Transistor Size 251 mm² 284 mm²
Transistor count 10 billion 6 billion
Transistor density 39.84 MTr/mm² 21.13 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR5
Memory Frequency 1500 MHz 2001 MHz
Bus 192 bit 192 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 12000 MB/s 8000 MB/s
Memory Size 6 GB 6 GB
Max Throughput
AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT
288 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660
192.1 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

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