MSI GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER AERO ITX OC vs ASRock Radeon RX 6500 XT Phantom Gaming D 4GB OC. Specifications, performance, tests

Comparison of basic technical data of graphics cards MSI GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER AERO ITX OC and ASRock Radeon RX 6500 XT Phantom Gaming D 4GB OC, chip, information processing units.

• Based on
  NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
• GPU Chip
  TU116-300-A1 Navi 24
• Execution units
  22 16
• Shader
  1408 1024
• Render Output Units
  48 32
• Texture Units
  88 64

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

• Memory Size
  6 GB 4 GB
• Memory Type
  GDDR6 GDDR6
• Memory Speed
  1.75 GHz 2.25 GHz
• Memory Bandwith
  336 GB/s 144 GB/s
• Memory Interface
  192 bit 64 bit

Let's compare the memory frequency of graphics cards MSI GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER AERO ITX OC and ASRock Radeon RX 6500 XT Phantom Gaming D 4GB OC. The higher the better.

• Base Clock
  1.530 GHz 2.200 GHz
• Boost Clock
  1.815 GHz+ 2 % 2.820 GHz
• Avg (Game) Clock
  2.650 GHz+ 2 %
• Overclocking
  Yes Yes

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

• TDP
  125 W 107 W
• TDP (up)
  -- --
• Tjunction max
  -- 110 °C
• PCIe-Power
  1 x 8-Pin 1 x 8-Pin

Types and sizes of coolers for graphics card cooling system MSI GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER AERO ITX OC and ASRock Radeon RX 6500 XT Phantom Gaming D 4GB OC.

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

Connectivity and connections.

• Max. Displays
  3 2
• HDCP-Version
  2.2 2.3
• HDMI Ports
  1x HDMI v2.0b 1x HDMI v2.1
• DP Ports
  1x DP v1.4a 1x 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
• VP8
  Decode Decode
• h265 / HEVC
  Decode / Encode Decode
• VP9
  Decode Decode
• AV1
  No No

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

• Length
  179 mm 240 mm
• Height
  127 mm 129 mm
• Width
  42 mm 42 mm
• Width (Slots)
  2 PCIe-Slots 2 PCIe-Slots
• Weight
  561 g 459 g

Comparison of interfaces and release dates for GPU ASRock Radeon RX 6500 XT Phantom Gaming D 4GB OC and MSI GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER AERO ITX OC.

• GPU Interface
  PCIe 3.0 x 16 PCIe 4.0 x 4
• Release date
  Q4/2019 Q1/2022
• Release price
  -- --
• Structure size
  12 nm 6 nm
• Part-no
  -- RX6500XT PGD 4GO
• Documents
  data sheet data sheet