PowerColor Radeon RX 6700 XT
vs
ASUS TUF Gaming X3 GeForce GTX 1660


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the PowerColor Radeon RX 6700 XT and the ASUS TUF Gaming X3 GeForce GTX 1660, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The PowerColor Radeon RX 6700 XT is based on the AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT and has 2560 texture shaders and 40 execution units.

ASUS TUF Gaming X3 GeForce GTX 1660 is based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660, which has 1408 shaders and 22 execution units.
PowerColor Radeon RX 6700 XT GPU ASUS TUF Gaming X3 GeForce GTX 1660
AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660
Navi 22 XT GPU Chip TU116-300-A1
RDNA 2 Architecture Turing
40 Streaming Multiprocessors 22
2560 Shader 1408
64 Render Output Units 48
160 Texture Units 88
40 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The PowerColor Radeon RX 6700 XT has 12 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR6 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 384 GB/s.

The ASUS TUF Gaming X3 GeForce GTX 1660 can access 6 GB GDDR5 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 192 GB/s.

12 GB Memory Size 6 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR5
2.000 GHz Memory Clock 2.000 GHz
16.0 Gbps Memory Speed 8.0 Gbps
384 GB/s Memory bandwidth 192 GB/s
192 bit Memory Interface 192 bit

Clock Speeds

The PowerColor Radeon RX 6700 XT clocks in the base with up to 2.321 GHz. The base frequency of the ASUS TUF Gaming X3 GeForce GTX 1660 is 1.530 GHz.

2.321 GHz Base Clock 1.530 GHz
2.581 GHz Boost Clock 1.815 GHz
2.42 GHz Avg (Game) Clock 1.79 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the PowerColor Radeon RX 6700 XT is 230 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin connector.

The ASUS TUF Gaming X3 GeForce GTX 1660 has a TDP of 120 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

230 W TDP 120 W
-- TDP (up) --
100 °C Tjunction max 95 °C
1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The PowerColor Radeon RX 6700 XT has a total of 2 Axial fans.

The ASUS TUF Gaming X3 GeForce GTX 1660 has 3 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 90 mm Fan 1 3 x 80 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

In the connectivity category, we recorded the number of ports on a graphics card. A total of 4 screens can be connected to the PowerColor Radeon RX 6700 XT.

The ASUS TUF Gaming X3 GeForce GTX 1660 supports a maximum of 3 screens.

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

Featureset

The PowerColor Radeon RX 6700 XT supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the ASUS TUF Gaming X3 GeForce GTX 1660 is 7680x4320 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_2 (Ultimate) DirectX 12_1
Yes Raytracing No
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
Non addressable LED 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 / Encode
Decode / Encode h265 / HEVC Decode / Encode
Decode AV1 No
Decode / Encode VP8 Decode
Decode / Encode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The PowerColor Radeon RX 6700 XT is 267 mm long, 110 mm high and 40 mm wide.

The ASUS TUF Gaming X3 GeForce GTX 1660 is 264 mm long, 130 mm high and 55 mm wide.

267 mm Length 264 mm
110 mm Height 130 mm
40 mm Width 55 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 4.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

The PowerColor Radeon RX 6700 XT was released in Q1/2021 at a price of 479 $ (Reference).

The ASUS TUF Gaming X3 GeForce GTX 1660 was introduced in Q1/2019 at a price of 219 $ (Reference).

AXRX 6700XT 12GBD6-M3DH Part-no TUF3-GTX1660-6G-GAMING
Q1/2021 Release date Q1/2019
479 $ (Reference) Launch Price 219 $ (Reference)
7 nm Structure size 12 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)

PowerColor Radeon RX 6700 XT PowerColor Radeon RX 6700 XT
12 GB GDDR6
40 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

PowerColor Radeon RX 6700 XT PowerColor Radeon RX 6700 XT
12 GB GDDR6
49 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

PowerColor Radeon RX 6700 XT PowerColor Radeon RX 6700 XT
12 GB GDDR6
74 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)

PowerColor Radeon RX 6700 XT PowerColor Radeon RX 6700 XT
12 GB GDDR6
46 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

PowerColor Radeon RX 6700 XT PowerColor Radeon RX 6700 XT
12 GB GDDR6
84 fps (avg)
ASUS TUF Gaming X3 GeForce GTX 1660 ASUS TUF Gaming X3 GeForce GTX 1660
6 GB GDDR5
41 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)

PowerColor Radeon RX 6700 XT PowerColor Radeon RX 6700 XT
12 GB GDDR6
76 fps (avg)
ASUS TUF Gaming X3 GeForce GTX 1660 ASUS TUF Gaming X3 GeForce GTX 1660
6 GB GDDR5
30 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

PowerColor Radeon RX 6700 XT PowerColor Radeon RX 6700 XT
12 GB GDDR6
144 fps (avg)
ASUS TUF Gaming X3 GeForce GTX 1660 ASUS TUF Gaming X3 GeForce GTX 1660
6 GB GDDR5
56 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

PowerColor Radeon RX 6700 XT PowerColor Radeon RX 6700 XT
12 GB GDDR6
194 fps (avg)
ASUS TUF Gaming X3 GeForce GTX 1660 ASUS TUF Gaming X3 GeForce GTX 1660
6 GB GDDR5
78 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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