AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER

Compared 2 processors: AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT, vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon RX 6700 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
158
91
74
53
88
53
43
26
The Witcher 3
146
120
87
44
80
63
43
22
Counter-Strike 2
226
160
112
58
131
93
68
28
Far Cry 6
123
110
83
48
71
62
46
23
Hogwarts Legacy
85
72
54
27
44
36
28
13
COD Modern Warfare 3
117
113
74
47
56
44
32
20
Ghost of Tsushima
93
73
55
31
43
34
22
13
Cyberpunk 2077
88
77
50
24
44
39
22
10
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
149
135
98
49
77
71
47
23
Avg FPS
1080p High13270
1080p Ultra10655
1440p Ultra7639
4K Ultra4220
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT
11451
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
5672
Time Spy128076047
Solar Bay5015719265
Port Royal61621549
Fire Strike3584416183
Night Raid13074374430
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT
110742
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
67074
Background Blur245.8 frames/s122.5 frames/s
Face Detection153.3 frames/s68.6 frames/s
Horizon Detection3.99 Gpix/sec2.56 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection5.82 Gpix/sec3.33 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur4.37 Gpix/sec3.21 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.01 Gpix/sec0.86 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching474.4 Gpix/sec273.3 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics13872.6 fps8476.3 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT
19820
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
12712
G2D Mark946804
DirectX 11174 fps103 fps
DirectX 1277 fps49 fps
GPU Compute9584 Ops/s5099 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT
173.6 fps
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
70.2 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)943.9 fps396.1 fps
Car Chase840 fps339.7 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)743.3 fps304.7 fps
T-Rex2906.3 fps1502.8 fps
ALU 23886.3 fps1607.1 fps
Driver Overhead 2290.8 fps272.1 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation2414.41760.2

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced March, 3, 2021 October, 29, 2019
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end Entry-level
Architecture RDNA 2.0 Turing
Codename Navi 22 TU116
Price 479 229

GPU

GPU Frequency 2321 MHz 1530 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2581 MHz 1785 MHz
Shader Units 2560 1408
TMUs 160 88
ROPs 64 48
Execution Units n/a 22
Ray Tracing Cores 40 No
Tensor Cores n/a No
L1 cache 128 KB/core 64 KB/core
L2 cache 3000 KB/core 1536 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 165 Gpix/sec 86 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 413 GTex/s 157 GTex/s
FLOPS 13.2 TFLOPS 5 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
TGP 230 W 125 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 7 nm 12 nm
Transistor Size 335 mm² 284 mm²
Transistor count 17 billion 6 billion
Transistor density 50.75 MTr/mm² 21.13 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 2000 MHz 1750 MHz
Bus 192 bit 192 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 16000 MB/s 14000 MB/s
Memory Size 12 GB 6 GB
Max Throughput
AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT
384 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 Yes No
DLSS No No

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT the clear winner in this comparison.

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