MSI GeForce GTX 1660 GAMING X 6G
vs
XFX Speedster QICK 210 Radeon RX 6500 XT BLACK Gaming


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the MSI GeForce GTX 1660 GAMING X 6G and the XFX Speedster QICK 210 Radeon RX 6500 XT BLACK Gaming, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 GAMING X 6G is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 and has 1408 texture shaders and 22 execution units.

XFX Speedster QICK 210 Radeon RX 6500 XT BLACK Gaming is based on AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT, which has 1024 shaders and 16 execution units.
MSI GeForce GTX 1660 GAMING X 6G GPU XFX Speedster QICK 210 Radeon RX 6500 XT BLACK Gaming
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Based on AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
TU116-300-A1 GPU Chip Navi 24 XT
Turing Architecture RDNA 2
22 Streaming Multiprocessors 16
1408 Shader 1024
48 Render Output Units 32
88 Texture Units 64
0 Raytracing Cores 16

Memory

The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 GAMING X 6G has 6 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR5 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 192 GB/s.

The XFX Speedster QICK 210 Radeon RX 6500 XT BLACK Gaming can access 4 GB GDDR6 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 144 GB/s.

6 GB Memory Size 4 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR6
2.000 GHz Memory Clock 2.250 GHz
8.0 Gbps Memory Speed 18.0 Gbps
192 GB/s Memory bandwidth 144 GB/s
192 bit Memory Interface 64 bit

Clock Speeds

The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 GAMING X 6G clocks in the base with up to 1.530 GHz. The base frequency of the XFX Speedster QICK 210 Radeon RX 6500 XT BLACK Gaming is 2.200 GHz.

1.530 GHz Base Clock 2.200 GHz
1.860 GHz Boost Clock 2.825 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock 2.69 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the MSI GeForce GTX 1660 GAMING X 6G is 120 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 8-Pin connector.

The XFX Speedster QICK 210 Radeon RX 6500 XT BLACK Gaming has a TDP of 107 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 6-Pin PCIe power connectors.

120 W TDP 107 W
-- TDP (up) --
95 °C Tjunction max 97 °C
1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 6-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 GAMING X 6G has a total of 2 Axial fans.

The XFX Speedster QICK 210 Radeon RX 6500 XT BLACK Gaming has 2 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

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

Connectivity

In the connectivity category, we recorded the number of ports on a graphics card. A total of 3 screens can be connected to the MSI GeForce GTX 1660 GAMING X 6G.

The XFX Speedster QICK 210 Radeon RX 6500 XT BLACK Gaming supports a maximum of 2 screens.

3 Max. Displays 2
2.2 HDCP-Version 2.3
1x HDMI v2.0b HDMI Ports 1x HDMI v2.1
3x DP v1.4 DP Ports 1x DP v1.4a
-- DVI Ports --
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 GAMING X 6G supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the XFX Speedster QICK 210 Radeon RX 6500 XT BLACK Gaming is 7680x4320 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_1 DirectX 12_2 (Ultimate)
No Raytracing Yes
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
MSI Mystic Light LED No LED lighting

Supported Video Codecs

The support and acceleration of certain video codecs directly in the graphics card reduces the load when playing or creating videos.

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

Dimensions

The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 GAMING X 6G is 247 mm long, 127 mm high and 46 mm wide.

The XFX Speedster QICK 210 Radeon RX 6500 XT BLACK Gaming is 233 mm long, 130 mm high and 42 mm wide.

247 mm Length 233 mm
127 mm Height 130 mm
46 mm Width 42 mm
3 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
845 g Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 4

Additional data

The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 GAMING X 6G was released in Q1/2019 at a price of 219 $ (Reference).

The XFX Speedster QICK 210 Radeon RX 6500 XT BLACK Gaming was introduced in Q1/2022 at a price of 199 $ (Reference).

-- Part-no RX-65XT4DBDQ
Q1/2019 Release date Q1/2022
219 $ (Reference) Launch Price 199 $ (Reference)
12 nm Structure size 6 nm
data sheet Documents data sheet

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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

Port Royal (Raytracing)

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing)

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)

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

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.

1920x1080 (1080p)

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)

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

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

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan

Geekbench 6 - Metal

FP32 Performance (Single-precision TFLOPS)

The theoretical computing power of the graphics card with single precision (32 bit) in TFLOPS indicates how many trillion FP32 floating point operations the graphics card (GPU) can perform per second.

FP32 (TFLOPS)

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