AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660

Compared 2 processors: AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT, vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon RX 5700 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
130
72
58
38
81
46
37
22
The Witcher 3
116
95
66
32
72
59
42
21
Counter-Strike 2
184
128
91
49
122
86
59
24
Far Cry 6
102
86
66
35
65
57
42
21
Hogwarts Legacy
69
56
42
19
41
34
24
12
COD Modern Warfare 3
89
82
55
33
50
42
30
19
Ghost of Tsushima
74
58
43
23
36
29
22
10
Cyberpunk 2077
69
60
37
16
41
36
22
n/a
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
118
107
73
36
68
62
43
21
Avg FPS
1080p High10664
1080p Ultra8350
1440p Ultra5936
4K Ultra3118
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT
8593
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660
5094
Time Spy94255443
Solar Bayn/a18090
Port Royaln/a1457
Fire Strike2753514194
Night Raid10314166156
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT
81739
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660
60105
Background Blur148 frames/s107.7 frames/s
Face Detection89.5 frames/s58.6 frames/s
Horizon Detection3.52 Gpix/sec2.07 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection4.98 Gpix/sec2.61 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur4.11 Gpix/sec3 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.75 Gpix/sec0.77 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching295.8 Gpix/sec301.7 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics10480.7 fps8078.5 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT
16372
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660
11660
G2D Mark921776
DirectX 11117 fps79 fps
DirectX 1265 fps48 fps
GPU Compute7839 Ops/s5157 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT
117.9 fps
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660
65.4 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)695.6 fps355.8 fps
Car Chase606.1 fps317.5 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)496.2 fps282.1 fps
T-Rex2407 fps1281.3 fps
ALU 23024.6 fps1549.9 fps
Driver Overhead 2299.8 fps258.3 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation2576.41714.8

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced July, 7, 2019 March, 14, 2019
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end Entry-level
Architecture RDNA 1.0 Turing
Codename Navi 10 TU116
Price 399 219

GPU

GPU Frequency 1605 MHz 1530 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1905 MHz 1785 MHz
Shader Units 2560 1408
TMUs 160 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 4000 KB/core 1536 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 122 Gpix/sec 86 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 305 GTex/s 157 GTex/s
FLOPS 9.8 TFLOPS 5 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
TGP 225 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 1750 MHz 2001 MHz
Bus 256 bit 192 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 14000 MB/s 8000 MB/s
Memory Size 8 GB 6 GB
Max Throughput
AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT
448 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

Results

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