ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce GTX 1660 OC vs Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6600. Specifications, performance, tests

Comparison of basic technical data of graphics cards ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce GTX 1660 OC and Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6600, chip, information processing units.

• Based on
  NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 AMD Radeon RX 6600
• GPU Chip
  TU116-300-A1 Navi 23 XL
• Execution units
  22 28
• Shader
  1408 1792
• Render Output Units
  48 64
• Texture Units
  88 112

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

• Memory Size
  6 GB 8 GB
• Memory Type
  GDDR5 GDDR6
• Memory Speed
  2 GHz 1.75 GHz
• Memory Bandwith
  192 GB/s 224 GB/s
• Memory Interface
  192 bit 128 bit

Let's compare the memory frequency of graphics cards ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce GTX 1660 OC and Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6600. The higher the better.

• Base Clock
  1.530 GHz 1.626 GHz
• Boost Clock
  1.845 GHz+ 3 % 2.491 GHz
• Avg (Game) Clock
  1.815 GHz 2.044 GHz
• Overclocking
  Yes Yes

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

• TDP
  120 W 132 W
• TDP (up)
  -- 140 W
• Tjunction max
  -- 110 °C
• PCIe-Power
  1 x 8-Pin 1 x 8-Pin

Types and sizes of coolers for graphics card cooling system ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce GTX 1660 OC and Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6600.

• Fan-Type
  Axial Axial
• Cooler-Type
  Air cooling Air cooling
• Fan 1
  2 x 80 mm 2 x 90 mm
• Noise (Idle)
  -- 0 dB / Silent
• Fan 2
  -- --
• Noise (Load)
  -- --

Connectivity and connections.

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

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

• Max. resolution
  3840x2160 7680x4320
• DirectX
  12_1 12_2
• Raytracing
  No Yes
• DLSS / FSR
  No No
• LED
  No LED lighting No LED lighting

Built-in support for video and image compression standards.

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

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

• Length
  205 mm 193 mm
• Height
  123 mm 120 mm
• Width
  46 mm 40 mm
• Width (Slots)
  3 PCIe-Slots 2 PCIe-Slots
• Weight
  -- 710 g

Comparison of interfaces and release dates for GPU Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6600 and ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce GTX 1660 OC.

• GPU Interface
  PCIe 3.0 x 16 PCIe 4.0 x 8
• Release date
  Q1/2019 Q4/2021
• Release price
  -- --
• Structure size
  12 nm 7 nm
• Part-no
  TUF-GTX1660-O6G-GAMING 11310-01-20G
• Documents
  data sheet data sheet