AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660
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Compared 2 processors: AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT, vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device
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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
Tests & specs
Specs & test comparisonGames
| Game title | 1080p (High) 1080p (Ultra) 1440p (Ultra) 4K (Ultra) | |
 Forza Horizon 5 | 84 46 33 20 | 81 46 37 22 |
 The Witcher 3 | 60 46 27 16 | 72 59 42 21 |
 Counter-Strike 2 | 96 67 46 19 | 122 86 59 24 |
 Far Cry 6 | 65 55 40 19 | 65 57 42 21 |
 Hogwarts Legacy | 38 29 20 10 | 41 34 24 12 |
 COD Modern Warfare 3 | 51 45 29 19 | 50 42 30 19 |
 Ghost of Tsushima | 37 28 21 10 | 36 29 22 10 |
 Cyberpunk 2077 | 36 33 19 n/a | 41 36 22 n/a |
 Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 69 61 36 18 | 68 62 43 21 |
| 1080p High | 60 | 64 |
| 1080p Ultra | 46 | 50 |
| 1440p Ultra | 30 | 36 |
| 4K Ultra | 15 | 18 |
| Deviation | Low | Low |
Benchmarks
| Time Spy | 4951 | 5443 |
| Solar Bay | 19979 | 18090 |
| Port Royal | 367 | 1457 |
| Fire Strike | 15577 | 14194 |
| Night Raid | 65281 | 66156 |
| Background Blur | 130.3 frames/s | 107.7 frames/s |
| Face Detection | 70.1 frames/s | 58.6 frames/s |
| Horizon Detection | 1.59 Gpix/sec | 2.07 Gpix/sec |
| Edge Detection | 2.21 Gpix/sec | 2.61 Gpix/sec |
| Gaussian Blur | 2.02 Gpix/sec | 3 Gpix/sec |
| Feature Matching | 0.65 Gpix/sec | 0.77 Gpix/sec |
| Stereo Matching | 223 Gpix/sec | 301.7 Gpix/sec |
| Particle Physics | 7470.5 fps | 8078.5 fps |
| API | OpenCL | OpenCL |
| G2D Mark | 810 | 776 |
| DirectX 11 | 90 fps | 79 fps |
| DirectX 12 | 38 fps | 48 fps |
| GPU Compute | 4502 Ops/s | 5157 Ops/s |
| Aztec Ruins (Normal) | 360.9 fps | 355.8 fps |
| Car Chase | 373.9 fps | 317.5 fps |
| Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p) | 278.5 fps | 282.1 fps |
| T-Rex | 1305.6 fps | 1281.3 fps |
| ALU 2 | 1331.2 fps | 1549.9 fps |
| Driver Overhead 2 | 259.2 fps | 258.3 fps |
| API | OpenGL | OpenGL |
| OS | Windows | Windows |
| Tessellation | 1300.5 | 1714.8 |
Tech Specs
Specs & test comparisonGeneral Info
| Manufacturer | AMD | Nvidia |
| Build | Discrete | Discrete |
| Announced | January, 19, 2022 | March, 14, 2019 |
| Form Factor | PC use | PC use |
| Use case | Gaming | Gaming |
| Segment | Mid-range | Entry-level |
| Architecture | RDNA 2.0 | Turing |
| Codename | Navi 24 | TU116 |
| Price | 199 | 219 |
GPU
| GPU Frequency | 2310 MHz | 1530 MHz |
| Boost GPU Frequency | 2815 MHz | 1785 MHz |
| Shader Units | 1024 | 1408 |
| TMUs | 64 | 88 |
| ROPs | 32 | 48 |
| Execution Units | n/a | 22 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | 16 | No |
| Tensor Cores | No | No |
| L1 cache | 128 KB/core | 64 KB/core |
| L2 cache | 1024 KB/core | 1536 KB/core |
| Instructions per Clock | 2 IPC | 2 IPC |
Performance
| Pixel Fill Rate | 90 Gpix/sec | 86 Gpix/sec |
| Texture Fill Rate | 180 GTex/s | 157 GTex/s |
| FLOPS | 5.8 TFLOPS | 5 TFLOPS |
Process
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| TGP | 107 W | 120 W |
| Process | TSMC | TSMC |
| Process tech. | 6 nm | 12 nm |
| Transistor Size | 107 mm² | 284 mm² |
| Transistor count | 5 billion | 6 billion |
| Transistor density | 46.73 MTr/mm² | 21.13 MTr/mm² |
Memory
| Interface | GDDR6 | GDDR5 |
| Memory Frequency | 2248 MHz | 2001 MHz |
| Bus | 64 bit | 192 bit |
| ECC support | No | No |
| Effective Memory Speed | 18000 MB/s | 8000 MB/s |
| Memory Size | 4 GB | 6 GB |
Max Throughput
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 | Yes | No |
| DLSS | No | No |
Results
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