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AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT
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AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660. Specifications, performance, tests

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Released
Q3/2019
AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT
AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT
Released
Q1/2019
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660

What's the best choice AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660? Which graphics card is faster?

We have prepared a comparison to help you choose the best graphics card. Compare their specifications and benchmarks.

AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT has a maximum frequency of 1.75 GHz. Memory size 4 GB. Memory type GDDR6. Released in Q3/2019.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 has a maximum frequency of 2 GHz. Memory size 6 GB. Memory type GDDR5. Released in Q1/2019.

Differences


Positions in all rankings

Common positions AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT GPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • FP32 Performance (Single-precision TFLOPS)
    2360 place
  • Higher clock speed

    Around 13% better clock speed

    2 GHz left arrow 1.75 GHz
  • More memory

    33% more memory

    6 GB left arrow 4 GB

Positions in all rankings

Common positions NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 GPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Performance relative to other GPU chips
    2 place

Specifications

Technical data
AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660
General info

Comparison of basic technical data of graphics cards AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660, chip, information processing units.

  • GPU Chip
    Navi 14 XTX left arrow TU116
  • Execution units
    22 left arrow 1408
  • Render Output Units
    32 left arrow 48
  • Texture Units
    88 left arrow 88
Memory settings

Comparison of the amount of memory on board graphics cards. The more the better.

  • Memory Size
    4 GB left arrow 6 GB
  • Memory Type
    GDDR6 left arrow GDDR5
  • Memory Speed
    1.75 GHz left arrow 8 Gbps
Clock frequency

Let's compare the memory frequency of graphics cards AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660. The higher the better.

  • Base Clock
    1.607 GHz left arrow 1.53 GHz
  • Boost Clock
    1.845 GHz left arrow 1.785 GHz
Thermal Management

Connectors, the number of thermal watts emitted in normal mode and at overclocking.

  • TDP
    130 W left arrow 120 W
Technical data

Technical data that is used to its full potential in computer games.

  • Max. resolution
    7680x4320 left arrow 3840x2160
  • DirectX
    12.1 left arrow 12.1
More information

Comparison of interfaces and release dates for GPU NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 and AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT.

  • Architecture
    RDNA 1 left arrow Turing
  • GPU Interface
    PCIe 4.0 x 8 left arrow PCIe 3.0 x16
  • Structure size
    7 nm left arrow 12 nm
  • Release date
    Q3/2019 left arrow Q1/2019

Benchmarks

Performance tests GPUs

Based on the results of several popular benchmarks, you can more accurately estimate the performance difference between AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660.

Compare synthetic benchmarks and choose the best graphics card for you!

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Performance relative to other GPU chips
135%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
115%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070
100%
89%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
79%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
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