AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER

Compared 2 processors: AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT, vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon RX 6800 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
196
131
112
80
88
53
43
26
The Witcher 3
199
176
129
65
80
63
43
22
Counter-Strike 2
284
200
144
77
131
93
68
28
Far Cry 6
159
143
120
75
71
62
46
23
Hogwarts Legacy
116
98
76
41
44
36
28
13
COD Modern Warfare 3
170
164
117
79
56
44
32
20
Ghost of Tsushima
122
103
81
52
43
34
22
13
Cyberpunk 2077
132
117
77
34
44
39
22
10
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
204
191
144
73
77
71
47
23
Avg FPS
1080p High17670
1080p Ultra14755
1440p Ultra11139
4K Ultra6420
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
17610
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
5672
Time Spy193406047
Solar Bay7838019265
Port Royal96901549
Fire Strike5302916183
Night Raid15556474430
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
138858
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
67074
Background Blur335.7 frames/s122.5 frames/s
Face Detection221.1 frames/s68.6 frames/s
Horizon Detection6.16 Gpix/sec2.56 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection8.96 Gpix/sec3.33 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur7.44 Gpix/sec3.21 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.31 Gpix/sec0.86 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching263 Gpix/sec273.3 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics14755 fps8476.3 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
24993
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
12712
G2D Mark1025804
DirectX 11264 fps103 fps
DirectX 12100 fps49 fps
GPU Compute13655 Ops/s5099 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
264.2 fps
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
70.2 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)1271.6 fps396.1 fps
Car Chase1173.9 fps339.7 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)1067.6 fps304.7 fps
T-Rex4026.9 fps1502.8 fps
ALU 25306.3 fps1607.1 fps
Driver Overhead 2278.9 fps272.1 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation35671760.2

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced November, 18, 2020 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 21 TU116
Price 649 229

GPU

GPU Frequency 1825 MHz 1530 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2250 MHz 1785 MHz
Shader Units 4608 1408
TMUs 288 88
ROPs 128 48
Execution Units n/a 22
Ray Tracing Cores 72 No
Tensor Cores n/a No
L1 cache 128 KB/core 64 KB/core
L2 cache 4000 KB/core 1536 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 288 Gpix/sec 86 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 648 GTex/s 157 GTex/s
FLOPS 20.7 TFLOPS 5 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
TGP 300 W 125 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 7 nm 12 nm
Transistor Size 520 mm² 284 mm²
Transistor count 26 billion 6 billion
Transistor density 50 MTr/mm² 21.13 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 2000 MHz 1750 MHz
Bus 256 bit 192 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 16000 MB/s 14000 MB/s
Memory Size 16 GB 6 GB
Max Throughput
AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
512 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 6800 XT the clear winner in this comparison.

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