Palit GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER GP OC
vs
SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the Palit GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER GP OC and the SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The Palit GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER GP OC is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER and has 1408 texture shaders and 22 execution units.

SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT is based on AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT, which has 1024 shaders and 16 execution units.
Palit GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER GP OC GPU SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER 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 Palit GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER GP OC has 6 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR6 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 336 GB/s.

The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT can access 4 GB GDDR6 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 144 GB/s.

6 GB Memory Size 4 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR6
1.750 GHz Memory Clock 2.250 GHz
14.0 Gbps Memory Speed 18.0 Gbps
336 GB/s Memory bandwidth 144 GB/s
192 bit Memory Interface 64 bit

Clock Speeds

The Palit GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER GP OC clocks in the base with up to 1.530 GHz. The base frequency of the SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT is 2.200 GHz.

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

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the Palit GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER GP OC is 125 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 8-Pin connector.

The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT has a TDP of 130 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 6-Pin PCIe power connectors.

125 W TDP 130 W
-- TDP (up) --
93 °C Tjunction max 97 °C
1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 6-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The Palit GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER GP OC has a total of 2 Axial fans.

The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT has 2 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 90 mm Fan 1 2 x 90 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 Palit GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER GP OC.

The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT 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
1x DP v1.4 DP Ports 1x DP v1.4a
1 DVI Ports --
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

The Palit GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER GP OC supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT is 7680x4320 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_1 DirectX 12_2 (Ultimate)
No Raytracing Yes
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
No LED lighting 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 Palit GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER GP OC is 235 mm long, 115 mm high and 40 mm wide.

The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT is 194 mm long, 107 mm high and 40 mm wide.

235 mm Length 194 mm
115 mm Height 107 mm
40 mm Width 40 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 4

Additional data

The Palit GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER GP OC was released in Q4/2019 at a price of 229 $ (Reference).

The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT was introduced in Q1/2022 at a price of 199 $ (Reference).

NE6166SS18J9-1160A-1 Part-no 11314-01-20G
Q4/2019 Release date Q1/2022
229 $ (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)

SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT
4 GB GDDR6
14 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT
4 GB GDDR6
19 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT
4 GB GDDR6
31 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)

Palit GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER GP OC Palit GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER GP OC
6 GB GDDR6
21 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

Palit GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER GP OC Palit GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER GP OC
6 GB GDDR6
45 fps (avg)
SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT
4 GB GDDR6
30 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)

Palit GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER GP OC Palit GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER GP OC
6 GB GDDR6
35 fps (avg)
SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT
4 GB GDDR6
27 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

Palit GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER GP OC Palit GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER GP OC
6 GB GDDR6
68 fps (avg)
SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT
4 GB GDDR6
52 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

Palit GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER GP OC Palit GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER GP OC
6 GB GDDR6
91 fps (avg)
SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT
4 GB GDDR6
68 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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