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Gainward GeForce GTX 1660 Ghost OC vs Sapphire Radeon RX 6600

Gainward GeForce GTX 1660 Ghost OC
Gainward GeForce GTX 1660 Ghost OC 6 GB GDDR5 · 1.83 GHz · 120 W Speed index 4/100

The Gainward GeForce GTX 1660 Ghost OC has 1408 shader units and these clock a maximum of 1.83 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 5.16 TFLOPS.

Sapphire Radeon RX 6600
Sapphire Radeon RX 6600 8 GB GDDR6 · 2.49 GHz · 132 W Speed index 7/100

The Sapphire Radeon RX 6600 has 1792 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 2.49 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 8.93 TFLOPS.

Quick comparison

In FP32 performance, the Sapphire Radeon RX 6600 is 73 % faster than the Gainward GeForce GTX 1660 Ghost OC.

Gainward GeForce GTX 1660 Ghost OCSapphire Radeon RX 6600
Speed index
4/100
7/100
FP32
5.16 TFLOPS
8.93 TFLOPS
Boost Clock
1.83 GHz
2.49 GHz
Memory Size
6 GB GDDR5
8 GB GDDR6
Memory bandwidth
192 GB/s
224 GB/s
TDP
120 W
132 W
Launch Price
219 $
329 $
186 pts
212 pts

GPU

GPUGainward GeForce GTX 1660 Ghost OCSapphire Radeon RX 6600
Based onNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660AMD Radeon RX 6600
GPU ChipTU116-300-A1Navi 23 XL
Streaming Multiprocessors2228
Shader14081792
Render Output Units4864
Texture Units88112
Raytracing Cores--28
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The Gainward GeForce GTX 1660 Ghost OC is equipped with a graphics chip of the Turing architecture, which has 22 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card Sapphire Radeon RX 6600 is based on the RDNA 2 architecture and is equipped with 28 execution units.

Memory

MemoryGainward GeForce GTX 1660 Ghost OCSapphire Radeon RX 6600
Memory Size6 GB8 GB
Memory TypeGDDR5GDDR6
Memory Clock2.000 GHz1.750 GHz
Memory Speed8.0 Gbps14.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth192 GB/s224 GB/s
Memory Interface192 bit128 bit
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The Gainward GeForce GTX 1660 Ghost OC is equipped with a 6 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory, which is equipped with 2.000 GHz clocks.

The Sapphire Radeon RX 6600 has a 8 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory and the memory clock is 1.750GHz.

Clock Speeds

Clock SpeedsGainward GeForce GTX 1660 Ghost OCSapphire Radeon RX 6600
Base Clock1.530 GHz1.626 GHz
Boost Clock1.830 GHz2.491 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock1.79 GHz2.04 GHz
OverclockingYesYes
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The Gainward GeForce GTX 1660 Ghost OC has a turbo clock of 1.830 GHz. The turbo frequency of the Sapphire Radeon RX 6600 is 2.491 GHz.

Thermal Design

Thermal DesignGainward GeForce GTX 1660 Ghost OCSapphire Radeon RX 6600
TDP120 W132 W
TDP (up)--140 W
Tjunction max95 °C100 °C
PCIe-Power1 x 8-Pin1 x 8-Pin
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The Gainward GeForce GTX 1660 Ghost OC has 1 x 8-Pin connectors through which it is supplied with power. The manufacturer specifies the maximum operating temperature of the graphics card as 95 °C.

The Sapphire Radeon RX 6600 is equipped with a 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 100 °C.

Cooler & Fans

Cooler & FansGainward GeForce GTX 1660 Ghost OCSapphire Radeon RX 6600
Fan-TypeAxialAxial
Fan 12 x 90 mm2 x 90 mm
Cooler-TypeAir coolingAir cooling
Noise (Idle)--0 dB
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The graphics processor and graphics memory of the Gainward GeForce GTX 1660 Ghost OC are cooled with a Air cooling.

The Sapphire Radeon RX 6600 is cooled by a Air cooling.

Connectivity

ConnectivityGainward GeForce GTX 1660 Ghost OCSapphire Radeon RX 6600
Max. Displays34
HDCP2.22.3
HDMI1x HDMI 2.0b1x HDMI 2.1
DisplayPort1x DP 1.41x DP 1.4a
DVI1--
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The Gainward GeForce GTX 1660 Ghost OC supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.2.

