NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
vs
ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 5600 XT


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER has 1408 shader units and these clock a maximum of 1.79 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 5.03 TFLOPS.

The ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 5600 XT has 2304 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.77 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 8.17 TFLOPS.

GPU

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER is equipped with a graphics chip of the Turing architecture, which has 22 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 5600 XT is based on the RDNA 1 architecture and is equipped with 36 execution units.
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER GPU ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 5600 XT
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER Based on AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT
TU116-300-A1 GPU Chip Navi 10 XLE
Turing Architecture RDNA 1
22 Streaming Multiprocessors 36
1408 Shader 2304
48 Render Output Units 64
88 Texture Units 144
0 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER is equipped with a 6 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory, which is equipped with 1.750 GHz clocks.

The ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 5600 XT has a 6 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory and the memory clock is 1.500GHz.

6 GB Memory Size 6 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR6
1.750 GHz Memory Clock 1.500 GHz
14.0 Gbps Memory Speed 12.0 Gbps
336 GB/s Memory bandwidth 288 GB/s
192 bit Memory Interface 192 bit

Clock Speeds

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER has a turbo clock of 1.785 GHz. The turbo frequency of the ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 5600 XT is 1.770 GHz.

1.530 GHz Base Clock 1.400 GHz
1.785 GHz Boost Clock 1.770 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock 1.67 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER 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 93 °C.

The ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 5600 XT is equipped with a 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 100 °C.

125 W TDP 160 W
-- TDP (up) --
93 °C Tjunction max 100 °C
1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The graphics processor and graphics memory of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER are cooled with a Air cooling.

The ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 5600 XT is cooled by a Air cooling.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
-- Fan 1 3 x 85 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
dB Noise (Idle) 28 dB
-- Noise (Load) 31 dB

Connectivity

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.2.

The ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 5600 XT supports HDCP in version 2.3 and all previous versions.

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

Featureset

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_1.

The ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 5600 XT supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_2 (Ultimate).

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_1 DirectX 12_2 (Ultimate)
No Raytracing No
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
No LED lighting LED ASUS Aura Sync

Supported Video Codecs

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.

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

Dimensions

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER is -- wide and therefore needs the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 5600 XT is -- and thus requires the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

145 mm Length 304 mm
111 mm Height 130 mm
-- Width 54 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16
No SFF-Ready No

Additional data

Manufactured using the 12 nanometer process, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER was released in Q4/2019.

The ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 5600 XT published in Q1/2020 is manufactured with a structure width of 7 nanometers.

-- Part-no ROG-STRIX-RX5600XT-A6G-GAMING
Q4/2019 Release date Q1/2020
229 $ (Reference) Launch Price 279 $ (Reference)
12 nm Structure size 7 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)

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)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
6 GB GDDR6
20 fps (avg)
ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 5600 XT ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 5600 XT
6 GB GDDR6
32 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
6 GB GDDR6
44 fps (avg)
ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 5600 XT ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 5600 XT
6 GB GDDR6
59 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)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
6 GB GDDR6
34 fps (avg)
ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 5600 XT ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 5600 XT
6 GB GDDR6
45 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
6 GB GDDR6
66 fps (avg)
ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 5600 XT ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 5600 XT
6 GB GDDR6
92 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
6 GB GDDR6
89 fps (avg)
ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 5600 XT ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 5600 XT
6 GB GDDR6
128 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

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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