XFX Radeon RX 5500 XT Thicc II Pro vs MSI GeForce GTX 1660 TI GAMING X 6G. Specifications, performance, tests

Comparison of basic technical data of graphics cards XFX Radeon RX 5500 XT Thicc II Pro and MSI GeForce GTX 1660 TI GAMING X 6G, chip, information processing units.

• Based on
  AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
• GPU Chip
  Navi 14 XTX TU116-400-A1
• Execution units
  22 24
• Shader
  1408 1536
• Render Output Units
  32 48
• Texture Units
  88 96

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

• Memory Size
  8 GB 6 GB
• Memory Type
  GDDR6 GDDR6
• Memory Speed
  1.75 GHz 1.5 GHz
• Memory Bandwith
  224 GB/s 288 GB/s
• Memory Interface
  128 bit 192 bit

Let's compare the memory frequency of graphics cards XFX Radeon RX 5500 XT Thicc II Pro and MSI GeForce GTX 1660 TI GAMING X 6G. The higher the better.

• Base Clock
  1.607 GHz 1.500 GHz
• Boost Clock
  1.845 GHz 1.875 GHz+ 6 %
• Avg (Game) Clock
  1.717 GHz
• Overclocking
  Yes Yes

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

• TDP
  130 W 130 W+ 8 %
• TDP (up)
  -- --
• Tjunction max
  -- --
• PCIe-Power
  1 x 8-Pin 1 x 8-Pin

Types and sizes of coolers for graphics card cooling system XFX Radeon RX 5500 XT Thicc II Pro and MSI GeForce GTX 1660 TI GAMING X 6G.

• Fan-Type
  Axial Axial
• Cooler-Type
  Air cooling Air cooling
• Fan 1
  2 x 100 mm 2 x 90 mm
• Noise (Idle)
  0 dB / Silent --
• Fan 2
  -- --
• Noise (Load)
  41 dB --

Connectivity and connections.

• Max. Displays
  4 3
• HDCP-Version
  2.3 2.2
• HDMI Ports
  1x HDMI v2.0b 1x HDMI v2.0b
• DP Ports
  3x DP v1.4 3x DP v1.4a
• DVI Ports
  -- --
• VGA Ports
  -- --
• USB-C Ports
  -- --

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

• Max. resolution
  7680x4320 3840x2160
• DirectX
  12_1 12_1
• Raytracing
  Yes No
• DLSS / FSR
  No No
• LED
  No LED lighting MSI Mystic Light

Built-in support for video and image compression standards.

• h264
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP8
  Decode Decode
• h265 / HEVC
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP9
  Decode / Encode Decode
• AV1
  No No

The difference in size, weight and slot of the compared devices

• Length
  281 mm 247 mm
• Height
  145 mm 127 mm
• Width
  44 mm 46 mm
• Width (Slots)
  2 PCIe-Slots 3 PCIe-Slots
• Weight
  -- 869 g

Comparison of interfaces and release dates for GPU MSI GeForce GTX 1660 TI GAMING X 6G and XFX Radeon RX 5500 XT Thicc II Pro.

• GPU Interface
  PCIe 4.0 x 8 PCIe 3.0 x 16
• Release date
  Q3/2019 Q1/2019
• Release price
  -- --
• Structure size
  7 nm 12 nm
• Part-no
  RX-55XT8DFD6 --
• Documents
  data sheet data sheet