The Sapphire Radeon RX 6600 supports HDCP in version 2.3 and all previous versions.

Featureset

FeaturesetGainward GeForce GTX 1660 Ghost OCSapphire Radeon RX 6600
Max. resolution7680x43207680x4320
DirectX12_112_2 (Ultimate)
RaytracingNoYes
DLSS / FSRYesYes
LEDNo LED lightingNo LED lighting
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The Gainward GeForce GTX 1660 Ghost OC supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_1.

The Sapphire Radeon RX 6600 supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_2 (Ultimate).

Supported Video Codecs

Supported Video CodecsGainward GeForce GTX 1660 Ghost OCSapphire Radeon RX 6600
h264Decode / EncodeDecode / Encode
h265 / HEVCDecode / EncodeDecode / Encode
VP8DecodeDecode / Encode
VP9DecodeDecode / Encode
AV1NoDecode
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This area lists which video codecs can be decoded or encoded by the graphics cards in hardware. As a result, the power consumption can be reduced due to a lower processor load.

Dimensions

DimensionsGainward GeForce GTX 1660 Ghost OCSapphire Radeon RX 6600
Length235 mm193 mm
Height115 mm120 mm
Width--40 mm
Width (Slots)2 Slots2 Slots
SFF-ReadyNoNo
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The Gainward GeForce GTX 1660 Ghost OC is -- wide and therefore needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the Sapphire Radeon RX 6600 is -- and thus requires the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

Additional data

Additional dataGainward GeForce GTX 1660 Ghost OCSapphire Radeon RX 6600
GPU InterfacePCIe 3.0 x 16PCIe 4.0 x 8
Release dateQ1/2019Q1/2022
Launch Price219 $329 $
Structure size12 nm7 nm
Part-noNE51660S18J9-1161X11304-05-10G
Documentsdata sheetdata sheet
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Manufactured using the 12 nanometer process, Gainward GeForce GTX 1660 Ghost OC was released in Q1/2019.

The Sapphire Radeon RX 6600 published in Q1/2022 is manufactured with a structure width of 7 nanometers.

Benchmark results

3DMark Benchmark (DirectX, Raytracing)

3DMark is a benchmark program that determines the performance of certain components of a computer and then reports the performance as a numerical value.

Time Spy Extreme Graphics score Sapphire Radeon RX 6600 +53.1 %

  1. 2,477
  2. 3,792

Port Royal (Raytracing) Sapphire Radeon RX 6600 +166.3 %

  1. 1,467
  2. 3,907

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing)

  1. no data
  2. 1,344

Cyberpunk 2077

Cyberpunk 2077 was developed by CD Projekt Red and is based on the development studio's own REDengine 4. Ray tracing is switched off in our benchmarks.

3840x2160 (2160p)

  1. no data
  2. 24 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

  1. no data
  2. 31 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

  1. no data
  2. 50 fps (avg)

The Last of Us Part 1

The Last of Us Part One is a game released by Sony in June 2013 exclusively for the Playstation and released for the PC in early 2023. The benchmark values here were determined at high details.

2560x1440 (1440p)

  1. no data
  2. 28 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p) Sapphire Radeon RX 6600 +56.1 %

  1. 41 fps (avg)
  2. 64 fps (avg)

Battlefield 5

Battlefield 5 is a visually stunning game that is ideal as a graphics card benchmark. We test the game with maximum details on Windows 10.

3840x2160 (2160p) Sapphire Radeon RX 6600 +41.9 %

  1. 31 fps (avg)
  2. 44 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p) Sapphire Radeon RX 6600 +75.0 %

  1. 56 fps (avg)
  2. 98 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p) Sapphire Radeon RX 6600 +60.8 %

  1. 79 fps (avg)
  2. 127 fps (avg)

Geekbench 6 (OpenCL, Vulkan, Metal)

Geekbench 6 is a cross-platform benchmark for main processors, which also carries out 3 different graphics benchmarks and outputs them in the form of a numerical value.

Geekbench 6 - OpenCL Sapphire Radeon RX 6600 +18.3 %

  1. 60,265
  2. 71,285

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan Sapphire Radeon RX 6600 +41.0 %

  1. 57,036
  2. 80,425

Geekbench 6 - Metal

  1. no data
  2. 98,120

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