Radeon RX 6500 XT vs GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER

Radeon RX 6500 XT
Memory: 4096Mb GDDR6DESKTOP
Release date: 19 Jan 2022
Radeon RX 6500 XT
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
Memory: 6144Mb GDDR6DESKTOP
Release date: 29 Oct 2019
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER

Summary

Gaming performance index

  • Radeon RX 6500 XT
    100%
  • GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
    179%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider Radeon RX 6500 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)
Infinity Cache allows to deliver up to 3.25x the effective memory bandwidth
Supports DirectX Raytracing (DXR)

Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER

79% higher gaming performance.
Supports PhysX
Supports G-Sync
Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute
Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Pascal), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications

GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER

HWBench recommends GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER

The GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (10 combinations of games and resolutions).


Specifications

Core Configuration

Radeon RX 6500 XTGeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
GPU NameNavi 24 (Navi 24 XT)vsTU116 (TU116-300-A1)
Fab Process6 nmvs12 nm
Die Size107 mm²vs284 mm²
Transistors5,400 millionvs6,600 million
Shaders1024vs1408
Compute Units16vs22
Core clock2200 MHzvs1530 MHz
ROPs32vs48
TMUs64vs88

Memory Configuration

Radeon RX 6500 XTGeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
Memory TypeGDDR6vsGDDR6
Bus Width64 bitvs192 bit
Memory Speed2250 MHz
18 Gbps effective
vs1750 MHz
14000 MHz effective
Memory Size4096 Mbvs6144 Mb

Additional details

Radeon RX 6500 XTGeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
TDP107 wattsvs125 watts
Release Date19 Jan 2022vs29 Oct 2019

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • Radeon RX 6500 XT
    90.08 GP/s
  • GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
    85.68 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • Radeon RX 6500 XT
    180.20 GT/s
  • GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
    157.10 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • Radeon RX 6500 XT
    144.00 GB/s
  • GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
    336.00 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • Radeon RX 6500 XT
    5765.00 GFLOPs
  • GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
    5020.00 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better

Game benchmarks

Assassins Creed: Valhalla

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • Radeon RX 6500 XT
    40
  • GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
    43

FPS (higher is better)

Codemasters Formula 1 2021

Ultra High Quality TAA, Bahrain, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64

  • Radeon RX 6500 XT
    74
  • GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
    94

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry 6

Ultra High Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64

  • Radeon RX 6500 XT
    17
  • GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
    72

FPS (higher is better)

Hitman III

  • Radeon RX 6500 XT
    105
  • GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
    104

FPS (higher is better)

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

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

  • Radeon RX 6500 XT
    64
  • GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
    80

FPS (higher is better)

Assassins Creed: Valhalla

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • Radeon RX 6500 XT
    21
  • GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
    34

FPS (higher is better)

Codemasters Formula 1 2021

Ultra High Quality TAA, Bahrain, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64

  • Radeon RX 6500 XT
    55
  • GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
    70

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry 6

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • Radeon RX 6500 XT
    13
  • GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
    51

FPS (higher is better)

Hitman III

  • Radeon RX 6500 XT
    64
  • GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
    68

FPS (higher is better)

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

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

  • Radeon RX 6500 XT
    40
  • GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
    51

FPS (higher is better)