AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER

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

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon RX 5700 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
130
72
58
38
88
53
43
26
The Witcher 3
116
95
66
32
80
63
43
22
Counter-Strike 2
184
128
91
49
131
93
68
28
Far Cry 6
102
86
66
35
71
62
46
23
Hogwarts Legacy
69
56
42
19
44
36
28
13
COD Modern Warfare 3
89
82
55
33
56
44
32
20
Ghost of Tsushima
74
58
43
23
43
34
22
13
Cyberpunk 2077
69
60
37
16
44
39
22
10
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
118
107
73
36
77
71
47
23
Avg FPS
1080p High10670
1080p Ultra8355
1440p Ultra5939
4K Ultra3120
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT
8593
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
5672
Time Spy94256047
Solar Bayn/a19265
Port Royaln/a1549
Fire Strike2753516183
Night Raid10314174430
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT
81739
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
67074
Background Blur148 frames/s122.5 frames/s
Face Detection89.5 frames/s68.6 frames/s
Horizon Detection3.52 Gpix/sec2.56 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection4.98 Gpix/sec3.33 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur4.11 Gpix/sec3.21 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.75 Gpix/sec0.86 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching295.8 Gpix/sec273.3 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics10480.7 fps8476.3 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT
16372
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
12712
G2D Mark921804
DirectX 11117 fps103 fps
DirectX 1265 fps49 fps
GPU Compute7839 Ops/s5099 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT
117.9 fps
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
70.2 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)695.6 fps396.1 fps
Car Chase606.1 fps339.7 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)496.2 fps304.7 fps
T-Rex2407 fps1502.8 fps
ALU 23024.6 fps1607.1 fps
Driver Overhead 2299.8 fps272.1 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation2576.41760.2

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced July, 7, 2019 October, 29, 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 399 229

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 125 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 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 1750 MHz 1750 MHz
Bus 256 bit 192 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 14000 MB/s 14000 MB/s
Memory Size 8 GB 6 GB
Max Throughput
AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT
448 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

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