Radeon RX 5500 XT vs GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
Summary
Radeon RX 5500 XT
100%
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
122%
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 Ti |
| 22% 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) |
HWBench recommends GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
The GeForce GTX 1660 Ti is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (24 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| Radeon RX 5500 XT | | GeForce GTX 1660 Ti | |
|---|
| GPU Name | Navi 14 (Navi 14 XTX
(215-0932396)) | vs | TU116 (TU116-400-A1) |
| Fab Process | 7 nm | vs | 12 nm |
| Die Size | 158 mm² | vs | 284 mm² |
| Transistors | 6,400 million | vs | 6,600 million |
| Shaders | 1408 | vs | 1536 |
| Compute Units | 22 | vs | 24 |
| Core clock | 1607 MHz | vs | 1500 MHz |
| ROPs | 32 | vs | 48 |
| TMUs | 88 | vs | 96 |
Memory Configuration
| Radeon RX 5500 XT | | GeForce GTX 1660 Ti | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | vs | GDDR6 |
| Bus Width | 128 bit | vs | 192 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1750 MHz
14000 MHz effective | vs | 1500 MHz
12000 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 4096 Mb | vs | 6144 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon RX 5500 XT | | GeForce GTX 1660 Ti | |
|---|
| TDP | 130 watts | vs | 120 watts |
| Release Date | 12 Dec 2019 | vs | 22 Feb 2019 |
Radeon RX 5500 XT
59.04 GP/s
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
84.96 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Radeon RX 5500 XT
162.40 GT/s
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
169.90 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Radeon RX 5500 XT
224.00 GB/s
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
288.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Radeon RX 5500 XT
5196.00 GFLOPs
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
5437.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10x64
Radeon RX 5500 XT
49
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
44
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10x64
Radeon RX 5500 XT
78
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
92
FPS (higher is better)
Very High Quality TAA, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64
Radeon RX 5500 XT
85
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
104
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11
Radeon RX 5500 XT
60
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
71
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64
Radeon RX 5500 XT
58
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
68
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX11, Windows 10x64
Radeon RX 5500 XT
28
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
36
FPS (higher is better)
UltraTX Max Quality, Vulkan, Windows 10 x64
Radeon RX 5500 XT
38
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
46
FPS (higher is better)
Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64
Radeon RX 5500 XT
66
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
81
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11
Radeon RX 5500 XT
31
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
34
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10x64
Radeon RX 5500 XT
59
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
70
FPS (higher is better)
Very High Quality TAA, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64
Radeon RX 5500 XT
57
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
71
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11
Radeon RX 5500 XT
39
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
52
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality preset DirectX 12 windows 10 x64
Radeon RX 5500 XT
41
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
48
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX11, Windows 10x64
Radeon RX 5500 XT
20
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
26
FPS (higher is better)
UltraTX Max Quality, Vulkan, Windows 10 x64
Radeon RX 5500 XT
30
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
35
FPS (higher is better)
Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64
Radeon RX 5500 XT
43
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
52
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11
Radeon RX 5500 XT
17
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
12
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10x64
Radeon RX 5500 XT
33
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
37
FPS (higher is better)
Very High Quality TAA, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64
Radeon RX 5500 XT
26
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
38
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11
Radeon RX 5500 XT
18
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
25
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality preset DirectX 12 windows 10 x64
Radeon RX 5500 XT
14
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
26
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX11, Windows 10x64
Radeon RX 5500 XT
10
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
13
FPS (higher is better)
UltraTX Max Quality, Vulkan, Windows 10 x64
Radeon RX 5500 XT
18
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
24
FPS (higher is better)
Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64
Radeon RX 5500 XT
22
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
26
FPS (higher is better)