AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660

AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT $199
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 $219
1024 Shaders
4GB GDDR6
2815MHz
1408 Shaders
6GB GDDR5
1785MHz
FP32
5.77 TFLOPS
FP32
5.03 TFLOPS
FP16
11.53 TFLOPS
FP16
10.05 TFLOPS
Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.0-Slots
Form Factor
PCIe Card
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TDP
107W
TDP
120W
Power Connectors
1x 6-Pin
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Power Connectors
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1x 8-Pin
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GB5 OpenCL 53,340
17%
GB5 OpenCL 55,530
18%
GB5 CUDA - N/A
0%
GB5 CUDA 59,915
25%
GB5 Metal - N/A
0%
GB5 Metal - N/A
0%
GB5 Vulkan 40,335
20%
GB5 Vulkan 50,450
25%
OCT 2020.1 - N/A
0%
OCT 2020.1 115
15%
OCT Metal 90
15%
OCT Metal - N/A
0%
Manufacturer
AMD
Manufacturer
NVIDIA
Chip Designer
AMD
Chip Designer
NVIDIA
Architecture
RDNA 2
Architecture
Turing
Family
Radeon RX 6000
Family
GeForce 16
Codename
Beige Goby
Navi 24
Variant
Navi 24 XT
Codename
NV168
TU116
Variant
TU116-300-A1
Market Segment
Desktop
Market Segment
Desktop
Release Date
1/19/2022
Release Date
3/14/2019
Foundry
TSMC
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Foundry
TSMC
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Fabrication Node
N6
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Fabrication Node
12FFN
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Die Size
107 mm²
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Die Size
284 mm²
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Transistor Count
5.4 Billion
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Transistor Count
6.6 Billion
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Transistor Density
50.47M/mm²
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Transistor Density
23.24M/mm²
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Form
PCIe Card
Form
PCIe Card
Shading Units
1024 Shaders
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Shading Units
1408 Shaders
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Texture Mapping Units
64 TMUs
Texture Mapping Units
88 TMUs
Render Output Units
32 ROPs
Render Output Units
48 ROPs
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Ray-Tracing Cores
16 RT-Cores
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Streaming Multiprocessors
22 SMs
Compute Units
16 CUs
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Graphics Processing Clusters
1 GPC
Graphics Processing Clusters
3 GPCs
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2610MHz Base
2815MHz
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1530MHz Base
1785MHz
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FP16
11.53 TFLOPS
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FP16
10.05 TFLOPS
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FP32
5.77 TFLOPS
FP32
5.03 TFLOPS
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FP64
0.36 TFLOPS
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FP64
0.16 TFLOPS
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Pixel Fillrate
90.08 GPixel/s
Pixel Fillrate
85.68 GPixel/s
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Texture Fillrate
180.16 GTexel/s
Texture Fillrate
157.08 GTexel/s
L0
32KB/WGP
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L1
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128KB/Array
L1
32KB/SM Tex
64KB/SM
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L2
1MB Shared
L2
1.5MB Shared
L3
16MB Shared
0.42TB/s
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4GB
GDDR6
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6GB
GDDR5
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Bus Width
64Bit
Bus Width
192Bit
Clock
2250MHz
Transfer Rate
18GT/s
Bandwidth
144GB/s
Clock
2000MHz
Transfer Rate
8GT/s
Bandwidth
192GB/s
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TDP
107W
TDP
120W
Temp
110°C Max
Temp
95°C Max
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1x DisplayPort 1.4
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1x HDMI 2.1
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1x DVI-D Dual-Link
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1x DisplayPort 1.4
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1x HDMI 2.0
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Max Resolution
7680x4320
Max Resolution
7680x4320
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
120Hz
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
Variable Refresh Rate
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FreeSync
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Variable Refresh Rate
G-Sync
FreeSync
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Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Supported
Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Supported
Multi Monitor Support
2
Multi Monitor Support
3
Content Protection
HDCP 2.3
Content Protection
HDCP 2.2
No Encoders
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Model
NVENC 7
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Codec
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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Model
VCN 3.0
Model
NVDEC 4
Codec
MPEG-1
MPEG-2
MPEG-4
JPEG
VC-1
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VP9
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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AV1
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Codec
MPEG-1
MPEG-2
MPEG-4
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VC-1
VP8
VP9
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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Direct X
12
Direct 3D
12_2
Direct X
12
Direct 3D
12_1
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
2.2
Vulkan
1.3
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
3.0
Vulkan
1.2
Shader Model
6.6
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GFX
10.3
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Shader Model
6.6
CUDA
7.5
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PureVideo HD
VP10
VDPAU
Feature Set J
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1x Fan
Not a Card
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1x Fan
Power Connectors
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1x 6-Pin
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Power Connectors
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1x 8-Pin
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Slots Required
2.0
PCIe Version
4.0
PCIe Lanes
4
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PCIe Version
3.0
PCIe Lanes
16
Multi GPU Support
Supported
Type
Bridgeless
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Height
110 mm (4.33 in)
Width
190 mm (7.48 in)
Depth
40 mm (1.57 in)
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