AMD Radeon RX 6600 vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660

Compared 2 processors: AMD Radeon RX 6600, vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon RX 6600 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
140
81
66
45
81
46
37
22
The Witcher 3
125
108
74
38
72
59
42
21
Counter-Strike 2
202
142
96
52
122
86
59
24
Far Cry 6
110
98
73
42
65
57
42
21
Hogwarts Legacy
76
62
47
22
41
34
24
12
COD Modern Warfare 3
103
95
66
42
50
42
30
19
Ghost of Tsushima
80
63
45
23
36
29
22
10
Cyberpunk 2077
80
71
42
18
41
36
22
n/a
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
137
118
85
39
68
62
43
21
Avg FPS
1080p High11764
1080p Ultra9350
1440p Ultra6636
4K Ultra3618
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 6600
10197
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660
5094
Time Spy104235443
Solar Bay4497318090
Port Royal58201457
Fire Strike2647814194
Night Raid9851466156
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 6600
58048
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660
60105
Background Blur104.1 frames/s107.7 frames/s
Face Detection79.7 frames/s58.6 frames/s
Horizon Detection2.05 Gpix/sec2.07 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection2.61 Gpix/sec2.61 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur2.59 Gpix/sec3 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.64 Gpix/sec0.77 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching257.8 Gpix/sec301.7 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics7635.3 fps8078.5 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 6600
15100
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660
11660
G2D Mark881776
DirectX 11152 fps79 fps
DirectX 1251 fps48 fps
GPU Compute6706 Ops/s5157 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 6600
96.4 fps
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660
65.4 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)567.8 fps355.8 fps
Car Chasen/a317.5 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)427.9 fps282.1 fps
T-Rex1906.1 fps1281.3 fps
ALU 22284.3 fps1549.9 fps
Driver Overhead 2600 fps258.3 fps
APIMetalOpenGL
OSOS XWindows
Tessellationn/a1714.8

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced October, 13, 2021 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 23 TU116
Price 329 219

GPU

GPU Frequency 1626 MHz 1530 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2491 MHz 1785 MHz
Shader Units 1792 1408
TMUs 112 88
ROPs 64 48
Execution Units n/a 22
Ray Tracing Cores 28 No
Tensor Cores No No
L1 cache 128 KB/core 64 KB/core
L2 cache 2000 KB/core 1536 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 159 Gpix/sec 86 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 279 GTex/s 157 GTex/s
FLOPS 8.9 TFLOPS 5 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x8 PCIe 3.0 x16
TGP 132 W 120 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 7 nm 12 nm
Transistor Size 237 mm² 284 mm²
Transistor count 11 billion 6 billion
Transistor density 46.41 MTr/mm² 21.13 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR5
Memory Frequency 1750 MHz 2001 MHz
Bus 128 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 6600
224 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 Yes No
DLSS No No

Results

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