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    Radeon RX 5500 XT vs GeForce GTX 1660

    Radeon RX 5500 XT
    Memory: 4096Mb GDDR6DESKTOP
    Release date: 12 Dec 2019
    Radeon RX 5500 XT
    GeForce GTX 1660
    Memory: 6144Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
    Release date: 15 Mar 2019
    GeForce GTX 1660

    Summary

    Gaming performance index

    • Radeon RX 5500 XT
      100%
    • GeForce GTX 1660
      110%

    Relative performance

    Reasons to consider Radeon RX 5500 XT

    This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support.
    Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute
    Supports FreeSync
    Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)

    Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 1660

    10% higher gaming performance.
    Supports PhysX
    Supports G-Sync
    Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
    Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute
    Supports DirectX Raytracing (DXR)
    Supports Deep Learning Super-Sampling (DLSS)
    GeForce GTX 1660

    HWBench recommends GeForce GTX 1660

    The GeForce GTX 1660 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (26 combinations of games and resolutions).

    Specifications

    Core Configuration

    Radeon RX 5500 XTGeForce GTX 1660
    GPU NameNavi 14 (Navi 14 XTX (215-0932396))vsTU116 ()
    Fab Process7 nmvs12 nm
    Die Size158 mm²vs284 mm²
    Transistors6,400 millionvs6,600 million
    Shaders1408vs1280
    Compute Units22vs20
    Core clock1607 MHzvs1530 MHz
    ROPs32vs48
    TMUs88vs80

    Memory Configuration

    Radeon RX 5500 XTGeForce GTX 1660
    Memory TypeGDDR6vsGDDR5
    Bus Width128 bitvs192 bit
    Memory Speed1750 MHz
    14000 MHz effective    		vs2000 MHz
    8000 MHz effective
    Memory Size4096 Mbvs6144 Mb

    Additional details

    Radeon RX 5500 XTGeForce GTX 1660
    TDP130 wattsvs0 watts
    Release Date12 Dec 2019vs15 Mar 2019

    Raw Performance comparison

    Pixel Rate

    • Radeon RX 5500 XT
      59.04 GP/s
    • GeForce GTX 1660
      85.68 GP/s

    GigaPixels - higher is better

    Texel Rate

    • Radeon RX 5500 XT
      162.40 GT/s
    • GeForce GTX 1660
      142.80 GT/s

    GigaTexels - higher is better

    Memory bandwidth

    • Radeon RX 5500 XT
      224.00 GB/s
    • GeForce GTX 1660
      192.00 GB/s

    GB/s - higher is better

    Single precision performance

    • Radeon RX 5500 XT
      5196.00 GFLOPs
    • GeForce GTX 1660
      4570.00 GFLOPs

    GFLOPs - higher is better

    Game benchmarks

    Assassins Creed: Valhalla

    Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10x64

    • Radeon RX 5500 XT
      49
    • GeForce GTX 1660
      40

    FPS (higher is better)

    Battlefield V

    Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10x64

    • Radeon RX 5500 XT
      78
    • GeForce GTX 1660
      78

    FPS (higher is better)

    Death Stranding

    Very High Quality TAA, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64

    • Radeon RX 5500 XT
      85
    • GeForce GTX 1660
      92

    FPS (higher is better)

    Far Cry 6

    Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

    • Radeon RX 5500 XT
      60
    • GeForce GTX 1660
      63

    FPS (higher is better)

    Gears of War 5

    Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64

    • Radeon RX 5500 XT
      58
    • GeForce GTX 1660
      59

    FPS (higher is better)

    Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020)

    Ultra Quality, DirectX11, Windows 10x64

    • Radeon RX 5500 XT
      28
    • GeForce GTX 1660
      33

    FPS (higher is better)

    Red Dead Redemption II

    UltraTX Max Quality, Vulkan, Windows 10 x64

    • Radeon RX 5500 XT
      38
    • GeForce GTX 1660
      42

    FPS (higher is better)

    Shadow of the Tomb Raider

    Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64

    • Radeon RX 5500 XT
      66
    • GeForce GTX 1660
      68

    FPS (higher is better)

    Assassins Creed: Valhalla

    Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

    • Radeon RX 5500 XT
      31
    • GeForce GTX 1660
      31

    FPS (higher is better)

    Battlefield V

    Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10x64

    • Radeon RX 5500 XT
      59
    • GeForce GTX 1660
      59

    FPS (higher is better)

    Borderlands 3

    Ultra Quality preset DirectX 12 windows 10 x64

    • Radeon RX 5500 XT
      26
    • GeForce GTX 1660
      34

    FPS (higher is better)

    Death Stranding

    Very High Quality TAA, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64

    • Radeon RX 5500 XT
      57
    • GeForce GTX 1660
      65

    FPS (higher is better)

    Far Cry 6

    Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

    • Radeon RX 5500 XT
      39
    • GeForce GTX 1660
      46

    FPS (higher is better)

    Gears of War 5

    Ultra Quality preset DirectX 12 windows 10 x64

    • Radeon RX 5500 XT
      41
    • GeForce GTX 1660
      45

    FPS (higher is better)

    Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020)

    Ultra Quality, DirectX11, Windows 10x64

    • Radeon RX 5500 XT
      20
    • GeForce GTX 1660
      24

    FPS (higher is better)

    Red Dead Redemption II

    UltraTX Max Quality, Vulkan, Windows 10 x64

    • Radeon RX 5500 XT
      30
    • GeForce GTX 1660
      33

    FPS (higher is better)

    Shadow of the Tomb Raider

    Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64

    • Radeon RX 5500 XT
      43
    • GeForce GTX 1660
      45

    FPS (higher is better)

    Assassins Creed: Valhalla

    Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

    • Radeon RX 5500 XT
      17
    • GeForce GTX 1660
      11

    FPS (higher is better)

    Battlefield V

    Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10x64

    • Radeon RX 5500 XT
      33
    • GeForce GTX 1660
      31

    FPS (higher is better)

    Borderlands 3

    Ultra Quality preset DirectX 12 windows 10 x64

    • Radeon RX 5500 XT
      14
    • GeForce GTX 1660
      16

    FPS (higher is better)

    Death Stranding

    Very High Quality TAA, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64

    • Radeon RX 5500 XT
      26
    • GeForce GTX 1660
      33

    FPS (higher is better)

    Far Cry 6

    Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

    • Radeon RX 5500 XT
      18
    • GeForce GTX 1660
      23

    FPS (higher is better)

    Gears of War 5

    Ultra Quality preset DirectX 12 windows 10 x64

    • Radeon RX 5500 XT
      14
    • GeForce GTX 1660
      24

    FPS (higher is better)

    Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020)

    Ultra Quality, DirectX11, Windows 10x64

    • Radeon RX 5500 XT
      10
    • GeForce GTX 1660
      12

    FPS (higher is better)

    Red Dead Redemption II

    UltraTX Max Quality, Vulkan, Windows 10 x64

    • Radeon RX 5500 XT
      18
    • GeForce GTX 1660
      22

    FPS (higher is better)

    Shadow of the Tomb Raider

    Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64

    • Radeon RX 5500 XT
      22
    • GeForce GTX 1660
      22

    FPS (higher is better)

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